About Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University
Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University was founded in 1920 as Volyn Polytechnic. The university was closed 10 years later but reformed in 1960 as the General Technical Institute of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. In 1994 it became Zhytomyr Engineering and Technical institute and was recognised as a higher education institution in 2002.
Zhytomyr is around 100 miles from the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev.
It offers courses in English and German as well as Ukrainian. It has faculties in computer-integrated technologies; mechatronics and robotics; information and computer technology; economics and management; mining and ecology; accounting and finance and public administration and law.
The university welcomes overseas students. It joined its first TEMPUS programme in 1998.
It lists 26 overseas universities as collaborators and is a member of the Black Sea Union network. Facilities include Ukrainian-Turkish and Ukrainian-Azerbaijani cultural centres. The Czech Centre of Education and Culture, established in 2015, is responsible for partnerships with six universities in the Czech Republic.
Preparatory courses are offered in Ukrainian language and literature, maths, English and the history of the Ukraine.
The university also has a strong sporting tradition and facilities and has won national student championships in table tennis, chess and weightlifting.
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- 16.1No. of students per staff(1)
- 4,454Number of FTE Students(1)
- 1%Percentage of International Students(1)
- 35%Proportion of ISR Publication(1)
- 40 : 60Student Ratio of Females to Males(1)
Subjects taught at Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University
Law
- Law
Business & economics
- Economics & Econometrics
- Accounting & Finance
- Business & Management
Social sciences
- Politics & International Studies (incl Development Studies)
Psychology
- Psychology
Physical sciences
- Geology, Environmental, Earth & Marine Sciences
Engineering & technology
- Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- General Engineering
Arts & humanities
- Languages, Literature & Linguistics
Computer science
- Computer Science