Kharkov State Zooveterinary Academy

Ukraine is situated in Eastern Europe, a member of European Council. Kiev is the capital of Ukraine. The population is about 50 million people. The territory is 600 sq. km. Religion - Christianity, Islam, Judaism. Ukraine is a state with highly-developed science, culture, industry and agriculture. Agriculture: wheat, sugar beet, sunflower, corn, cattle, poultry farming, sheep-breeding, fish-breeding, fur-bearing animal-breeding etc. Science, education : National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 1400 scientific and research institutes, 330 higher educational institutions, 7000 professors, 7800 PhD.

Kharkov is the largest industrial, scientific and cultural center of the country. The area is 300 sq. km, the population is about 3.6 million people. Kharkov is the city of universities. 150 000 students study at 30 higher educational institutions. Kharkov factories produce tractors, planes, tanks, turbines, precise equipment, medical preparations etc.

Kharkov priority. The first jet plane in the world was done here. The first splitting of the atom was made here. Super giant 1000 M watt turbines, tanks T80, T80y were constructed here. The largest radio telescope in the world was constructed and placed here.

Kharkov Zooveterinary Academy is a state educational establishment of the fourth accreditation level supervised by the Ministry of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine.
    Was founded in 2001 on the basis of Kharkov Zooveterinary institute – the oldest higher school of veterinary medicine in Ukraine, it was 150 years in September 2001. Its graduates successfully work in 78 countries of the world, on all the continents of our planet including Germany, Bulgaria, Poland, Mongolia, Ethiopia, Congo, Nigeria, Ghana.
    The Institute has trained 32 000 zooengineers and doctors of veterinary medicine for agriculture.
     Among our graduates there are well-known scientists, the founders of scientific and educational schools.
     Qualifications received in the Academy give the possibility to work in veterinary clinics, large animal-breeding farms, agrofirms, meat-processing factories, laboratories of veterinary-sanitation inspection, diagnostic laboratories.
    There are 30 departments at the Academy, where 219 full-time staff work including 1 Academician, 4 Corresponding Members of UAAS, 31 professors, Doctors of Veterinary Science, 110 Lecturers, Candidates of Science.
    The Academy has 12 buildings, situated compactly, a canteen, a recreation centre, 2 stadiums, 2 sporthalls, a club, shooting gallery, horse-training complex, where there are 40 horses, educational and training practical farm. All the buildings are situated in the picturesque area not far from Kharkov.

Relationship between Kharkov Zooveterinary Academy and foreign countries. The Academy has trained specialists for countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Middle East since 1948. About 1000 specialists for 78 foreign countries including 550 veterinary, biological and agricultural science PhD have been trained in this period. Citizens of Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Congo, Mali, and Nigeria studied at our Academy. Departments of histology, parasitology, pathoanatomy, pathophysiology, poultry farming, breeding and genetics of farm animals, epizootology train scientists for foreign countries. The diploma of Kharkov Zooveterinary Academy is prestigious and acknowledged in many countries of the world. Graduates of the Academy hold the leading positions in the veterinary departments of their countries, successfully compete with graduates of Canada, England, Germany, France.

The quality of specialist training is achieved by : optimal organization of training, high standard of contents of the course and methods of testing, using the achievement of world veterinary science, taking into consideration the veterinary service system in foreign countries. The curriculum of the courses is adapted to the specialist requirements of foreign countries. The tests on specialties are adapted to the demands of the foreign countries.

Information on training conditions. To enter the institute foreign citizens must finish preparatory department. Preparatory department of the institute trains students in chemistry biology, physics to prepare the students to enter higher schools of biological specialization. The language of teaching is Russian or Ukrainian. Classes are given by highly-qualified teachers having academic degrees. During your study at the institute you set up an acquaintance with academic staff, history of the institute, visit theatres, circus, sport-halls.

Accommodation. Sport. Recreation. There are 4 hostels in the Academy where there are all necessary conditions for your comfortable staying. There are special rooms where students can prepare for classes, seminars and examinations and have a good rest. There are sport facilities. Some traditional holidays are held at the Academy every year. They are "Confer students" Veterinary faculty Day and Zoo-engineering Faculty Day. Students go to discos, celebrate national holidays, get-together parties. Supervisors can help foreign students to adapt to the life in the Academy and in Ukraine.