University History
The Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts was founded in 1968 under the name “Kyiv State Institute of Culture” according to the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. In 1972, the Kyiv State Institute of Culture was named after O. Ye. Korniychuk, a name the institution carried until 1992. During the Soviet years, the institute was headed by O. S. Sokalsky, I. V. Bohan, and G. D. Tsybuliak. The institute consisted of faculties of cultural and educational work and library science, as well as faculties of cultural and educational work in the cities of Mykolaiv and Rivne. The institute had 12 departments. In February 2020, the institution was transferred from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education and Science.
On April 21, 1993, M.M. Poplavsky, a graduate of KDIC and a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, became its rector. He was the youngest rector in Ukraine at that time. The first 10 years of M. Poplavsky’s rectorship are marked by the rapid development of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, structural reorganization, significant growth in the number of doctoral and candidate degrees, and the opening of 12 new faculties. The establishment of the university became the life’s work of M.M. Poplavsky, who strives not only to keep up with the times but to significantly surpass them. Since M.M. Poplavsky became the rector of the Kyiv University of Culture and Arts, radical reforms have begun in the training system for the socio-cultural sphere. In June 1996, the Kyiv State Institute of Culture was accredited with the highest level – IV. In 2021, M. Poplavsky was re-elected as the president of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.
University Today
Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts is an educational institution in Kyiv, Ukraine with level IV of accreditation. As of 2021, the educational institution comprises 10 faculties and educates students in 33 specializations. Over 140 Doctors of Science and professors, over 230 Candidates of Science and associate professors, over 50 People’s Artists of Ukraine, over 60 Honored Artists of Ukraine and Honored Workers of Arts of Ukraine, over 50 laureates of international and national competitions and festivals, holders of grants from international funds and scientific-educational organizations are involved in scientific and pedagogical activities. In its 50 years of existence, the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts has trained over 40,000 professionals in various fields of culture and art.
Structure
- Research Institute
- Scientific Library
Faculty of Cinema and Television
- Department of Cinematography
- Film and Television Directing Section
- Cinematography Section
- Sound Engineering Section
- Photography Section
- Department of Telejournalism and Acting Skills
- Acting Skills Section
- Telejournalism Section
- Educational Laboratory for Scientific and Methodological Support
- Editorial Board of the Scientific Journal “Bulletin of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. Series: Audiovisual Art and Production”
- Professional Training Laboratory
- Photo and Video Complex (educational photo and video pavilions; educational sound recording and sound processing studios; educational acting studios; Post-production and editing studios; chemical-photographic process studio; green-screen studios, etc.)
Faculty of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Business
- Department of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Business
- Laboratory for Scientific and Methodological Support
- Professional Training Laboratory
Faculty of Design and Advertising
- Department of Graphic Design
- Department of Design and Technologies
- Environmental Design Section
- Fashion Design Section
- Practical Training Laboratory
- Department of International Relations
Faculty of Public Relations and Journalism
- Department of PR and Journalism
Faculty of Music Art
- Department of Music Art
- Folk Music Section
- Bandura and Kobza Art Section
- Academic Choral Art Section
- Folk Choral Art Section
- Laboratory for Scientific and Methodological Support
- Professional Training Laboratory
Faculty of Choreographic Art
- Department of Folk Choreography
- Department of Ballroom Dance Choreography
- Department of Contemporary Dance Choreography
- Laboratory for Scientific and Methodological Support
- Professional Training Laboratory
Faculty of Event Management, Fashion, and Show Business
- Department of Event Management
- Department of Fashion Business
- Department of Show Business
- Educational Laboratory for Scientific and Methodological Support
- Professional Training Laboratory
Faculty of Variety Show Directing
- Department of Variety Show Directing and Mass Celebrations
- Professional Training Laboratory
Faculty of Theater and Cinema
- Department of Directing and Acting Skills
- Laboratory for Scientific and Methodological Support
- Professional Training Laboratory
Faculty of Information Policy and Cybersecurity
- Museum Studies and Expertise in Historical and Cultural Values
- Document Studies and Information-Analytical Activities
- Information Technology
- Computer Science
- Laboratory for Scientific and Methodological Support
- Professional Training Laboratory
- Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy (non-graduating)
Faculty of Distance Learning
- Department of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies
- Separated Unit “Vinnytsia Faculty of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts” (Vinnytsia)
- Separated Unit “Dnipro Faculty of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts” (Dnipro)
- Separated Unit “Uzhhorod Faculty of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts” (Uzhhorod)
- Separated Unit “Donetsk Faculty of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts” (Zaporizhzhia)
- Separated Unit “Zaporizhzhia Faculty of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts” (Zaporizhzhia)
- Separated Unit “Kirovohrad Faculty of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts” (Kropyvnytskyi)
- Separated Unit “Lviv Branch of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts” (Lviv)
- Separated Unit “Mykolaiv Branch of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts” (Mykolaiv)
- Separated Unit “Odesa Faculty of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts” (Odesa)
- Separated Unit “Cherkasy Faculty of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts” (Cherkasy)