Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

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Taras Shevchenko
National University of Kyiv
Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка
Latin: Universitas Kiovensis[1]
Motto"Utilitas honor et gloria" (Latin)
Motto in English
Utility Honor and Glory
TypePublic
EstablishedNovember 8, 1833; 191 years ago (1833-11-08)
RectorVolodymyr Bugrov [uk][2]
Students<30,000[3]
Location
Kyiv
,
Ukraine
Campusurban
Colors
     
AffiliationsIAU, EUA
Websiteknu.ua

The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка; also known as Kyiv University, Shevchenko University, or KNU) is a public university in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The university is the third oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and the University of Kharkiv. Its structure consists of 15 faculties and five institutes. The university was founded in 1834 by Nicholas I of Russia[4] as the Saint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev; it has since changed its name several times. During the Soviet Union era, Kiev State University was one of the top-three universities in the USSR, along with Moscow State University and Leningrad State University. It is ranked as the best university in Ukraine in many rankings. Its alumni include Mykola Lysenko, Nikolay Bunge, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Nikolai Berdyaev, Mikhail Bulgakov, Ivan Schmalhausen, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Viacheslav Chornovil, and Leonid Kravchuk. The university is named after Taras Shevchenko, who was banned from educational activities for political reasons, but worked for the university as a field researcher.

  1. ^ Record of the Jubilee Celebrations of the University of Sydney. Sydney, New South Wales: William Brooks and Co. 1903. ISBN 9781112213304.
  2. ^ "Структура Власності Компанії: Київський Національний Університет Імені Тараса Шевченка" [Company Ownership Structure: Kyiv National University named after Taras Shevchenko]. Opendatabot (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv".
  4. ^ "To the University's 175th Anniversary". www.univ.kiev.ua. Retrieved 2022-02-13.