Chernihiv Polytechnic National University ( uk, Національний університет «Чернігівська політехніка») is a higher educational institution in

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

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of IV level of accreditation, founded in 1960.

History

The activities of CPNU began in 1960 as the general technical faculty of the

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in accordance with the order of the Ministry of the

Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Української РСР, tr. ''Verkhovna Rada Ukrayins'koyi RSR''; Russian: Верховный Совет Украинской ССР, tr. ''Verkhovnyy Sovet Uk ...

dated March 11, 1960. The first lectures began on September 1, 1960. The initial admission was 175 students. The number of instructor was 20. The dean of the faculty was Kalita Evgeny Grigoryevich. The first admission to full-time education in three specialties was carried out in the 1962-1963 academic year and amounted to 150 students. On September 1, 1965, according to the order of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the USSR, the Chernihiv branch of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute was organized, consisting of three faculties: mechanical, technological and general technical. The dean of the general technical faculty Evgeny Kalita was appointed the director of the branch. The number of students in the 1966-1967 academic year was 1,100. In 1991, the Chernihiv Technological Institute was established by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 193 of September 10, 1991 asf the Chernihiv branch of the KPI. The rector of the institute was appointed doctor of technical sciences, professor Denisov Alexander Ivanovich. The plan of admission to the institute was 490 people, and for the 1991-1992 academic year - 1,919 people. In 1994, the Faculty of Engineering and Economics was established. In 1994, the university was licensed and accredited, as a result of which it received the IV level of accreditation. By the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 1372 of July 29, 1999, the Chernihiv State Technological University was established on the basis of the Chernihiv Institute of Technology. In 2011, the Chernihiv State Institute of Law, Social Technologies and Labor joined the university, which in 2014 became known as the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law and Social Technologies. In 2013, the university received the title of national and has since been called Chernihiv National University of Technology In 2014, the Chernihiv State Institute of Economics and Management joined the university, which became known as the Educational and Scientific Institute of Economics. December 10, 2019 the university was renamed into the National University "Chernihiv Polytechnic". The university was shelled and damaged by Russian shelling on 14 March according to

Vyacheslav Chaus Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych Chaus ( uk, В'ячеслав Анатолійович Чаус; born on 28 August 1977), is a Ukrainian politician who is currently the governor of Chernihiv Oblast since 4 August 2021. Biography Vyacheslav Chaus was b ...

, the governor of Chernihiv Oblast during the

Siege of Chernihiv The siege of Chernihiv was a military engagement in the city of Chernihiv, in Chernihiv Oblast in the north of Ukraine. It began on 24 February 2022, as part of the northeastern Ukraine offensive, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On ...

during the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

Notable alumni

Olena Kostevych Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych ( ua, Олена Дмитрівна Костевич, born 14 April 1985) is a Ukrainian pistol shooter. She is the 2004 Olympic champion in the 10 metre air pistol event, 2002 World champion in 10 m air pistol event a ...

References

External links

Official Website
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