Becoming a lawyer or a philologist in Ukraine! Do you want to become a politician, a famous human rights advocate or a diplomat? Do you want to travel the world and know foreign languages? If so, you need a liberal arts education www.see-you.in.ua Becoming a Lawyer Becoming a Lawyer or a Philologist in Ukraine! or a Philologist in Ukraine! Do you want to become a politician, a famous human rights advocate or a diplomat? Do you the culture of the Eastern Slavs, there were nearly want to travel the world and know foreign th INVITATION TO STUDY 200 schools in Kyiv and its suburbs in the 13 century. languages? If so, you need a liberal arts education. The fi rst academic center that fully met the standards Statistics show that most parliamentarians, government of European institutions of higher learning in those offi cials, and even presidents in the world have a liberal times was the Ostrih School, which enjoyed the rights arts education. Philosophers, thinkers, men of letters, and of an academy. It was opened in the city of Ostrih in 1576. musicians have always been in high respect and demand It had its own printing house, a huge library, and a staff in every epoch and in every society. Many future of prime lecturers. The fi rst full-fl edged higher educational Yurii Andrukhovych, a famous Ukrainian writer, lawyers, journalists, translators, and sociologists institution appeared in Ukraine in 1658. That was the Kyiv- In 1834, St. Volodymyr University chose Ukraine as a place of study. Mohyla Academy, the fi rst university not only in Ukraine publicist, and public activist, was established in Kyiv but also in Eastern Europe. From the time of its foundation, who studied at Lviv National to become Ukraine’s largest The skills and talents of modern Ukrainian men of letters, the study of languages was among the central subjects University, has been nominated institution of higher learning writers, artists, and musicians are well appreciated all in the Academy, especially such languages as Polish and for the Nobel Prize several times and currently bears the name over the world. Speeches delivered by men of letters Latin. The political elite from all over Eastern Europe studied in the past decade, each time of Taras Shevchenko. In its early from Ukraine draw full houses at various art forums and at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy then. It was the alma mater for a different work. The Nobel jury years, the university prepared conferences. Ukrainian writers have been repeatedly joke that Andrukhovych has not won highly qualified specialists at such of famous Ukrainian hetmans Ivan Mazepa, Pylyp Orlyk, nominated for and won international prizes. faculties as philosophy, history- and Ivan Vyhovsky. Hryhoriy Skovoroda, a Ukrainian the Prize yet simply because he is philology, law, and physics- philosopher, Mikhail Lomonosov, the founder of Russia’s too young, suggesting that one has Foreigners seek a liberal arts education in Ukraine mathematics. By now these study fi rst university in Moscow, and Karion Istomin, the author to reach a certain age to be suitable because, among other reasons, the Ukrainian areas have evolved into a broad of Russia’s fi rst illustrated ABC-book, received their for a Nobel Prize in literature. educational system is more than a thousand chain of faculties and institutes education here. Students of the Academy were children As a rule, it is awarded primarily years old. Liberal arts, such as linguistics and law, under the university’s roof. to famed older writers who are were fi rst to take root here. Since 1960, the university far over seventy years of age. has trained 20,000 foreigners Yurii Andrukhovych gives lectures from 120 countries. Knowledge of law, language, and philosophy to Ukrainian university students, The Taras Shevchenko has traditionally been passed in Ukrainian society sharing his literary skills with young University of Kyiv also has from generation to generation. The fi rst schools appeared th people. the largest preparation faculty here back in the 10 century, during the times of Kyivan for international students. Rus. Back then, Kyiv, the capital of a powerful empire, was bigger than other European capitals. In particular, at the beginning of the 11th century, the present capital of Ukraine had a population of 50,000, whereas London, Hamburg, or Gdansk had only 20,000 residents. According to Wanczura, a Polish scholar who studied Future students from more than a hundred countries come to Ukraine to become highly qualifi ed specialists 2 . For an education, to Ukraine! For an education, to Ukraine! . 3 Becoming a Lawyer Becoming a Lawyer or a Philologist in Ukraine! or a Philologist in Ukraine! from different social strata ranging from aristocrats institutions, and that comes as no surprise, as philosophy to peasants. The Academy had its own dormitory, and theology were obligatory subjects for all students which was a rare case in those times. Already in those times, as well as a few contemporary and at that time, many foreigners came to Ukraine ancient languages. Such traditions of a high-standard PREPARING for an education. In 1736, apart from Ukrainians, liberal arts education are still alive. FOR ENTRANCE Russians, and Belarusians, the Academy EXAMINATIONS th Back in the 11 century had 127 students from European countries. Ukrainian higher educational institutions offer during the rule of Yaroslav In the 17th century, another university appeared in Ukraine many bachelor and master programs for many liberal arts the Wise, the largest library in the city of Lviv that was part of the Rzecz Pospolita. qualifi cations. In Ukraine you can obtain an education of those times was established In 1661, Jan II Kazimierz, the King of the Rzecz Pospolita, as a lawyer or linguist, journalist or sociologist, musician at the cathedral of St. Sophia of Kyiv. signed a document granting the “academy honor and or artist. Prospective students from more than a hundred Calculations of modern specialists university title” to the Lviv Jesuit College. countries choose Ukraine as their destination to seek a liberal arts education because Ukraine has old show that the number of books Many universities and A whole group of institutions of higher learning appeared traditions, a sensitivity to the needs of the modern in that library exceeded 950 volumes. institutes that enroll in the 19th century as the Russian government permitted world, experienced lecturers, and famous As a result, St. Sophia of Kyiv became international students have the establishment of universities in Kharkiv (1804), graduates. If you contemplate the career of a highly a center of chronicle writings and specialized preparation Kyiv (1834), and Odesa (1865) at the request of the public. qualifi ed liberal arts specialist, your study in this country progressive ideas. The first legal code departments. If you choose In 1875, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph will be the perfect launching pad for your successful of Kyivan Rus was also compiled Ukrainian or Russian as your issued an edict establishing a university in Chernivtsi. professional life. during the rule of Yaroslav the Wise, study language, you will need These educational institutions quickly gained, and still known as the Ruska Pravda. It gave to spend one year studying retain, a reputation as signifi cant research and education legal form to the customs and at the preparation faculty centers. The leading Ukrainian universities have been norms of public conduct, judicial known since the time of their foundation as liberal arts to have a sufficient command proceedings, and the law of that of one of these languages. society. Such a preparatory course In Ukraine you can obtain an education as a lawyer or linguist, journalist or is also intended to ensure sociologist, musician or artist further successful study and help the prospective student adapt to the new social and Ukraine retains its traditions of a high-quality liberal arts education cultural environment. 4 . For an education, to Ukraine! For an education, to Ukraine! . 5 The most popular Ukrainian institutions of higher learning The most popular Ukrainian institutions of higher learning that enroll foreigners to study liberal arts that enroll foreigners to study liberal arts Kyiv National Linguistic University E-mail: [email protected] Center of Preparation and Retraining www.knlu.kiev.ua Institute of International Education for Foreign Citizens Preparation Faculty for Foreigners Address: 7 Mayakovskoho St, Odesa, 65082 Address: 36 Vasylkivska St, Room 71, Kyiv, 03022, Address: 5/17 (block 3) Laboratorna St, Kyiv, Ukraine Tel.: +38048 7317403, +38048 7238477, +38048 7317085 Ukraine Tel.: +38044 5216153 E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +38044 5213568 Teaching languages: Ukrainian, Russian Teaching languages: Ukrainian, Russian E-mail: [email protected] Address: 2 Rymskoho-Korsakova St, block “G”, Teaching languages: Ukrainian, Russian Room 713, Sumy, 40007, Ukraine V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Tel.: +380542 335273 www.univer.kharkov.ua National Pedagogical Dragomanov University (Kyiv) E-mail: [email protected] www.npu.edu.ua Sociology Faculty Department of International Education Tel.: +38057 7075368, +38057 707-50-49, Institute of Social Work and Governance Address: 2 Rymskoho-Korsakova St, Main Building, +38057 7075040 www.isru.npu.edu.ua Room 804, Sumy, 40007, Ukraine th E-mail: [email protected] Address: 6 Osvity St, 4 Floor, Lecture Room 52, Tel.: +380542 780332, fax: +380542 337114 Faculty of Foreign Languages