Donetsk National Technical University

Donetsk National Technical University (DonNTU, formerly Donetsk Polytechnic Institute and other names[2]) is the largest and oldest higher education establishment in Donbas, founded in 1921. In its early years, it was attended by Nikita Khrushchev.

Donetsk National Technical University
MottoVivat, Crescat, Floreat!
TypeUniversity
Established1921
ChancellorYaroslav Liashok
Undergraduates28000
Location
Pokrovsk (originally Donetsk)
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Campusurban
AffiliationsMinistry of Education and Science of Ukraine
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[1]251-300 (2022)

Following the loss of Ukrainian government control over Donetsk in 2014 during the war in Donbass, the University was evacuated to Pokrovsk.[3][4]

A small group of collaborationists among the faculty have claimed to continue to operate as the Donetsk National Technical University in the campus in Russian-occupied Donetsk, as a project aimed to legitimize the so-called Donetsk People's Republic,[5][6] however diplomas they issued weren't recognized even in Russia itself and local students were officially enrolled as correspondent students at minor provincial Russian universities. Following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the university appears to have been discontinued.

On 28 February 2024, the university building in Pokrovsk was partially destroyed by Russian missile attack.[7]

Structure

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Donetsk National Technical University (DonNTU) is the first higher education establishment in the Donbas Region and one of the first technical universities in Ukraine. 27,000 students study at 7[8] faculties, 60 specialities being their major. There are 28 correspondent members and academicians of the engineering academies, 18 honorary researchers and professors among the academics of the university. A number of scientists of DonNTU are honorary and full members of foreign organizations and academies. There are professors and students whose work was supported by the Soros Fund.

DPI team

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From 1987—1996, the university had a group known as the DPI team [ru] participating in the popular comedic game-show KVN. It contained a number of figures, made up of students who were studying at the university and would later become prominent within Ukrainian society, including Ismail Abdullaiev and Serhii Syvokho [uk].[9]

Collaboration

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  • DonNTU has more than 70 collaboration agreements with universities all over the world.
  • There is an office of the Siemens company at the university.
  • At the three engineering faculties (German, French, and English) students are trained in the appropriate foreign language.
  • A Polish faculty has been established.
  • Thirty professors from foreign universities are Honorary Doctors of DonNTU.
  • The university has a reading room sponsored by the Goethe Institute, Germany.

Donetsk National Technical University is a member of the EAU (European Association of Universities).

DonNTU is a member of

  • UICEE – The International Engineering Education Centre sponsored by UNESCO, Melbourne, Australia
  • EAIE – European Association of International Education
  • EAAU – Euro-Asian Association of Universities
  • SEFI – European Association of Engineering Education
  • IGIP – International Association of Engineering Education (Austria)
  • COFRAMA – French Council on Management links development with the countries of the CIS and Russia (Lion, France); PRELUDE – International Association of Research and links with universities (Belgium)
  • CEUME – Consortium of Management Education in Ukraine (the US, Poland)
  • URAN – Ukrainian Educational and Research Network sponsored by the NATO and German Research Network

DonNTU is a participant in the following international programmes:

  • TEMPUS-TACIS NCD-JEP – 23125-2002 European Studios; DAAD Eastern Partnerships (Germany)
  • Stipend of the International Board of the Ministry of Education and Science (the German Aerodynamics Center)
  • BWTZ-Programm (Germany, the Ministry of Science)
  • INTAS – Publishing House (Germany)
  • BMEU/CEUME Business - Management - Education (USA, Poland)
  • The Jozef Mihknowski Science Development Fund (Poland)
  • Students Exchange Programmes AIESEC (Poland)
  • Grant from the Ministry of Education and Sports, Poland
  • Grant from the Ministry of Education and Science (Russia)
  • Programme Dnipro (France)
  • Grant of the Special School of Social Works, Construction and Industry (ESTP), (France)
  • Grant from the government of Czech Republic
  • SIDA – Master and Bachelor programme Sandwich (Sweden)
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References

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  1. ^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ^ Names of the institution over the time
  3. ^ "Order of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine about university relocation to Pokrovsk" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. ^ Donetsk National Technical University Ukrainian website
  5. ^ Ukraine’s displaced universities Archived 3 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Open Democracy, NIKITA PIDGORA 3 March 2017]
  6. ^ "Donetsk National Technical University pro-Russian website". Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  7. ^ "ЗС РФ завдали ударів по Покровську: одна з ракет влучила в будівлю ДонНТУ (фото)". Фокус. 28 February 2024. Archived from the original on 28 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Structure DonNTU, site University". Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  9. ^ Stryzhova, Olha (13 January 2021). "От КВН до «Лиги cмеха»: 10 юмористических команд Донбасса" [From KVN to the "League of laughter": 10 humorous teams of the Donbas]. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Russian). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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