Lviv Polytechnic National University is the oldest Technical University in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Lviv Polytechnic National University is a university with more than two hundred years of traditions, which has gained international recognition and has a well-recognized brand.
During its existence, it has demonstrated itself as an intellectual center, center of national culture, freedom of thought, and expression.
History
For a long time, it was believed that the origin of Lviv Polytechnic National University dates back to 1844, when the Austrian government formed the Technical Academy in Lviv. In 1876 the Technical Academy, which, after the detachment of the Department of Trade in 1875, became a fully technical and applied education institution, solemnly celebrated its 60th anniversary since the creation of the Tsisar-Royal Real School in Lviv. On the occasion of the anniversary, there was established and approved the coat of arms of Lviv Polytechnic, the main elements of which represent technical and applied directions of education: architectural, construction and mechanical.
In 1825, according to the Royal Decree of the Austrian Emperor Franz I, the 3-year Tsisar-Royal Real School was reorganized into the Tsisar-Royal School of Technical Sciences and Trade in Lviv. In 1835, the School of Technical Sciences and Trade turned into the Tsisar-Royal Real-Trade Academy in Lviv. Here in 1841 the technical department was opened.
In 1844, the Tsisar-Royal Technical Academy with technical and trade departments was opened in Lviv in Darowski building. After the education reform by Austrian monarchy in 1863, when education was divided into higher, secondary and elementary, the Technical Academy in Lviv, only for 14 years of operating, became a higher education institution, receiving the status of Hochschule in 1877. From 1894, all who studied in Polytechnic were proudly honored as Technicians.
In 1939 Lviv Polytechnic was reorganized into Lviv Polytechnic Institute. The institute was made up of six institutes: Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Architecture and Construction, Road and Water and Agriculture, and in 1940 the seventh institute was established – Forestry. By that time, there were 79 departments with 395 teachers. The education institution was funded from the state budget of the USSR.
By the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 1059/2000 dated September 11, 2000, Lviv Polytechnic was granted national status and renamed to Lviv Polytechnic National University. In 2009, Lviv Polytechnic National University was awarded the status of research for significant scientific achievements, successful research and innovation activities, integration of education, science and manufacture, successful implementation of international projects and programs, training of highly qualified scientific and pedagogical staff, implementation of scientific achievements, technical and technological developments, for realization, together with other higher education and scientific institutions, the programs on priority directions of fundamental and applied scientific researches, aimed for the solution of important socio-economic tasks in various sectors of the Ukrainian economy.
University Today
Over the past decade, Lviv Polytechnic National University has become a true leader among universities and academies of Western Ukraine in providing high-quality higher education in accordance with European standards:
- the training of bachelor, specialist and master students is carried out by 16 Institutes, where Ukrainian students and students from other countries of the world study 66 bachelor’s degree programs and 135 specialties, 130 of which are for master’s degrees. The educational process at the higher education institution is provided by 2200 academic staff members, among which there are almost 400 – Doctors of Sciences, Professors and more than 1200 – Candidates of Sciences and Associate Professors;
- the University Institutes train scientific and pedagogical staff at the Department of Doctoral and Post-graduate studies in 100 and 53 specialties respectively.
Lviv Polytechnic National University has 22 Specialized Academic Councils for thesis defense in 52 specialties, 17 of which – for getting the Doctor of Science degree in 45 specialties. The Specialized Academic Councils consist of leading Doctors of Sciences, University Professors, who head well-known scientific schools, as well as scholars from other higher national education institutions, institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, etc. Specialized Academic Councils of University cover the following areas of knowledge: 02 – Chemical Sciences; 05 – Technical Sciences; 08 – Economic Sciences; 12 – Legal Science; 13 – Pedagogical Sciences; 18 – Architecture. The level of knowledge is measured by a modular control system that is determined by the rating of each student. Lviv Polytechnic National University implements new concepts of humanitarian and basic training.
Lviv Polytechnic National University implements Knowledge Transfer Schemes. This approach enables the full implementation of new study programs for training specialists together with leading technical universities in Europe, presenting two documents on higher education (Ukrainian and European).
Lviv Polytechnic National University developed and implemented a new concept of training specialists for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the basis of the integration of civilian and military components of education. The result of this concept implementation was the creation, in the structure of the University, of the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy, which was transformed into a leading autonomous military high education institution of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Institutes
- Institute of Public Administration, Governance and Professional Development;
- Institute of Architecture and Design;
- Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Systems;
- Institute of Geodesy;
- Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences;
- Institute of Economics and Management;
- Institute of Power Engineering and Control Systems;
- Institute of Information and Communication Technology and Electronic Engineering;
- Institute of Computer Science and Information Technologies;
- Institute of Computer Technologies, Automation and Metrology;
- Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Transport;
- Institute of Printing Art and Media Technologies;
- Institute of Enterprise and Advanced Technologies;
- Institute of Law, Psychology, and Innovative Science;
- Institute of Applied Mathematics and Fundamental Sciences;
- Viacheslav Chornovil Institute of Sustainable Development;
- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies;
- Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations.
Accommodation
The campus is a unit of Lviv Polytechnic National University and governed by the current legislation of Ukraine, the standard provisions of the dormitories/residence halls of the institution of the Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine, the Lviv Polytechnic Statute and the Regulation on campus.
13 dormitories (one of which is suitable for families) form a domestic complex where more than 8 thousand students and postgraduates live, study and have a rest. There are 3 sports-grounds and gyms, conditions for service of students are created, the student’s clinic is located on the territory and the Student’club works.
The university is making significant efforts to improve the material and technical base, repair works are regularly performed and the living rooms are redecorated. Student self-government bodies are very active within the university campus: annually students of every hostel elect their Students Hostel Council; and Students Operational Unit monitors whether everyone follows the rules. There is also a student library that provides the following services: providing information and advice; providing of scientific literature in reading rooms; copying (photocopying, printing); Internet access (Wi-Fi).