The Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (informally referred to as KNUCA) – better known under its former name Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute – is the largest and most important building and architectural university of Ukraine located in the nation's capital, Kyiv.

History

The institution was founded in 1930 as the Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute on the basis of factory and communal construction branch of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) and the architecture faculty of the Kyiv Art Institute. During the post-World War II Soviet period, KISI rose to become the second highest engineering and architecture faculty in the USSR, behind the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute (МИСИ). By the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of August 13, 1993, the Kyiv State Technical University of Construction and Architecture was created on the basis of the Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute. On February 28, 1999, by the Decree of the President of Ukraine (217/99) the university was accorded the status of a National University as "Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture."

Student life

Educational and scientific work is organized and carried out by more than 96 chairs numbering about 800 professors and instructors. About 10,500 students study at the university. After the graduation, they acquire the education qualification levels of Bachelor, Specialist, and Master of Science. The postgraduate courses in about 30 specialities are available at the university for those who choose to continue their professional and scientific training under the guidance of experienced advisers. The postgraduate preparation functions at the University, 9 specialized Scientific Councils for protection of the doctor's and candidate dissertations in 25 scientific specialties, 7 research institutes and 11 specialized research laboratories works. The campus area includes six education cases, center of information technologies and computer-aided specialized laboratories, sports complex, library complex and reading hall (more than 1 million publications), eight hostels, hotel, sanatorium, educational-rehabilitation camp, food enterprises, etc.

Academics

KNUCA is a large research university with a majority of enrollments in undergraduate & graduate and professional programs.

Undergraduate and graduate

Faculty of Engineering Systems and Ecology

Dean - Professor Oleksandr Priymak, D.Sc. The history of the faculty begins from the date of foundation of university (1898). Students obtain bachelor's and master's degrees in the following specialities:

• Ecology (specialization - Ecology and environmental protection);
• Heat energy (specialization - Energy Management);
• Environmental protection technologies (specialization - Environmental protection technologies);
• Construction and civil engineering. The faculty consists of five departments:

Department of water supply and drainage

Environmental Protection Technology and Labour Safety Department

Head - Professor Tetiana Tkachenko, D.Sc., Other leaderships:

• professor Olena Voloshkina, D.Sc.
• Professor Tetiana Krivomaz, D.Sc. Source: Environmental Protection Technology and Labour Safety Department of Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

Heat-Gas Supply and Ventilation Department

Head - Professor Kostiantyn Predun, D.Sc., Other leaderships:

• professor Vadym Korbut, D.Sc.
• Professor Viktor Mileikovskyi, D.Sc. Source: Heat-Gas Supply and Ventilation Department of Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (in Ukrainian)

Department of heat engineering

Department of physics

Faculty of Urbanism and Spatial Planning

External divisions

Additional educational and professional programs

Research

KNUCA conduct high research activity. About 300 graduate students are currently (2021) focused on their individual research projects. The principal of the postgraduate division is professor Vitalii Ploskyi, D.Sc.

People associated with KNUCA

Awards and reputation

Co-operations