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Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Kyiv, Ukraine World Rank #2795

Overview

English Name: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Control Type: Public
World Rank: #2795
Rank in Ukraine: #8
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv emblem

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv is among Ukraine's public institutions, based in Kyiv, Ukraine and operating as a higher-education provider.

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv's academic offerings include a catalogue of active programmes, structured across multiple qualification levels and delivered through numerous faculties and schools. Each unit operates with its own admissions criteria within institutional standards.

The institution serves 30,000 students across its programmes. Doctoral-qualified faculty support teaching and research alongside support staff who manage student services, operating within its campus environment.

Globally, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv sits at #2795 globally and #8 within Ukraine. The institution participates in Ukraine's academic ecosystem alongside other higher-education providers.

Location & Contact

Address book entry for Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: location, phone, email, web, and social channels. The press or media office handles institutional inquiries; admissions handles student-specific queries.

Address: 64/13 Volodymyrska Street
Postal Code: 01601
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Academic Details

Below are the institutional metrics for Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: scale, staffing balance, and accreditation context. These shape the academic experience more than headline rankings often suggest.

Academic Year: September to June (September-January; February-June)
Accrediting Agency: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MON)
Admission Requirements: School leaving certificate; Certificate of Ukrainian Centre for Education Quality Assessment; special entrance examination for some courses
Total Students: 30,000
Full-Time Academic Staff: 2,670
Academic Staff with Doctorate: 2,272

Degrees

Also available Master’s Level Double Degree programs: - Gender Studies double degree programme with Lund University (Sweden), - Public Sector Finance double degree programme with Nord University, (Norway), - Business Administration and Consulting double degree with the University of Macerata (Italy), - Ukrainian and European Legal Studies double degree programme with the Mykolas Romeris University (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Other 235 programs
  • Accountancy
  • Actuarial Science
  • Administration
  • Administrative Law
  • Advertising and Publicity
  • Agnosticism and Atheism
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Anatomy
  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Ancient Religions
  • Anthropology
  • Applied Chemistry
  • Applied Linguistics
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Applied Physics
  • Arabic
  • Archaeology
  • Archiving
  • Armenian
  • Art History
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Asian Religious Studies
  • Astronomy and Space Science
  • Astrophysics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics
  • Banking
  • Behavioural Sciences
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering
  • Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophysics
  • Biotechnology
  • Botany
  • Bulgarian
  • Business Administration
  • Business Computing
  • Business and Commerce
  • Cardiology
  • Central European Studies
  • Chemistry
  • Chinese
  • Christian Religious Studies
  • Cinema and Television
  • Civil Law
  • Civil Security
  • Classical Languages
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Commercial Law
  • Comparative Politics
  • Comparative Religion
  • Comparative Sociology
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Science
  • Constitutional Law
  • Contemporary History
  • Criminal Law
  • Cultural Studies
  • Czech
  • Data Processing
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Dietetics
  • Dutch
  • E-Business/Commerce
  • Earth Sciences
  • Eastern European Studies
  • Ecology
  • Econometrics
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Educational Psychology
  • Educational Sciences
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Embryology and Reproduction Biology
  • Endocrinology
  • English
  • Environmental Studies
  • Ethics
  • Ethnology
  • European Languages
  • European Studies
  • European Union Law
  • Film
  • Finance
  • Fiscal Law
  • Folklore
  • Foreign Languages Education
  • Forest Biology
  • French
  • French Studies
  • Gender Studies
  • Genetics
  • Geochemistry
  • Geography
  • Geography (Human)
  • Geological Engineering
  • Geology
  • Geophysics
  • German
  • Germanic Languages
  • Greek
  • Greek (Classical)
  • Haematology
  • Higher Education
  • Higher Education Teacher Training
  • Hindi
  • Histology
  • History
  • History of Societies
  • Humanities and Social Science Education
  • Immunology
  • Indonesian
  • Information Sciences
  • Information Technology
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Insurance
  • International Business
  • International Economics
  • International Law
  • International Relations and Diplomacy
  • International Studies
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Journalism
  • Judaic Religious Studies
  • Korean
  • Laboratory Techniques
  • Labour Law
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Laser Engineering
  • Latin
  • Law
  • Library Science
  • Linguistics
  • Literature
  • Logic
  • Management
  • Management Systems
  • Marketing
  • Mass Communication
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics Education
  • Measurement and Precision Engineering
  • Mechanical Equipment and Maintenance
  • Media Studies
  • Medical Auxiliaries
  • Medical Technology
  • Medicine
  • Medieval Studies
  • Meteorology
  • Microbiology
  • Military Science
  • Mineralogy
  • Modern History
  • Molecular Biology
  • Multimedia
  • Museum Management
  • Museum Studies
  • Nanotechnology
  • Native Language
  • Native Language Education
  • Natural Sciences
  • Notary Studies
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Operations Research
  • Optics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Paediatrics
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Pedagogy
  • Persian
  • Petrology
  • Philology
  • Philosophical Schools
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Plant Pathology
  • Polish
  • Political Sciences
  • Portuguese
  • Prehistory
  • Primitive Religions
  • Private Law
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Public Relations
  • Publishing and Book Trade
  • Radiophysics
  • Real Estate
  • Regional Planning
  • Regional Studies
  • Religious Studies
  • Romance Languages
  • Russian
  • Science Education
  • Secondary Education
  • Serbocroatian
  • Slavic Languages
  • Social Problems
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Studies
  • Social Welfare
  • Social Work
  • Social and Community Services
  • Sociology
  • Software Engineering
  • Soil Management
  • Soil Science
  • Solid State Physics
  • Sound Engineering (Acoustics)
  • Spanish
  • Statistics
  • Surveying and Mapping
  • Swedish
  • Systems Analysis
  • Taxation
  • Teacher Training
  • Telecommunications Engineering
  • Tourism
  • Town Planning
  • Translation and Interpretation
  • Transport Management
  • Turkish
  • Urology
  • Video
  • Vietnamese
  • Virology
  • Water Management
  • Water Science
  • Writing
  • Zoology

Faculties & Divisions

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv's faculties with the subjects they're known for. Industry partnerships are often faculty-level rather than institution-wide; check the faculty page for current partner organisations.

Biology and Medicine (Centre) 26 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Agrobiology
  • Anatomy
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological and Life Sciences
  • Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Biotechnology
  • Botany
  • Cell Biology
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Studies
  • Genetics
  • Histology
  • Immunology
  • Laboratory Techniques
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Medicine
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurosciences
  • Pharmacology
  • Physiology
  • Plant Pathology
  • Radiology
  • Virology
  • Zoology

Common Career Paths

  • Physician
  • Medical Researcher
  • Clinical Specialist

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Chemistry (Faculty) 6 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Polymer and Plastics Technology

Common Career Paths

  • Chemist
  • Lab Researcher
  • Quality Control Specialist

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Computer Science and Cybernetics (Faculty) 9 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Business Computing
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Robotics
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis

Common Career Paths

  • Software Engineer
  • Data Scientist
  • Systems Analyst

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Economics (Faculty) 17 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Accountancy
  • Banking
  • Business Administration
  • Business and Commerce
  • Business Computing
  • E-Business/Commerce
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Insurance
  • International Business
  • International Economics
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Service Trades
  • Small Business
  • Taxation

Common Career Paths

  • Economist
  • Policy Analyst
  • Financial Consultant

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Geography (Faculty) 12 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Earth Sciences
  • Environmental Studies
  • Geography
  • Geophysics
  • Hydraulic Engineering
  • Meteorology
  • Regional Studies
  • Soil Science
  • Surveying and Mapping
  • Tourism
  • Water Management
  • Water Science
History (Faculty) 16 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • American Studies
  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Archaeology
  • Archiving
  • Art History
  • Contemporary History
  • Ethnology
  • European Studies
  • History
  • History of Societies
  • Medieval Studies
  • Modern History
  • Museum Studies
  • Oriental Studies
  • Prehistory
  • Regional Studies
Information Technology (Faculty) 7 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Science
  • Data Processing
  • Information Sciences
  • Information Technology
  • Software Engineering

Common Career Paths

  • IT Consultant
  • Network Engineer
  • Cybersecurity Analyst

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Law (Faculty) 19 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Administrative Law
  • Air and Space Law
  • Civil Law
  • Commercial Law
  • Comparative Law
  • Constitutional Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Criminology
  • Environmental Studies
  • European Union Law
  • Fiscal Law
  • History of Law
  • Human Rights
  • Justice Administration
  • Labour Law
  • Law
  • Notary Studies
  • Private Law
  • Public Law

Common Career Paths

  • Lawyer
  • Legal Consultant
  • Compliance Officer

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Mechanics and Mathematics (Faculty) 7 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Actuarial Science
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Computer Science
  • Mathematical Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanics
  • Statistics

Common Career Paths

  • Data Analyst
  • Statistician
  • Actuary

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Philosophy (Faculty) 11 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Administration
  • Cultural Studies
  • Ethics
  • Logic
  • Philosophical Schools
  • Philosophy
  • Political Sciences
  • Public Administration
  • Religion
  • Religious Studies
  • Theology
Physics (Faculty) 13 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Applied Physics
  • Astronomy and Space Science
  • Astrophysics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics
  • Laser Engineering
  • Medical Technology
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Optical Technology
  • Optics
  • Physics
  • Radiophysics
  • Solid State Physics
  • Thermal Physics

Common Career Paths

  • Physicist
  • Research Scientist
  • Data Analyst

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Psychology (Faculty) 7 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Educational Administration
  • Educational Psychology
  • Pedagogy
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Work

Common Career Paths

  • Psychologist
  • Counsellor
  • Clinical Researcher

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Radiophysics, Electronics and Computer Systems (Faculty) 9 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Applied Physics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Networks
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Nanotechnology
  • Radiophysics
  • Telecommunications Services

Common Career Paths

  • Software Engineer
  • Data Scientist
  • Systems Analyst

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Sociology (Faculty) 5 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Gender Studies
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Studies
  • Social Work
  • Sociology

Common Career Paths

  • Sociologist
  • Researcher
  • Community Specialist

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Continuing Education (Institute) 7 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Banking
  • Finance
  • Insurance
  • International Law
  • Law
  • Management
  • Psychology

Common Career Paths

  • Teacher
  • Educational Administrator
  • Curriculum Specialist

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Geology (Institute) 11 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Crystallography
  • Earth Sciences
  • Geochemistry
  • Geology
  • Geophysics
  • Mineralogy
  • Petroleum and Gas Engineering
  • Petrology
  • Seismology
  • Surveying and Mapping
  • Water Science
High Technologies (Institute) 10 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Applied Physics
  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Mathematics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nanotechnology
International Relations (Institute) 13 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • European Union Law
  • Human Rights
  • International Business
  • International Economics
  • International Law
  • International Relations and Diplomacy
  • International Studies
  • Journalism
  • Law
  • Maritime Law
  • Mass Communication
  • Private Law
  • Public Law
Journalism (Institute) 6 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Information Sciences
  • Journalism
  • Mass Communication
  • Media Studies
  • Multimedia
  • Radio and Television Broadcasting

Common Career Paths

  • Journalist
  • Editor
  • News Producer

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Management State Guard of Ukraine (Institute) 1 subject offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Military Science

Common Career Paths

  • Operations Manager
  • Project Manager
  • HR Manager

Illustrative career directions for this field; specific outcomes depend on programme and student choices.

Military (Institute) 9 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Finance
  • Humanities and Social Science Education
  • Journalism
  • Law
  • Military Science
  • Police Studies
  • Political Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Translation and Interpretation
Philology (Institute) 39 subjects offered

Specialisations & Subjects

  • Arabic
  • Baltic Languages
  • Bulgarian
  • Chinese
  • Classical Languages
  • Czech
  • English
  • Eurasian and North Asian Languages
  • European Languages
  • French
  • German
  • Germanic Languages
  • Greek
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Indic Languages
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Linguistics
  • Literature
  • Modern Languages
  • Native Language
  • Oriental Languages
  • Philology
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romance Languages
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Scandinavian Languages
  • Slavic Languages
  • South and Southeast Asian Languages
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Translation and Interpretation
  • Turkish
  • Vietnamese

How to apply to Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

The standard application path for Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, broken into five practical steps with the documents and channels you will need at each stage.

  1. 1
    Browse the programme catalogue

    Look through the programmes section to see what Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv offers. Identify your target qualification level and subject area before continuing with the application process.

  2. 2
    Check eligibility for your chosen programme

    Entry requirements vary by programme and degree level. Verify academic minimums, language tests (if international), and any additional documents required for Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv's admissions process.

  3. 3
    Get your documents ready

    Typical documents include academic transcripts, identity proof (passport or national ID), language proficiency test scores, a personal statement or motivation letter, and recommendation letters. International applicants should account for translation and notarisation time.

  4. 4
    Apply through the official channel

    Submit your completed application through Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv's official website at www.knu.ua. Most institutions use an online portal — register an account, complete the application form, and upload your prepared documents. Keep copies of all submissions and confirmation receipts.

  5. 5
    Reach out and track your application

    Follow up to confirm your application was received and is being processed. Admissions teams may request interviews or additional documents — respond promptly to keep your application active.

Frequently Asked Questions about Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Common questions about Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv answered concisely, with each answer grounded in the institution's published data.

What city is Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in?

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv operates from Kyiv, Ukraine.

Is Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv public or private?

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv operates as a public institution.

How big is Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv's student body?

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv serves approximately 30,000 students.

What is Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv's ranking?

It ranks #2795 globally and #8 in Ukraine.

Is Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv officially recognised?

The institution holds recognition from Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MON).

What is Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv's official website?

The institution's website is www.knu.ua.

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