V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Karazin University), with its more than 200 years history, is one of the oldest and biggest universities in Eastern Europe. It is recognized to play a key role in the development of Kharkiv (Kharkov) into a million-plus city and to contribute a lot to the development of the Ukrainian education and science.

The University was founded in 1804. It has graduated about 150 000 Ukrainian students and more than 20 000 international students (studying Medicine, MD, MBBBS) from different countries (Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, India, Israel, Jamaica, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Maldives, Italy, New Zeeland, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, USA). Over the history Karazin University has greatly contributed to developing Ukrainian education and science as well as international activities in Kharkiv (namely to study Medicine for international students).

The University is one of the initiators of Magna Charta Universitatum (Bologna, 1988), the member of the International Association of Universities and the European University Association, the associated member of the European Nuclear Education Network, the co-founder of the Eurasian Universities Association and Association of Russian and Ukrainian Higher-Education Institutions-partners.