Kyiv National Economic University is one of the most popular higher educational institutions in Ukraine. From 2009 to 2014, it was an autonomous research university. The university was founded in 1906 as a Higher Commercial course. According to assessments of teaching quality and graduate qualifications, KNEU ranked 3rd (Compass, 2009) and 23rd (Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, 2007) in Ukraine. According to one of the leading world university rankings (Eduniversal, 2012), KNEU held the 3rd position among Ukrainian universities. In 2020, it took 3rd place among Ukrainian universities in the same ranking. Since 2005, it has been named after Vadym Hetman, a Ukrainian politician and financier, who was assassinated in 1998.
Kyiv National Economic University today is the largest educational institution in Ukraine specializing in economics, recognized nationally and internationally as a center for training economists, managers, and legal experts. The total area of all university premises is 118,765 square meters or 9,4 square meters per student. All educational department provides their academic staff with 2-3 rooms for spending time, educational-methodical cabinets, as well as workspaces for teachers and auxiliary staff. The auditorium fund includes lecture halls, rooms for seminars and practical classes, computer labs, and more. The total area of the auditorium fund is 14,333 square meters. The university also has sports halls covering an area of 6,709 square meters, as well as its stadium. Both the academic staff and students have access to a rich scientific library with several modern reading rooms. A new library building was constructed in the 2000s. The library’s document collection comprises over 1,270,000 copies. The library structure includes 7 subscription departments and 14 reading rooms. The total area of the library is 6,454.4 square meters.
Former Names
- 1906 — Kyiv Higher Commercial Courses
- 1908 — Kyiv Commercial Institute
- 1920 — Kyiv Institute of National Economy (KINH), renamed KINH after Yevgeniya Bosh in 1925
- 1930 — split into Kyiv Institute of Exchange and Distribution (ceased to exist in 1931) and Kyiv Financial and Banking Institute
- 1932 — Kyiv Financial and Economic Institute, later transferred to Kharkiv and merged with KharFEI
- 1934 — Ukrainian (Kharkiv) Financial and Economic Institute
- 1941 — Ukrainian Department in Tashkent as part of Tashkent Financial and Economic Institute
- 1944 — Kyiv Financial and Economic Institute
- 1960 — Kyiv Institute of National Economy (KINH), renamed KINH after D.S. Korotchenko in 1969
- 1992 — Kyiv State Economic University
- 1997 — Kyiv National Economic University (KNEU), renamed KNEU after Vadym Hetman in 2005
- From 2010 to 2014 — State Higher Educational Institution “Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman”
Faculties and Scientific-Educational Institutes
- Faculty of Economics and Management;
- Faculty of International Economics and Management;
- Law Institute;
- Faculty of Personnel Management, Sociology, and Psychology;
- Faculty of Accounting and Tax Management;
- Faculty of Finance;
- Institute of Information Technologies in Economics;
- Faculty of Marketing.
Institutes
- Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute of KNEU
- Crimean Economic Institute of KNEU
- Scientific Research Institute of Economic Development (1997);
- Ukrainian Institute of Stock Market Development (1997)
- Institute of Higher Education (2009);
- Institute of Financial Controlling (2009);
- Institute of Encyclopedic Research in Economics (2009);
- Institute of Global Economic Policy (2009);
- Institute of Credit Relations (2009);
- French-Ukrainian Institute of Management (2010);
- Institute of Economics and Management of the Agro-Industrial Complex (2010);
- Institute of Financial Innovation Research (2010);
- Institute of Modeling and Information Technologies in Economics (2010);
- Institute of Accounting (2010);
- Institute of Social-Labor Relations (2010);
- Institute of Legal Research and Legislative Activity (2010);
- Institute of Marketing (2011);
- Institute of Innovative Entrepreneurship (2012).