Kherson National Technical University

Kherson National Technical University
Kherson National Technical University is a subject of higher education of Ukraine, which implements programs of training and advanced training of specialists, as well as performs research works for enterprises, organizations, branches of mechanical engineering, food and light industry, technical and economic cybernetics, electronics, management, economics, computer science, computer engineering, and more.

Kherson National Technical University is an educational institution that is in constant creative search and in recent years has managed to reach a new level of development. The National Technical University is a modern, powerful scientific and educational complex, whose history began in 1959 when, in Kherson, to meet the needs of the largest in Europe, the Kherson Cotton Mill, first of which was just commissioned at the time, was created educationally — consulting point of the Kiev Institute of Light Industry.

In the early 1950s, large-scale construction began in the oblast and in Kherson. Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and grand irrigation systems were being built. In the short term the second city of the regional subordination of Nova Kakhovka was built and the firstborn in the south of Ukraine — Novokahovsky Electromechanical Plant was put into operation. In the regional center were built industrial giants — shipyard, reconstructed and expanded factories them. Petrovsky and Electromash, a factory of cardan shafts appeared on the site of the Agricultural Spare Parts Plant.

Faculties and Specialities  of Kherson National Technical University

The Faculty of Information Technology and Design invites you to study in the following specialties:

Field of knowledge — Culture and art

Specialty – Design

Specialization (educational program):

• Graphic Design
• Design of clothing (footwear)
• Environment Design 

Field of knowledge —Information Technology

Specialty — Software Engineering

Computer Science

Computer Engineering

Cybersecurity

Information systems and technologies

Automation and computer integrated technologies

Biomedical engineering

Specialisation

• Software Engineering
• Software systems
• Programming Smart Devices and Embedded Systems
• Computer Science
• Computer Engineering
• Cybersecurity

Field of knowledge —Automation and instrumentation

Specialty -Automation and computer integrated technologies

Field of knowledge —Automation and computer integrated technologies

Automated robotic systems and mechatronics

Field of knowledge — Chemical and bioengineering

Specialty —  Biomedical engineering

Specialisation— Biomedical engineering

The list of branches of knowledge, specialties, specializations (educational programs) of study for the educational degree of masters in faculty of information technologies and design of Kherson National Technical University

Field of knowledge — Culture and art

Specialty— Design

Specialisation- Design

Field of knowledge — Information Technology

Specialty— Software Engineering

Computer Science

Computer Engineering

Information systems and technologies

Specialisation- Software systems

                                 Software Engineering

Specialisation—Consolidated information

Project management

Computer systems and networks

Information systems and technologies

                         Automation and instrumentation

Specialty — Automation and Computer Integrated Technologies

Micro and nanosystem technology

Biomedical engineering

Specialisation — Automation and computer integrated technologies

Automated robotic systems and mechatronics

Physical and biomedical electronics

Field of knowledge — Chemical and bioengineering

Specialty — Biomedical engineering

Specialisation -Biomedical engineering

Specialities of Faculty of Economics, Business Analytics and Entrepreneurship

The Faculty of Economics, Business Analytics and Entrepreneurship of Kherson National Technical University  invites to study in the following specialties:

1. Economy

Educational and professional programs:

Business Economics and Business Analytics
Economic Cybernetics
Economic security

2. Accounting and taxation

Educational and professional programs:
Commitment and taxation

3. 3. Finance, banking and insurance

Educational and professional programs:

4 .Finance and Credit

Fiscal administration and customs
State, tax and customs

Structure of Faculty of Integrated Technologies: 

Business, Trade and Exchange Activities

Specialization — Commercial Trade and Business

Chemical Technologies and Engineering

Specialization — Chemical Technology
preparation profiles:

Chemical Technologies of Organic Substances
Textile Chemistry and Finishing Manufactures
Chemical Technologies for Food Supplements and Cosmetics

Food Technologies

Specialization — Food Technologies and Engineering

preparation profiles:

Technologies for Fermentative Products and Wine-Making
Storage, Preservation and Processing Technologies for Fruits and Vegetables

Specialization — Technological Expertise and Safety of Food Products

Light Industry Technologies

Specialization — Technology and Design of Textile Materials
preparation profiles:

— Technologies and Design of Fabrics

— Expertise of Textile Materials and Products

Specialization -Technology of Light Industry
preparation profiles:

— Preprocessing Technologies, Standardization and Certification of Raw Materials and Products of Light Industry

Master’s Degree Programs

Business, Trade and Exchange Activities

Specialization — Quality, Standardization and Certification

Chemical Technologies and Engineering

Specialization-Textile Chemistry and Finishing Manufactures

Specialization — Chemical Technologies for Food Supplements and Cosmetics
Light Industry Technologies

Specialization — Technology and Design of Fabrics

Specialization — Expertise of Textile Materials and Products

Specialization — Preprocessing Technologies, Standardization and Certification of Raw Materials and Products of Light Industry

The Faculty of Integrated Technologies was established on the basis of a general technical faculty in 1967.

The graduates of the Faculty work as masters, engineers, technologists, economists in spinning and weaving factories, laboratories, design bureaus, research institutes, installation and commissioning offices and factories of chemical cleaning. The graduates of the Faculty of Food Technologies have recommended themselves to such well-known companies as «Sandora», «Tavria», «Danone», «Chumak» hrofirma, with which Kherson National Technical University  maintains close contacts. Today, 65 of 50 teachers have academic degrees, including academic titles of associate professor or professor — 39 teachers.

The Faculty trains bachelors and masters. Postgraduates and doctorates are studying and working on doctoral theses, they are able to defend their theses in a Specialized Board of the University of Specialties  — «Technology of Textile Materials, Garment and Knitwear Production», «Technology of Cereals, Legumes, Grain Products and Feed-stuffs, Oil and Bast Cultures «.

The Faculty held large research papers in various fields. Researches and developments in energy-saving technologies, processing of textile materials are carried out in the branch laboratory of the Faculty of Chemical Technologies, Expertise and Food Safety. Every year the research work of faculty employs about 80 students. In the graduated departments about 70% of students do graduate research work, some of which have practical relevance and are implemented in production.

Participations in scientific conferences, vernissages of art works, industrial exhibitions not only in the city area, but also abroad provides in order to expand the students’ education area and enable them to discover their individual creative abilities and inclinations from the first course.

Today, our graduates work as heads of large, medium and small businesses, consultants at companies, university staff in research institutions, advertising agencies.

Structure of Departament of international economic relations, management and business

 Philology (English and German Languages)

—Translation

 Management 

— Personnel Management and Labor Economics
— Enterprise Management
— Hotel and Tourist Business Management
— Logistics
— Business Administration
— Management of Foreign Economic Activity

  Public Management and Administration 

— Public Service;
— Local Government;
— E-Government.

 Marketing 

— Marketing

— International economic relations

— International business

— Global business networks

Master’s Degree Programs 

 Management 

— Organizations and Administration Management (by economic activity)
— Enterprise Management
— Hotel and Tourist Business Management
— Logistics.
— Business Administration
— Foreign Trade Management

Public Management and Administration 
— Public Service
— Local Government:
— Local Government Organization;
— Local Management

 Marketing 

Marketing

The Faculty of Engineering and Transport of Kherson National Technical University invites to study in the following specialties:
Educational Program — Applied Mechanics
Educational program — Robotomechanical complexes and information systems in materials forming technologies

General information about history Museum of Kherson National Technical University

The Museum of History of Kherson National Technical University was opened in October 2009, when the University celebrated its half-century anniversary. Throughout all these years, the Museum of History of University has successfully performed cultural, educational and educational functions, as it has become a real center of historical memory. Today, it is visited by students, students, graduates, guests of the university and cities, because the future is impossible without the past, and it is in the museum that the chain that connects all generations of students and teachers of the Kherson National Technical University is created. In addition to sightseeing and thematic excursions, various art exhibitions, poetry evenings, alumni and veteran meetings are held at the Museum of History of the University.

Kherson is a city located in the south of Ukraine, administrative, industrial and cultural center of the Kherson region. The city stands on the high right bank of the Dnieper River, near its confluence with the Dnieper estuary of the Black Sea.

Accomodation and Housing of Kherson National Technical University

Student dormitory — In the dormitory two people live together and upon your choice you can decide to live with a friend, another international student  or with a random student from the university. Usually there is one common bedroom with two beds, two desks and one bathroom. The bathroom is shared and is divided into several rooms. The hostel will provide you with rooms fully furnished with all necessary furniture. Also in the hostel there are common kitchens, gyms, laundries and security. As for the purchase of food and other things, not far from the hostel there are several supermarkets as well as shopping centers. Also, nearby are the bus stop or the metro station with which you can easily get to anywhere in the city. The entrance to the hostel is based on student passes. A pass will be issued to the student upon arrival at the hostel. Visitors can stay at the hostel from 8:00 to 23:00.

 Kherson city

Kherson is an important industrial center in the south of Ukraine: metalworking and machine building (in particular, shipbuilding and agricultural machinery), food and textile industries. Kherson Shipyard is one of the largest shipbuilding enterprises in Ukraine and in Europe. Kherson port is the largest on the Dnieper River.

The climate of Kherson is dry steppe. Winters are mild, summers are hot, often dry. The average temperature in January is zero degrees Celsius, in July — plus 25 degrees Celsius.

Minibuses and trolleybuses are the main urban transport. Kherson International Airport provides regular flights to Kyiv and Istanbul (Turkey). The distance from Kyiv to Kherson by roads is about 550 km.

In total, there are more than 10 institutions of higher education in the city.

On the coat of arms of Kherson you can see the gates of the Kherson fortress and two crossed anchors (military and commercial).

Places of interest in Kherson

Churches

St. Catherine’s Cathedral (1782-1787) — an outstanding architectural monument of the 18th constructed in the style of early classicism with the motives of the Balkan medieval architecture. The cathedral was named after St. Catherine and Empress Catherine II, who visited it in 1786. The chair made specifically for her has been preserved.

In 1791, G.A. Potemkin, the founder of Kherson, was buried in the crypt under the cathedral. On the territory of the cathedral there is the “Pantheon of the Kherson Fortress” — burial of officers killed in the Russian-Turkish war. Perekopska Street, 13.

Greek Sophia Church (1780). The Greek Sophia Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the oldest surviving church in Kherson. This stone church was built by the Greeks, who settled in Kherson in the 18th century. Inside you can see preserved wall paintings, a beautiful carved iconostasis, and wooden sculptures. Bohorodyts?ka Street, 11.

Holy Assumption Cathedral (1798) — one of the oldest buildings in Kherson. The church was established by the merchants Sizarev and Fendrikov. According to legend, immediately after the construction began, the plague that raged in the town stopped.

The cathedral was built in the style of early classicism, in the form of an oblong cross. It is distinguished by its magnificent decoration. Inside you can see an elegant iconostasis and the icon of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. Soborna Street, 5.

All-Saints Church (1804-1808). The compositional center of the Kherson necropolis built in the style of classicism, it is the only Orthodox church in Kherson that has never been closed for worship.

In the interior of the church there is a magnificent wooden carved iconostasis. Some of its images were made by Yaroslavl icon painters in the beginning of the 18th century. In addition, the church has several interesting icons of the 17th-18th centuries. Puhachova Lane, 11A.

Holy Spirit Cathedral (1804-1836) — a beautiful cathedral in the style of classicism. Preobrazhenska Street, 36.

Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1820s). The church was founded on the initiative of G.A. Potemkin to attract foreigners to Kherson. In 1931, the church was closed and housed workshops and, later, a children’s movie theater. In 1994, it was returned to the believers and reconstructed. Suvorova Street, 40.

Kherson Fortress

It is a complex of buildings and remains of defensive structures of the Kherson fortress located on the territory and near the park with the same name — Kherson Fortress Park. The fortress in the mouth of the Dnieper was founded by G.A. Potemkin in 1778, next to the earlier fortification of Alexander-Shantz (1737).

You can see two preserved arch gates: Ochakiv (western) and Moscow (northern) gates built in the late 18th century. Also there is a powder cellar converted into a restaurant. On the opposite side of the street, you can find the Arsenal with a monumental colonnade (1784) — one of the earliest buildings of the Kherson Fortress. Perekopska Street, 13.

Museums

Kherson Regional Museum. The museum was formed on the basis of the collection of antiquities of the archaeologist V. Goshkevich and the entomological office of the botanist I. Pachosky. In 1963, the expositions were united into a single museum, Since 1978, it is located in the former building of the Kherson District Court (1893).

The exposition includes the natural history and historical departments, as well as the hall of A. Suvorov. In total, there are about 144,000 exhibits. The staff of the museum conducts excursions around Kherson. Soborna Street, 9. Opening hours: 10:00-17:00. Days off: Monday, Tuesday.

Kherson Regional Art Museum named after Oleksii Shovkunenko. The museum was opened in the former building of the City Duma in 1977. The collection consists of works of art of the 17th-21st centuries.

The basis of the collection is more than 150 works made by the Ukrainian painter Oleksii Oleksiyovych Shovkunenko. You can also see paintings of V. Polenov, A. Savrasov, I. Kramskoy, V. Makovsky, M. Vrubel, N. Pimonenko, V. Orlovsky, works of Soviet artists, icons of the 17th-20th centuries. Soborna Street, 34. Opening hours: 09:00-17:00. Days off: Monday, Tuesday.

Other sights

Frigate — the Monument to the First Shipmen. The memorial sign “Frigate” standing on the embankment of Kherson is the most recognizable symbol of the city. The monument in the form of a sailing ship on a high pedestal was installed in honor of the first ships of the Black Sea Fleet: the 66-gun battleship “Glory of Catherine” and the 50-gun frigate “George the Victorious” in 1972.

Age-Old Oak Tree.This tree standing in the very center of the Shevchenko Park is one of the symbols of Kherson. It is the oldest park in Kherson laid in 1785. In the 19th century, the trees were cut down and the place was turned into a parade ground, horse races were held here. In 1869, the park was revived and an oak tree became its compositional center.

Goldenberg’s House (1910). The house of the entrepreneur I. Goldenberg is one of the most interesting building in the ensemble of Pokrovska Square in Kherson. This eclectic architectural monument lined with brick is richly decorated in Romanesque and Moorish styles. Staroobriadnytska Street, 21.

Public Library (Registry Office) (1897). The current building of the Central Registry Office in the style of neoclassicism was originally erected for the Kherson Public Library in the late 19th century. The building housed the library until 1987, when it was decided to use it as the Central Registry Office of Kherson. Torhova Street, 24.

Music and Drama Theater named after Mykola Kulish (1883). The theater was founded on the initiative of the nobility of the Kherson province in 1830. The current building of the theater was erected in the late 19th century. In 1944, this monument of architecture was badly damaged. Teatralna Street, 7.