NATIONAL METALLURGICAL ACADEMY OF UKRAINE – DNEPROPETROVSK
Today
the national metallurgical Academy of Ukraine is the integrated State higher
educational institution of the IV level of accreditation with the developed
infrastructure. It conducts educational activities at all educational-qualifying
levels of higher education: junior specialist, bachelor, specialist and master
of 16 branches, more than 60 specialities and specializations, preparing
scientific-pedagogical personnel of higher qualification on 22 specialities,
pre-university training and post graduate education.
The
Academy is composed of 7 full-time faculties (metallurgical, engineering,
mechanical engineering, materials science and processing of metals, economy and
management of computer systems, energy and automation; humanities),
correspondence course, technical schools, scientific research department,
postgraduate study, doctoral studies. In addition to the above, the structure
of the Academy consists of: regional center of education for disabled people,
the state Institute for the training and retraining of personnel, library,
faculty for advanced training of professors and specialists, foreign students
department, preparatory department, sport-recreation camp “Friendship”. Five
comfortable hostels provide housing to all non-resident and foreign students.
Today
about 20000 students, 175 graduate students and 10 doctoral students study in
NMetAU, it also employs about 1000 teachers and researchers. Majority of
teachershave academic degrees and titles. Among them theshareof doctors and
professors is 14 percent, as well as present member and associate member of the
NAS of Ukraine, 25 present members and corresponding members of the branch
academies of Ukraine, 16 have the titles of honoured workers of science and
technology, education, honoured winners of the State Prize.
At
the Academy there are 14 scientific schoolsin different directions. Widely
known in Ukraine and abroad: Dnepropetrovsk Scientific School of theoretical
and applied materials science, Ukrainian fundamental school of
electrometallurgical engineers and heat-treaters, as well as schools in such
areas as metallurgy of iron and steel, metallurgical heat engineering,
heat-and-power engineering, metallurgical equipment, metal forming, etc.
The
Academy cooperates on international agreements, programmes, projects, grants
with universities, companies, scientists of the United States, Germany, Sweden,
Finland, Italy, Japan, Russia, Moldova and other countries of the world. On the
initiative of NMetAUa consortium of five technical universities: Germany,
Sweden, Finland, Poland, Ukraine was founded and an integrated curriculum of
training in “Metallurgy” wasdeveloped.
Faculties
and departments