Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University

Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University
Таврійський національний університет імені В.І. Вернадського
Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University main building, Simferopol (2011)
Former names
Taurida University
M.V. Frunse Crimea University
Crimea State Pedagogical University
Simferopol M.V. Frunse State University
MottoLatin: Nosce Te Ipsum
Motto in English
Know thyself
TypePublic State University
Established1918
PresidentProf. Valerii Bortniak for the Kyiv TNU
Academic staff
391
Students17000
Location,
44°56′11″N 34°08′03″E / 44.93639°N 34.13417°E / 44.93639; 34.13417
Websitehttp://tnu.edu.ua/ https://tn.university/ for the Kyiv TNU / http://ta.cfuv.ru/ for Simferopol TNU

V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University (TNU) (Ukrainian: Таврійський національний університет імені В.І. Вернадського (ТНУ)) is a public university currently located in Kyiv. The university was founded in Simferopol in 1918 with the active participation of the geologist Vladimir Vernadsky. The university now bears his name. The university has 16 departments and 20 academic institutes. The university has the status of national and is accredited to the fourth level by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine.