Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University

Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University is one of Ukraine's oldest higher education institutions, founded in 1805 by brothers Alexander and Ilya Bezborodko as the Gymnasium of Higher Sciences. Since 2004 it has held the status of a classical state university. The university comprises two faculties (Philology, History and Political-Legal Sciences; Pedagogy, Psychology, Social Work and Arts) and one educational-scientific institute (Natural-Mathematical, Medical-Biological Sciences and IT). It offers bachelor's programs in 36 specialisations, master's in 29, PhD in 11, and doctoral degrees in 4 specialisations. More than 70,000 graduates have been trained over its nearly 220-year history.