FACULTY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, YOUTH AND SPORTS OF UKRAINE
TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV
The Faculty of Chemistry
Yulian Mykhailovych Volovenko, Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, Professor, Doctor of Chemistry, Honored Award-Winner in Science and Technology of Ukraine, Laureate of the National Prize of Ukraine for Science and Technology, Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry
The Faculty of Chemistry of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv is an exemplary centre of the highest level of education in chemistry in Ukraine. Ever since its foundation in 1834 as the Department of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology of the Physics and Mathematics unit of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of St. Volodymyr, through the formation of the Faculty of Chemistry in 1905, the Faculty has gained international recognition in many countries of the world, by its scientific achievements and the quality of study and research by its students and staff, which meets the highest international standards.
At present there are 75 lecturers, three of whom are corresponding members of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 25 are professors, 32 are associate professors, and 13 are assistant lecturers, while some 90 research scientists work at the Faculty. Over 500 undergraduates and 70-80 postgraduate students study at the Department annually. Leading scientists from the National Academy of Science of Ukraine are involved in teaching.
There are 5 Departments at the Faculty:
Department of Analytical Chemistry;
Department of Inorganic Chemistry;
Department of Organic Chemistry;
Department of Physical Chemistry;
Department of the Chemistry of Macromolecular Compounds
Departments of the Faculty offer the following majors:
Analytical Chemistry;
Inorganic Chemistry;
Organic Chemistry;
Chemistry of Natural Compounds;
Physical Chemistry;
Chemistry of Macromolecular Compounds;
Ecological Chemistry;
Chemical Control of the Environment;
Chemical Analysis and Management of Analytical Laboratory;
Chemical Assessment and Eco Safety;
Physical Chemistry of Interface Phenomena
Applications to the Faculty of Chemistry in recent years have been at the rate of 3-4 applicants per place.
The best students receive special academic scholarships from the President and the Ukrainian Parliament.
Every year some 60-70 Masters’s degree students study at the Faculty. Graduates of the Master’s Program are assigned one of the following vocational training qualifications: chemist, research worker, university and higher education establishment lecturer. Masters may opt to continue their education at the postgraduate school of the National University of Kyiv, Research Institutes of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, or at universities in Europe, USA, Canada and Korea.
Graduates of the Faculty of Chemistry work as lecturers at higher education establishments of Ukraine, Europe, USA, work at Research Institutes, at commercial companies, or at the laboratories of pharmaceutical, medical, chemical and other enterprises.
The Faculty is constantly developing international links for collaboration with leading scientific centres and universities in Russia, Belarus, Great Britain, Germany, France, Poland, and the Research Centre of the LG Corporation, Korea.
Lecturers, researchers, postgraduates and students of the Faculty are all actively involved in research. The high standards of students’ research papers may be demonstrated by Gold Medals at International competitions and medal places at the All-Ukrainian student Olympiads, victory two years in a row at the International Student Tournament in Chemistry, numerous awards at All-Ukrainian competitions for academic papers, including those of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, and grants for international and domestic research and study programmes.
All-Ukrainian and International scientific conferences are held at the Faculty annually. They are particularly aimed at students and postgraduates, where future scientists have the opportunity to publish the results of their scientific research. Students can familiarize themselves with the main concepts of the scientific activities of certain research groups on the web pages of the Faculty and Departments.
The web page of the Faculty also contains resource materials for study purposes and an electronic library of specialised literature.
A local computer network functions at the Faculty. It provides free of charge software for general and specific purposes, and also a separate page with vacancies for employment of Faculty graduates.
A self-governing Scientific Society for students and postgraduates operates at the Faculty, together with representation at the Students’ Union.
Study at the Faculty of Chemistry is conducted on a full-time educational basis and provides three educational levels of qualification: Bachelor’s, Specialist’s, and Master’s.
Full-time Bachelor’s degree:
6.040101 Chemistry
Full-time Specialist’s degree:
7.04010101 Chemistry
Full-time Master’s degree:
8.04010101 Chemistry
Duration of study:
Bachelor: full-time education - 4 years
Specialist: full-time education - 10 months
Master: full-time education - 1 year 10 months
The Faculty offers a fee-paying study system by contract.
There are both Postgraduate and PhD research and study centres at the Faculty of Chemistry.
The languages of study for foreign citizens at the University are Ukrainian, Russian and English.
OUR CONTACTS:
WEB-site of the Faculty of Chemistry: www.chem.univ.kiev.ua
The Faculty of Preparatory Studies:
03022, Ukraine, Kyiv, Vasylkivska Str., 36, office 94
(Building of the Institute of Postgraduate Education, Metro Vasylkivska)
tel.: +38 (044) 521-33-01
fax: +38 (044) 521-35-50
WEB-site: http://pfku.univ.kiev.ua
E-mail: pfku@univ.kiev.ua
The Faculty of Foreign Citizens:
03022, Ukraine, Kyiv, Vasylkivska Str., 36, office 71
(Building of the Institute of Postgraduate Education, Metro Vasylkivska)
tel.: +38 (044) 521-65-68
fax: +38 (044) 521-35-50
WEB-site: www.univ.kiev.ua
E-mail: admission@univ.kiev.ua