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Education portal Education.ua published its annual ranking of Ukraine’s higher education institutions. It was formed based on the results of the admissions campaign, as well as measures of universities’ scientific, research, and educational-pedagogical activity.
This ranking is intended to help applicants choose their university, Education.ua notes.
Which indicators were taken into account in the ranking
The following parameters were considered when creating the university ranking:
Licensed capacity (how many students the institution is authorized to admit).
Number of submitted applications and the average competitive score of entrants.
Student-to-faculty ratio.
Number of faculty with academic degrees.
Hirsch index (h-index) (the institution’s research activity in terms of number of scientific publications and citations).
Number of patents (level of innovative and applied scientific activity).
Interest in the institution.
How universities ranked in the list
1. National University “Lviv Polytechnic”
2. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU)
3. National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”
4. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (LNU)
5. V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
6. National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NUBiP)
7. Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (CNU)
8. Ukrainian State University of Science and Technology (USUST)
9 National University “Kyiv Aviation Institute”
10. Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (PNU)
11. Vadym Hetman Kyiv National University of Economics (KNEU)
12. National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” (NTU KhPI)
13. State Trade and Economic University (DTEU)
14. I. I. Mechnikov Odesa National University (ONU)
15. O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University (NMU)
16. Uzhhorod National University (UzhNU)
17. Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University (VNU)
18. National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (NaUKMA)
19. State non-commercial entity Lviv National Medical University named after King Danylo
20. Communal Higher Education Institution of the Kyiv Regional Council “Pavlo Chubynsky Academy of Arts”
21. Mykhailo Drahomanov Ukrainian State University
22. Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (NLU)
23. National Technical University “Dnipro Polytechnic” (NTU “DP”)
24. National University “Odesa Polytechnic”
25. Sumy State University (SumDU)
26. Borys Hrinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University
27. Oles Honchar Dnipro National University (DNU)
28. Communal Higher Education Institution “Dnipro Academy of Music” of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council”
29. National University “Odesa Law Academy” (NU OUA)
30. Vinnytsia National Pirogov Medical University (VNMU named after M. I. Pirogov)
31. Kharkiv National Medical University (KhNMU)
32. R. M. Gliere Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music (KMAM)
33. West Ukrainian National University (WUNU)
34. Vinnytsia National Technical University (VNTU)
35. Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics (KhNURE)
36. Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts (KSADA)
37. Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU)
38. P. L. Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine (NUHS)
39. I. P. Kotlyarevsky Kharkiv National University of Arts (KhNUM)
40. Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (KNUCA)
41. Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University (ZDMFU)
42. Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU)
43. National University of Water and Environmental Engineering (NUWEE)
44. I. Ya. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University (TNMU)
45. Odesa National Medical University (ONMedU)
46. Dnipro State Medical University (DSMU)
47. Poltava State Medical University (PSMU)
48. Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University (IFNMU)
49. A. V. Nezhdanova Odesa National Music Academy (ONMA)
50. National Music Academy of Ukraine
51. Bukovinian State Medical University (BSMU)
52. Lutsk National Technical University (LNTU)
53. H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University (KhNPU)
54. Kyiv School of Economics University
55. Kharkiv School of Architecture (KhSA)
56. Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy (LNMU)
57. State Biotechnological University
58. Luhansk State Academy of Culture and Arts (LDACA)
59. International University (IU)
60. Semyon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics (KhNEU named after S. Kuznets)
61. O. M. Beketov Kharkiv National University of Urban Economy (KhNUMG)
62. National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute” (KhAI)
63. Donetsk National Medical University (DNMU)
64. Kharkiv State Academy of Culture (KSAC)
65. Kyiv Municipal Academy of Variety and Circus Arts (KMAECA)
66. Private Higher Education Institution “Academy of Cinema and New Media” (ACNM)
67. Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University (KhNADU)
68. Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (KNUKiM)
69. Kosiv State Institute of Decorative Arts
70. National University “Zaporizhia Polytechnic”
71. State institution “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky”
72. Kyiv State Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design named after Mykhailo Boichuk
73. National University of Food Technologies (NUFT)
74. V. Hnatyuk Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University (TNPU)
75. Kyiv National Linguistic University (KNLU)
76. National University “Poltava Polytechnic named after Yuri Kondratyuk”
77. Odesa National Maritime University (ONMU)
78. Ivan Puluj Ternopil National Technical University (TNTU)
79. Rivne Institute of the Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
80. S. Z. Gzhytsky Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies (LNUVMB)
81. Art Academy of Contemporary Art named after Salvador Dali
82. National Academy of Culture and Arts Management (NACAM)
83. Taras Shevchenko Luhansk National University (LNU)
84. Khmelnytskyi National University (KhNU)
85. Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University (ChNU)
86. National Pharmaceutical University (NPhU)
87. Luhansk State Medical University (LDMU)
88. Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas (IFNTUNG)
89. Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University (KNUTKT)
90. National University “Odesa Maritime Academy” (NUOMA)
91. Odesa National Technological University (ONTU)
92. National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (NAFAA)
93. Bohdan Khmelnytsky Cherkasy National University (CNU)
94. Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport (UkrDUZT)
95. National Transport University (NTU)
96. Communal Higher Education Institution “Khortytsia National Educational and Rehabilitation Academy” of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Council
97. Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University (VDPU)
98. Odesa National Economic University (ONEU)
99. Poltava State Agrarian University (PDAU)
100. Odesa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture (ODABA)
101. Lviv National Academy of Arts (LNAAM)
102. Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University
103. Private Higher Educational Institution “Kyiv Medical University” (KMU)
104. State University “Zhytomyr Polytechnic” (ZUP)
105. Tavria State Agrotechnological University named after Dmytro Motornyi (TSATU)
106. V. G. Korolenko Poltava National Pedagogical University (PNPU)
107. National Forestry and Wood-Technology University of Ukraine (NFWTU)
108. Berdyansk State Pedagogical University (BDPU)
109. Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (MAUP)
110. Sumy National Agrarian University (SNAU)
111. Kryvyi Rih National University (KNU)
112. Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University
113. Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University (ZDU)
114. Cherkasy Medical Academy
115. Kherson State University (KSU)
116. Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design (KNUTD)
117. National University of Physical Education and Sport (NUPES)
118. Private Higher Educational Institution Schengen University
119. Melitopol State Pedagogical University named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky (MDPU)
120. Communal Higher Education Institution “Rivne Medical Academy” of the Rivne Regional Council
121. European Medical University
122. Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs (KhNUVS)
123. Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding (NUK)
124. Mykola Hohol Nizhyn State University (NDU)
125. National University “Ostroh Academy” (NaUOA)
126. Rivne State University of Humanities (RDUH)
127. Uman National University
128. Sigmund Freud University Ukraine
129. Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture (KSAPC)
130. Communal Higher Education Institution “Academy of Culture and Arts” of the Zakarpattia Regional Council
131. Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force University
132. Sumy State Pedagogical University
133. National University “Chernihiv Polytechnic” (NU ChP)
134. Zakarpattia Academy of Arts (ZAA)
135. Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohiienko National University (K-PNU)
136. Private Higher Educational Institution “Kharkiv International Medical University”
137. State Higher Educational Institution “Pryazovskyi State Technical University”
138. Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University (KRSPU)
139. Cherkasy State Technological University (CSTU)
140. Kharkiv Humanitarian University “People’s Ukrainian Academy” (KhGU PUA)
141. Communal Higher Education Institution “Vinnytsia Academy of Continuing Education”
142. Kharkiv University
143. Ivan Bobersky Lviv State University of Physical Culture (LDUFK)
144. Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University
145. Kherson State Maritime Academy (KhDMA)
146. State University of Intellectual Technologies and Communications (SUITC)
147. National University “Chernihiv Collegium” named after T. G. Shevchenko (NUChK)
148. State University of Information and Communication Technologies
149. Communal Higher Education Institution “Dnipro Academy of Continuing Education” of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council”
150. Mariupol State University (MSU)
151. University of Customs and Finance (UCF)
152. State Tax University (STU)
153. Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University
154. Kyiv University of Culture (KUK)
155. Higher Educational Institution “Alfred Nobel University” (ANU)
156. Communal institution “Kharkiv Humanitarian-Pedagogical Academy” of the Kharkiv Regional Council (CI “KHPA”)
157. Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University (DSAEU)
158. Izmail State Humanities University (ISHU)
159. Higher Spiritual Educational Institution “Tavria Christian Institute”
160. State Institution of Higher Education “University of Educational Management” (UEM)
161. Kharkiv Technological University SHAG
162. Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University (KSAEU)
163. Ukrainian State Flight Academy (UDLA)
164. Private Higher Educational Institution “Medico-Natural University”
165. Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav
166. Donetsk National Technical University (DonNTU)
167. Classical Private University (CPU)
168. Private Higher Education Institution “Dnipro Institute of Medicine and Public Health” (DIMPH)
169. Kherson National Technical University (KhNTU)
170. V. I. Vernadsky Tavria National University
171. University of Medicine and Social Sciences
172. Mykolaiv National Agrarian University (MNAU)
173. Higher Educational Institution “Kyiv Academy of Applied Arts” (KAAP)
174. Odesa State University of Internal Affairs (ODUVS)
175. Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State University (CSDU)
176. Odesa State Agrarian University (OSAU)
177. Central Ukrainian National Technical University (CNUT)
178. Donbas State Pedagogical University
179. Melitopol Institute of State and Municipal Administration of the Classical Private University (MIDMU CPU)
180. Sumy Branch of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs (SB KhNUVS)
181. Separate structural subdivision Mykolaiv Institute of Human Development of the Higher Education Institution “Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”
182. Nikopol Faculty of the Ukrainian State University of Science and Technology
183. Lviv State University of Internal Affairs (LvivDUVS)
184. Lviv State University of Life Safety (LSULS)
185. Ukrainian-American Concordia University
186. Donbas State Machine-Building Academy (DDMA)
187. National Academy of Internal Affairs
188. KROK University
189. Academy of Labor, Social Relations and Tourism (ALSRT)
190. Educational and Rehabilitation Institution of Higher Education “Kamianets-Podilskyi State Institute”
191. Kyiv International University (KyMU)
192. Vinnytsia National Agrarian University
193. Lviv Medical University (LMU), VYNU
194. Private Higher Education Institution “Academy of Marine Sciences and Innovations”
195. Poltava Law Institute of Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (PLI NLU named after Yaroslav Mudryi)
196. IT Step University
197. University of Contemporary Knowledge (UCK)
198. Technical University “Metinvest Polytechnic”
199. Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi Kremenchuk National University
200. Private Higher Educational Institution “Odesa Technological University “SHAG””
201. Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine” (OUHD "Ukraine")
202. Religious organization Kyiv Three-Hierarchs Theological Seminary of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
203. Poltava University of Economics and Trade (PUET)
204. Khmelnytskyi Humanitarian-Pedagogical Academy (KHPA)
205. Hryhorii Skovoroda Oleksandr Dovzhenko Hlukhiv National Pedagogical University (NPU)
206. Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law named after Leonid Yuzkov (KUMaL)
207. Zaporizhzhia Institute of Economics and Information Technologies (ZIEIT)
208. Polissia National University
209. Separate structural subdivision Poltava Institute of Economics and Law of the Higher Education Institution “Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”
210. International University of Business and Law (IUBL)
211. Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs (DSUIA)
212. Lviv Trade and Economic University (LTEU)
213. Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (KUL NASU)
214. National University of Civil Protection of Ukraine (NUCPU)
215. European University (EU)
216. Separate structural subdivision Melitopol Institute of Ecology and Social Technologies (MIEST) of the Higher Education Institution “Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”
217. Dnipro State Technical University (DSTU)
218. State University of Economics and Technology (SUET)
219. Separate structural subdivision Rivne Institute of the Higher Education Institution “Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”
220. Vinnytsia Social-Economic Institute of the University “Ukraine” (VSEI)
221. Higher Education Institution “Podillia State University”
222. Institute of Psychology and Entrepreneurship (IPE)
223. Penitentiary Academy of Ukraine (PAU)
224. Mykolaiv Branch of the Private Higher Educational Institution European University
225. HEI “National Academy of Management” (HEI “NAM”)
226. Religious organization “Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary of the Union of Free Churches of Christian Evangelical Faith of Ukraine”
227. Kropyvnytskyi Institute of the Private Higher Educational Institution “University of Contemporary Knowledge”
228. King Danylo University (KDU)
229. Communal Higher Education Institution of the Lviv Regional Council “Lviv Medical Academy named after Andrei Krupynskyi”
230. Dnipro Humanitarian University (DHU)
231. International Scientific and Technical University named after Academician Yurii Bugai (MNTU)
232. Danube Institute of the National University “Odesa Maritime Academy”
233. Communal Higher Education Institution “Volyn Medical Institute” of the Volyn Regional Council
234. Kyiv Institute of Business and Technologies (KIBiT)
235. Danube Branch of the Private Joint-Stock Company “Higher Educational Institution “Interregional Academy of Personnel Management” (DB MAUP)
236. Western Donbas Institute of the Private Joint-Stock Company Higher Educational Institution “Interregional Academy of Personnel Management”
237. Higher Education Institution “University of Transformation of the Future”
238. Kharkiv Institute of PJSC “Higher Educational Institution “Interregional Academy of Personnel Management” (MAUP)
239. International Humanitarian-Pedagogical Institute “Beit-Hana” (IHPI “Beit-Hana”)
240. Ukrainian Humanitarian Institute (UHI)
241. Lviv University of Business and Law (LUBL)
242. Kyiv Agrarian University of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine
243. Neoversity, University of Contemporary Technologies
244. Separate subdivision of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine “Berezhany Agrotechnical Institute” (NUBiP “BAI”)
245. Bakhmut Educational-Scientific Professional-Pedagogical Institute of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
246. Carpathian University named after Avgustyn Voloshyn (CaU)
247. Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine” Central Ukrainian Institute of Human Development
248. Dnipro Technological University SHAG
249. Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs (DonDUVS)
250. Separate structural subdivision “Danube Institute of Water Transport of the National Transport University”
251. Cherkasy Branch of the Private Higher Educational Institution “European University”
252. Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy (KOTA)
253. Higher Education Institution “Private Joint-Stock Company ‘Lviv Institute of Management’ (LIM)”
254. Separate structural subdivision of the Higher Education Institution “Open International University of Human Development ‘Ukraine’” Lutsk Institute of Human Development (LIHD)
255. National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Auditing (NASAA)
256. Separate structural subdivision of the Higher Education Institution “Open International University of Human Development ‘Ukraine’” Khmelnytskyi Institute of Social Technologies”
257. Kherson Educational-Scientific Institute of the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding
258. Kremenets Regional Humanitarian-Pedagogical Academy named after Taras Shevchenko (KOGPA)
259. Shostka Institute of Sumy State University (SumDU)
260. Vinnytsia Trade and Economic Institute of the State Trade and Economic University (VTEI DTEU)
261. Private Higher Educational Institution “Bukovinian University”
262. Kyiv University of Intellectual Property and Law
263. Rauf Ablyazov East European University
264. Robert Elworthy Economic and Technological Institute (ETI)
265. Kherson Institute of the “Interregional Academy of Personnel Management” (MAUP)
266. Private Higher Education Institution “Ivano-Frankivsk Academy of Ivan Zolotousty”
267. Separate structural subdivision Educational-Scientific Nadsluchanskyi Institute of the National University of Water and Environmental Engineering
268. Zhytomyr Medical Institute
269. Vinnytsia Financial and Economic University (VFEU)
270. Private Higher Educational Institution “Institute of Ecology, Economics and Law”
271. Kyiv University of Tourism, Economics and Law (KUTEP)
272. Odesa Institute of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (MAUP)
273. Private Higher Educational Institution “International Economic and Humanitarian University named after Academician Stepan Demyanchuk”
274. Private Higher Educational Institution “Kamianets-Podilskyi Tax Institute”
275. Higher Educational Institution “Kyiv University of Market Relations” in the form of a limited liability company (KURV)
276. Transcarpathian Hungarian Institute named after Ferenc Rákóczi II (THI)
277. University of Global Strategies “Altera”
278. Higher Educational Institution “Interregional Academy of Personnel Management” Zhytomyr Institute
279. Separate subdivision of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine “Nizhyn Agrotechnical Institute” (SD NUBiP Ukraine “NAI”)
280. Volyn Institute named after Vyacheslav Lypynsky of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (MAUP)
281. Chernivtsi Institute “Odesa Law Academy”
282. Prydniprovskyi Institute of the PJSC “HEI “MAUP”
283. Higher Education Institution “Academy of Recreational Technologies and Law” (ARTiP)
284. Dnipro Institute of the Private Joint-Stock Company Higher Educational Institution Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (MAUP)
285. Vinnytsia Educational-Scientific Institute of Economics of the West Ukrainian National University (VNNIE WUNU)
286. Private Higher Educational Institution “Kherson Economic-Law Institute” (PHEI “HELI”)
287. Separate subdivision “Lviv Faculty of Management and Business of the Kyiv University of Culture”
288. Kryvyi Rih branch of the Private Higher Educational Institution “European University”
289. Zhytomyr Branch of the Kyiv Institute of Business and Technologies (KIBiT)
290. Khmelnytskyi Trade and Economic Academy
291. Ivano-Frankivsk Educational-Scientific Institute of Management of the West Ukrainian National University
292. Volyn Orthodox Theological Academy (VOTA)
293. Khmelnytskyi Institute named after His Beatitude Volodymyr, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine of the Private Joint-Stock Company “Higher Educational Institution “Interregional Academy of Personnel Management”” (MAUP)
294. University of Economics and Entrepreneurship (UEE)
295. Separate subdivision “Dnipro Faculty of Management and Business of the Kyiv University of Culture” (DF M&B KUC)
296. Kolomyia Educational-Scientific Institute of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (KIPNU)
297. Chernivtsi Trade and Economic Institute of the State Trade and Economic University (CTEI DTEU)
298. Ivano-Frankivsk Institute of the Odesa Law Academy
299. University of New Technologies (UNT)
300. Separate structural subdivision of the Higher Education Institution “Open International University of Human Development ‘Ukraine’ Novokakhovka Humanitarian Institute”
301. Novovolynsk Educational-Scientific Institute of Economics and Management of the West Ukrainian National University
302. North Ukrainian Institute named after the Heroes of Kruty of the PJSC “HEI “MAUP”
303. Separate structural subdivision of the Higher Education Institution “Open International University of Human Development ‘Ukraine’ Bila Tserkva Institute of Economics and Management”
304. Central Ukrainian Institute of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (MAUP)
305. Boryspil Institute of Municipal Management at MAUP (BIMM MAUP)
306. Higher Education Institution “American University Kyiv”
307. Vinnytsia Cooperative Institute (VCI)
308. Lviv Branch of the Private Higher Educational Institution “European University”
309. Kyiv Cooperative Institute of Business and Law
310. Yahotyn Institute of the PJSC “HEI “MAUP”
311. Private Higher Educational Institution “Nikopol Economic University”
312. Private Higher Educational Institution Vinnytsia Institute of Garment Design and Entrepreneurship
313. Separate structural subdivision of the Higher Education Institution “Open International University of Human Development ‘Ukraine’ Dubno Branch (DB OUHD)
314. Kryvyi Rih branch of the Private Higher Educational Institution “European University”
315. Lviv Institute of the Private Joint-Stock Company “Higher Educational Institution “Interregional Academy of Personnel Management” (MAUP)
316. Institute of Innovative Education of Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (IIE KNUCA)
317. Chortkiv Educational-Scientific Institute of Entrepreneurship and Business of the West Ukrainian National University
318. Rivne Branch of the European University (EU)
319. Uzhhorod Trade and Economic Institute of the State Trade and Economic University (UTEI DTEU)
320. Separate structural subdivision of the Higher Education Institution “Open International University of Human Development ‘Ukraine’ Carpathian Institute of Entrepreneurship”
321. Cherkasy Economic-Law Institute of the Kyiv University of Intellectual Property and Law
322. Branch of the Classical Private University in Kremenchuk
323. Pylyp Orlyk International Classical University (PICU)
324. Separate structural subdivision of the Higher Education Institution “Open International University of Human Development ‘Ukraine’ Zhytomyr Economic-Humanitarian Institute”
325. National Security Service Academy of Ukraine
326. Uman Branch of the European University (EU).
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