National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine is the oldest higher metallurgical educational institution of Ukraine. It was founded as a factory department of the <a href="/facts/Ekaterinoslav/tbWRkq3g">Ekaternoslav</a> Higher Mining School in October 1899. In 1912, the department was transformed into the metallurgical faculty of the Mining Institute, which later became the Dnipro Metallurgical Institute in 1930. In 1993, the Resolution of the <a href="/facts/Cabinet_of_ministers_of_Ukraine/JSqh949c">Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine</a> granted the Institute the status of a state university. In 1999, the Decree of the <a href="/facts/President_of_Ukraine/dU38ajLg">President of Ukraine</a> granted it the status of the National Academy.
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<h2 id="academics">Academics</h2>
<p>There are 13 schools focusing on various scientific disciplines in the academy. Some examples of subjects studied are <a href="/facts/Iron/QK1JYy8E">iron</a> and <a href="/facts/Steel/aN6qWo4H">steel</a> metallurgy, <a href="/facts/Thermal_engineering/jFF3ptf3">thermal engineering</a>, metallurgical equipment, and <a href="/facts/Metalworking/eAT0Pvz2">metalworking</a>.
</p><p>The academy is a part of many international programs, such as <a href="/facts/Erasmus_Programme/DeWhP8Rx">Erasmus</a>, <a href="/facts/TEMPUS/FeuISRbp">TEMPUS</a>, and <a href="/facts/German_Academic_Exchange_Service/TJbQruW1">DAAD</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The academy also participates in the <a href="/facts/Bologna_Process/CemnzCXl">Bologna Process</a>.
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<h2 id="schools">Schools</h2>
<ul><li>Faculty of Humanities</li>
<li>Faculty of Metallurgy</li>
<li>Faculty of Mechanical Engineering</li>
<li>Special faculty of retraining of specialists</li>
<li>Faculty of continuous education</li>
<li>Faculty of Computer Systems, Energy and Automation</li>
<li>Faculty of Materials Science and Metalworking</li>
<li>Faculty of advanced training of teachers and specialists</li>
<li>Faculty of Economics and Management</li>
<li>Faculty of Electrometallurgy</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nikopol%2c_Ukraine/n4W4gXD4">Nikopol</a> Technical School of NMetAU</li></ul>
<h2 id="rankings">Rankings</h2>
<p>NMetAU has a high ranking among Ukrainian universities, often placed in the top 20 or top 10 schools.
</p><p>Rating of Ukraine universities III, IV accreditation levels "Top 200" Ukraine
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<ul><li>2009 – 18th place</li>
<li>2010 – 16th place</li>
<li>2011 – 17th place</li></ul>
<p>Rating of Ukraine universities in Ukraine "Compass 2012"
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<ul><li>2010 – 7th place</li>
<li>2011 – 7th place</li>
<li>2012 – 7th place</li></ul>
<p>The national system of ranking evaluation of higher education institutions: Technical universities 2012 – 8th place
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<h2 id="notable-alumni">Notable alumni</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Ihor_Kolomoyskyi/P2pv0kdr">Ihor Kolomoyskyi</a>, Ukrainian billionaire, <a href="/facts/Business_oligarch/Wh0SHp2j">business oligarch</a>, one of the founders of the <a href="/facts/Privat_Group/SrNU8HVU">Privat Group</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Yury_Mukhin_(activist)/4BlGQaSf">Yury Mukhin</a>, Soviet engineer, inventor and the top manager of the metallurgical industry.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Victor_Pinchuk/EIVp9B4t">Victor Pinchuk</a>, Ukrainian businessman and oligarch.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Serhiy_Tihipko/kLKBxJqh">Serhiy Tihipko</a>, Ukrainian politician and finance specialist</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Oleksandr_Turchynov/MQxXPmDs">Oleksandr Turchynov</a>, Ukrainian politician, former acting President of Ukraine (2014) and Secretary of the <a href="/facts/National_Security_and_Defence_Council_of_Ukraine/bImudrg8">National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Andriy_Yevhenovych_Khvetkevych/El3Ej0tR">Andriy Khvetkevych</a>, Ukrainian and American world-class <a href="/facts/Freediving/PxMgkHp3">freediver</a>.</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.nmetau.edu.ua">Official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"THE NATIONAL METALLURGICAL ACADEMY OF UKRAINE". edutechinter.com. 2010-11-18. Archived from the original on August 24, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130824061759/http://edutechinter.com/university/national-metallurgical-academy-ukraine" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130824061759/http://edutechinter.com/university/national-metallurgical-academy-ukraine</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Український державний університет науки і технологій : Інститут промислових та бізнес технологій : Міжнародні проекти". nmetau.edu.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-30. <a href="http://nmetau.edu.ua/ua/mintcoop" target="_blank">http://nmetau.edu.ua/ua/mintcoop</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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