V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Kharkiv National University is one of the oldest universities in Eastern Europe. It was founded in November 1804 on the initiative of the prominent educator V. N. Karazin, in accordance with the Charter of Tsar Alexander I. Today, the University occupies the highest positions of all-Ukrainian rankings among classical universities and is well known far beyond Ukraine.

Today, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University offers 115 majors and specializations, covering the whole scope of modern classical university education.

The University is made up of 20 Schools:

• Biology; Geology, Geography, Recreation and Tourism; Ecology; Economics; Foreign Languages; History; Computer Sciences; Medicine; Mathematics and Computer Sciences; International Economic Relations and Travel Business; Psychology; Radio Physics, Biomedical Electronics and Computer Systems; Sociology; Physics and Energy; Physics and Technology; Physics; Philology; Philosophy; Chemistry; Law; and the Education and Research Institute «Karazin Business School».

The University is one of the largest research centers in Ukraine. It covers practically all areas of modern fundamental science. It incorporates the Research Institute of Chemistry, the Research Institute of Biology, and the Research Institute of Astronomy.

The University is the main research organization of several international space programs. The University researchers cooperate with scientists from the USA, Canada, Russia, Germany, Turkey, China, Japan, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Great Britain, and other countries under international programs.

The Educational Center for Practical Training and Employment's main activities are:

• establishing cooperation with enterprises, institutions, and organizations which can be places for practical training and employment of graduates and students;
• informing graduates and students of the University, dean’s offices about job vacancies in their field of study (specialty) at enterprises, institutions, and organizations;
• assisting in employment of the University students and graduates, their adaptation to changing demands for specialists in the labor market;
• engaging student youth in entrepreneurial activity, creating appropriate conditions for functioning and effective development of youth entrepreneurship.