National Aerospace University – "Kharkiv Aviation Institute" , NAU "KhAI" ( uk, Національний аерокосмічний університет імені М. Є. Жуковського «Харківський авіаційний інститут», ХАІ; KhAI) is a

university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

which specializes in

aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot air ...

and

space engineering Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is sim ...

. The KhAI was founded in 1930.

History

The NAU "KhAI" was founded in 1930 on the basis of aviation division of the

Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute The National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (NTU "KhPI") ( uk, Національний технічний університет "Харківський політехнічний інститут"), in the city of Kha ...

. In 1941-44 it was evacuated to

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

. Its history is closely connected with the development of

aircraft engineering An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines. C ...

and science in the Soviet Union. The university is famous for its creation of the first in

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high-speed airplane with a retractable

landing gear Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for takeoff or landing. For aircraft it is generally needed for both. It was also formerly called ''alighting gear'' by some manufacturers, such as the Glenn L. Martin ...

and the creation of the design of the

turbojet The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine has an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and ...

engine developed by teacher of the KhAI A. M. Liulka who afterwards became the academician and designer of many structures of

aircraft engine An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years many ...

s including the engine of the aircraft

Su-27 The Sukhoi Su-27 (russian: Сухой Су-27; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a Soviet-origin twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi. It was intended as a direct competitor for the large US fourth-generation jet ...

. The KhAI is a unique

higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...

al institution where the airplanes developed by the Institute Design Bureau under the supervision of professor I. G. Neman were produced serially at the aircraft plants and run on

passenger airline An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in whic ...

s. From 1977 to 1984 the Designer General O.K. Antonov ran the department of airplane structure at the KhAI. In 1978 the KhAI was given the name of N. Ye. Zhukovskiy. In 1980 the institute was awarded with the

order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

. In 1998 the N. Ye. Zhukovskiy State Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute” was founded on the basis of the KhAI and in 2000 the University got a status of the National higher education institution and was renamed the National Aerospace University ″Kharkiv Aviation Institute″.

Students

The University has trained about 53 000

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

s. More than 80% of the specialists with higher education who work in Ukrainian

aerospace Aerospace is a term used to collectively refer to the atmosphere and outer space. Aerospace activity is very diverse, with a multitude of commercial, industrial and military applications. Aerospace engineering consists of aeronautics and astrona ...

area are the graduates of the NAU KhAI. At present about 7000 students and 160 post-graduate students are trained at the university; 700 teachers and 2000 employers work here. Among them there are 95 professors and doctors of science, more than 400 associate professors and candidates of sciences. Among the teachers of the university there is 1 USSR State Lenin Prize winner, 3 USSR State Prize winners, 25 Ukraine State Prize winners, 11 USSR Council of Ministers Prize winners. In 1992 the KhAI resumed the training of foreign students. Over 1000 foreign citizens from 40 countries of

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and

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are trained annually at the University.

Faculties

* Faculty of Aircraft Engineering * Faculty of Aircraft Engines' * Faculty of Aircraft Control Systems * Faculty of Rocket and Space Engineering * Faculty of Aircraft Radio electronic Systems * Faculty of Economics and Management * Faculty of Humanities * Faculty for International Students

Programmes

* Bachelor's degree – 4 years * Specialist Degree – 1/1.5 years (depends on the specific training programme) after B.Sc. * Master's degree – 1.5/2 years (depends on the specific training programme) after B.Sc. * Candidate of Science (Ph.D.) – 3 years after M.Sc. or Specialist Degree * Doctor of Science – 3 years after Ph.D.

Languages

The majority of NAU KhAI Training Programmes are provided in Ukrainian and Russian. But NAU KHAI also have a set of International Oriented Studies (IOS) Bachelor's and Master's of Science Programmes in English (full list you can find o
Official website
. For international students NAU KHAI has 1-month Training Programme at th

for further study at University in Russian.

Memberships and programs

# European and Global International Associations and Communities (International Association of Universities (IAU/UNESCO), European Group of Aeronautics and Space Universities (PEGASUS), The Magna Charta of the European Universities, International Association of Technical Universities from CIS Countries, Academic Association of CIS Countries Higher Education, European Aeronautic Science Network (EASN)) # Bilateral cooperation (Technion Research and Development Foundation LTD (Israel) # EU Framework Programmes # TEMPUS Programme # Dual Degree Programmes with World Leading Universities # Working and Training Abroad for KhAI Students and Staff # Educational Programmes for Foreign Citizens

Aircraft designs

From:Gordon, Yefim; Komissarov, Sergey (2013). ''Unflown wings: Soviet and Russian unrealized aircraft projects 1925-2010.'' Birmingham: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. . *

Kharkiv KhAI-1 The Kharkiv KhAI-1 (ХАІ-1) was an airliner produced in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s, unusual in that it was designed (and the prototype built) by students. An exceptionally clean design, the KhAI-1 was the first European passenger trans ...

* Kharkiv KhAI-2 (1932) * Kharkiv KhAI-2 (1934) * Kharkiv KhAI-2 (1937) *

Kharkiv KhAI-4 The Kharkiv KhAI-4 was an experimental Soviet tailless aircraft tested in 1934. It only made three flights before being grounded as dangerous. Design and development The KhAI-4 was the Kharkov Institute's first tailless design, making its first ...

''Iskra'' *

Kharkiv KhAI-5 The Kharkiv KhAI-5, (sometimes Neman R-10) was a Soviet reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft, designed in the mid-1930s in the Kharkiv Aviation Institute (KhAI, - in Ukrainian: ХАІ), under the direction of Iosif Grigorevich Nyeman (sometime ...

(R-10/PS-5) * Kharkiv KhAI-6 * Kharkiv KhAI-8 * Kharkiv KhAI-11 * Kharkiv KhAI-12 ''Start'' * Kharkiv KhAI-13 ''Gymnast'' * Kharkiv KhAI-14 ''Orlyonok'' * Kharkiv KhAI-17 * Kharkiv KhAI-18 * Kharkiv KhAI-19 * Kharkiv KhAI-20 * Kharkiv KhAI-21 * Kharkiv KhAI-22 * Kharkiv KhAI-23 *

Kharkiv KhAI-24 __NOTOC__ The Kharkov KhAI-24 was a 1960s Soviet two-seat autogyro designed by the Kharkiv Aviation Institute. Design and development The KhAI-24 was designed by students of the Kharkiv Aviation Institute for an Estonian Ministry for the Ener ...

* Kharkiv KhAI-25 * Kharkiv KhAI-25 * Kharkiv KhAI-26 * Kharkiv KhAI-27 ''Kharkovchanin'' * Kharkiv KhAI-28 * Kharkiv KhAI-29 ''Korshun'' * Kharkiv KhAI-30 ''Professor Nyeman'' * Kharkiv KhAI-31 * Kharkiv KhAI-32 * Kharkiv KhAI-33 * Kharkiv KhAI-34 * Kharkiv KhAI-35 ''Entuziast'' * Kharkiv KhAI-36 * Kharkiv KhAI-37 ''Mikhail Efimov'' * Kharkiv KhAI-38 * Kharkiv KhAI-39 * Kharkiv KhAI-40 * Kharkiv KhAI-41 * Kharkiv KhAI-42 * Kharkiv KhAI-43 * Kharkiv KhAI-44 * Kharkiv KhAI-45 * Kharkiv KhAI-46 * Kharkiv KhAI-47 * Kharkiv KhAI-48 * Kharkiv KhAI-49 * Kharkiv KhAI-51 * Kharkiv KhAI-52 * Kharkiv KhAI-60 (60 let KhAI) * Kharkiv KhAI-70 * Kharkiv KhAI-80 * Kharkiv KhAI-90 * Kharkiv KhAI-92 * Kharkiv KhAI-112 * Kharkiv KhAI-150

References

External links

Official website for International students

Aerospace Research and Education at NAU KhAI
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