CLASSIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

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Published on Wednesday, 25 January 2012 13:17
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In terms of ownership, higher education institutions in Ukraine may be state, communal, or private. Regardless of their ownership, they have equal rights to provide educational activities and ensure quality of education.

In Ukraine there are the following types of higher education institutions:

University is a multi-disciplinary (classical, technical) or sectoral (professional, technological, pedagogical, physical education and sports, humanitarian, theological, medical, economic, law, pharmaceutical, agricultural, artistic, cultural, etc.) higher education institution that carries out innovative educational activity at various levels of higher education (including doctoral studies), conducts fundamental and/or applied scientific research, is a leading scientific and methodical center, has a developed infrastructure of educational, scientific and scientific-production units, promotes the dissemination of scientific knowledge and conducts cultural and educational activities.

Academy, institute is a sectoral (professional, technological, technical, pedagogical, theological, medical, economic, law, pharmaceutical, agricultural, artistic, cultural, etc.) higher education institution that carries out innovative educational activities related to the provision of higher education at the first and second levels in one or more fields, can offer third level higher education and scientific programs in certain specialties, conducts fundamental and/or applied scientific research, is a leading scientific and methodical center, has a developed infrastructure of educational, research and scientific-production units, promotes the dissemination of scientific knowledge and conducts cultural and educational activities.

College is a higher education institution or structural division of a university, academy or institute that conducts educational activities related to obtaining a Bachelor's and/or Junior Bachelor's degree, conducts applied scientific research and/or creative artistic activity.

College status is obtained by an educational institution (structural division of an educational institution) in which the volume of training of higher education applicants with Bachelor's and/or Junior Bachelor's degrees is at least 30 percent of the total licensed volume.


Historical profile

Types of higher education institutions before 2014


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