The Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, located in Odessa, Ukraine, is one of the
country's major universities, named after the scientist Élie Metchnikoff, a Nobel prizewinner
in 1908. The university was founded in 1865, by an edict of Tsar Alexander II of Russia
reorganizing the Richelieu Lyceum of Odessa into the new Imperial Novorossiya University.
In the Soviet period, the University was renamed Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University.
During the century and a half of its existence, the University has earned the reputation of
being one of the best educational institutions in the Ukraine. The excellence of the University
is also recognized outside the Ukraine; Odessa National University is one of the highest-ranked
universities in the world, occupying 48th place in one rating of universities worldwide.
Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University comprises four institutes, ten faculties,
and seven specialized councils. The University is famous for its scientific library, the
largest and oldest of any university in the Ukraine.
Background
Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University is one of the oldest in Ukraine. It was founded
in 1865, when by Edict of the Russian Tsar Alexander II the Richelieu Lyceum was reorganized
into the Imperial Novorossiya University. All academic and scientific life of the university
- from the day of its foundation - was directed by the Statute of 1863 that formed the liberal-democratic
tradition of the Higher Institution which has been preserved in spite of all the disturbances
in the social and political life of the country. From the very first years of its existence,
the Imperial Novorossiya University became an important center of science and for training
the scientific and educational cadres of the northern Black Sea coastal region.
World-famous teachers and scientists have worked at Imperial Novorossiya University
during different periods of its existence, including the Nobel Prize winner I. I. Mechnikov,
Professors I. M. Sechenov, A. A. Kovalevskiy, N. F. Gamaleya, N. Y. Zelinskiy, D. L. Mendeleyev,
physicist G. A. Gamov, mathematician A. M. Lyapunov, and others. Through their activities,
the Imperial Novorossiya University quickly became one of the centers of the culture of
the Ukrainian, Russian, and other peoples dwelling along the northern coast of the Black
Sea, and the university began to play an important role in the development of science. The first
Rector of the university was Professor I. Y. Sokolov. At different periods of time,
the university was headed by Professors P. N. Lebedyev, A. l. Yurzhenko, A. V. Bogatskiy,
V. V. Serdyuk, I. P. Zelinskiy—all prominent specialists in different branches of knowledge.
At the present time, the Rector of Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University is the
Fellow of the Academy of Higher School of Ukraine V. A. Smyntyna, a specialist in surface
physics. Organization
Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University is situated in two parts of the city and occupies
summarily 70 hectares. The university is divided into a number of faculties. These faculties
are directly administered by the university. Structurally, the University consists of 10
Faculties, 4 Institutes, College, two Preparatory Departments for citizens of Ukraine and foreign
countries, 15 scientific-research laboratories, five scientific institutes, administration
departments, experimental training shops and nine dormitories for students, post-graduates
and trainees. The University has a sports- and health-rehabilitation complex with its
own stadium and rest-base for the students, personnel and university guests in a picturesque
section of Odessa, the village of Chernomorka. In all the areas of the University location,
there are cafeterias, cafes, bars and medical sections.
Education Department of Biology
Department of Chemistry Department of Cybernetics
Department of Geology and Geography Department of Economics and Law
Department of History Department of Philosophy
Department of Physics Department of Philology
Department of Roman–German Philology Institute of Mathematics, Economics and Mechanics
Institute of Social Sciences Institute of innovation and postgraduate education
Science 11 Scientific research laboratories
Botanic garden of ONU Scientific-Research Institute of Physics
Astronomic Observatory Ranking
4th in Ukraine -- 4 International Colleges & Universities
7 in Ukraine and 1844 in World -- Ranking Web of Universities
Study In Ukraine -- Official Website Notable alumni
Aleko Konstantinov - was a prominent Bulgarian intellectual who founded the tourist movement
in Bulgaria Ali Mohamed Shein - currently the 7th President
of Zanzibar Ion Nistor - was a prominent Romanian historian
and politician Nikodim Kondakov - was a Russian historian,
he founded modern method in Byzantine art history
Mordechai Namir - Israeli minister Oksana Mas - Ukrainian artist
Mariusz Zaruski - was a Brigadier-General in the Polish Army, a pioneer of Polish sports
yachting Sergei Witte - was a precursor to Russia's
first constitution, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire
Ivan Sechenov - was a Russian physiologist Nikolai Chebotaryov - was a noted Russian
and Soviet mathematician. He is best known for the Chebotaryov density theorem
Krste Misirkov - he is one of the most outstanding names in the Macedonian culture and history
Joshua L. Goldberg - was a Belarusian-born American rabbi, who was the first rabbi to
be commissioned as a U.S. Navy chaplain in World War II, the first to reach the rank
of Navy Captain, and the first to retire after a full active-duty career
Kadish Luz - was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Agriculture between
1955 and 1959 and Speaker of the Knesset from 1959 and 1969
Vladimir Ippolitovich Lipsky - was a Ukrainian scientist, botanist; a member of National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and
the Director of the Botanical Gardens of the Odessa University
Gherman Pântea - was subsequently Military Director of the Moldavian Democratic Republic
Alla Dzhioyeva - is a South Ossetian teacher turned politician, who served as the Education
Minister in 2002–2008 Streltsov Ievgen - prominent Ukrainian Professor
Emmanuil Galitskiy - Original staff member and head physics professor at the Bergen County
Academies Volodymyr Kedrowsky - Ukrainian military leader,
diplomat, author, and activist Pyotr Karyshkovsky - Ukrainian Soviet historian,
numismatist, a scholar and lexicographer. See also
List of modern universities in Europe References
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