Lviv Polytechnic National University

Lviv Polytechnic National University is the oldest technical higher educational institution in Ukraine and East Europe. It was founded in 1816. University consists of 16 institutes, 114 departments; autonomous, additional and general subdivisions.

Lviv Polytechnic National University trains students in 16 research-educational institutes, there students from Ukraine and other countries are enrolled in 64 bachelor programmes (first cycle of higher education) and 124 specialties (second cycle programmes), 123 out of which are master programmes. There are over 2,200 faculty members, 320 of whom hold the degree of Doctor of Science and over 1200 — the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Modern teaching laboratories and computing laboratories with Internet access enable courses to be kept up to date and taught to a high standard.

From its early establishment Lviv Polytechnic has proved to be a powerful center of science and education in Europe, the generator of technical ideas and inventions. Based on many years of theoretical and experimental activities at the University were developed the scientific schools that are well known in Ukraine and abroad. They have leading positions in Ukraine in the following scientific and technical areas: nanomaterials and nanotechnology, new materials and technologies; energy- and resource-saving technologies; basic research of the most important natural, social and human sciences; advanced computer systems and information technology; instrumentation and measuring equipment.

To implement the concept of educational and career guidance, the University successfully practices new forms of cooperation with potential applicants, their parents and civil society in general.