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Established
  
1917

Location
  
Kherson, Ukraine

Phone
  
+380 552 226 263

Founded
  
1917

Rector
  
Vasil Stratonov

Website
  
www.kspu.edu

Number of students
  
7,586

Motto
  
Sapere aude!

Kherson State University

Address
  
Universytets'ka St, 27, Kherson, Херсонська, Ukraine, 73000

Similar
  
Kherson National Technical, Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, National University of Kharkiv, Kherson State Maritime, Kharkiv University of Human

Profiles

Kherson State University is a Ukrainian university located in Kherson.

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History

KhSU was founded in November 1917 during the First World War on the basis of the evacuated Tartu Teachers Institute. In 1919 the school was reorganized in Kherson Pedagogical Institute with a 4-year period of study.

In the early 1920s, the institute was renamed to Kherson Institute of Education (Hino), and in November 1924 it was given the name of NK Krupskaya. During the Second World War from August 1941 to March 1944 the Institute ceased operations.

In March 1944, after the release of Kherson from Axis invaders, it resumed the educational process in 5 departments: physical, mathematical, scientific, linguistic and literary, geographical, and historical. In 1973 it opened a Faculty of General Sciences, in 1977 a Faculty of Education, and in 1986 a Faculty of Foreign Languages.

In the years of independence of Ukraine Institute continued to develop. In 1992, the postgraduate program at the Faculty of Philology created additional pedagogical skills and retraining of Ukrainian Philology and Foreign Languages.

In 1994 the university opened a school of physical education and sport, and Kherson Academic Lyceum at KSU. In 1998, Kherson State Pedagogical Institute was reorganized as Kherson State Pedagogical University, which in 2002 became the Kherson State University. In 2004 it established the Research Institute of Information Technology. In April 2005 it opened the Business Development Centre.

Campuses and buildings

The University has 6 towers and 3 dormitories. In addition, the services of students and teachers KhSU - canteen, sanatorium, medical station, water-sport station on the Dnipro, sports camp "Burevisnyk" on the Black Sea Observatory Agricultural-Botanical Garden, 3 gyms, 1 gym and 2 assembly halls, agricultural machinery fleet, dance classes, art workshops, educational and publishing center, Ukrainian cultural center, museum and archive center, exhibition hall, etc.

Institutes and faculties

The university comprises 14 faculties: Psychology, History and Sociology, Foreign Languages, Translation, biology, ecology, geography, science, health and tourism, philology and journalism, technology and service, pre-school and primary education, economics and management, legal, physical education, physics, mathematics and computer science, culture and arts Pre.

Departments: History of Ukraine and teaching, world history and historiography, practical psychology, social work and social pedagogy, general and social psychology, English language and methods of teaching, German, Slavic languages and methods of teaching Russian language and general linguistics, Romance and Germanic languages, translation, theory and practice of translation from English, Botany, Socio-Economic Geography, Ecology and Geography, General and Inorganic Chemistry, Human and Animal Physiology, Correctional Education, Human Health, Organic and Biological Chemistry, Tourism, Ukrainian language and linguistics, literary Ukrainian, Ukrainian Linguistics, Journalism, Professional Education, Technology Education, Hotel and Restaurant Business, Early Childhood Education, Humanities, Education primary education, natural sciences and mathematics, and speech therapy; economic theory, economic enterprises Management and administration, administrative and commercial law, industry, history, and theory of law and state, theories and methods of physical training, Olympic and professional sports, medical and biological bases sport Computer Science, Algebra, geometry and mathematical analysis, physics and methods of teaching; culturology, visual arts and design, vocal and choral disciplines, music and choreography.

General Chairs: World Literature and Culture, Education and Psychology, Philosophy, Social and Human Sciences, speech education.

References

Kherson State University Wikipedia