Poltava V.G Korolenko National Pedagogical University is one of Ukraine＊s oldest universities with its roots dating back to 1914 with the Poltava Teachers Institute and 1918 with the Historical Philological Department of Kharkiv University in Poltava.
In 1921, the Institute and Department merged to form the Higher Institute of Community Education, and in 1949 the university gained the name of Russian writer Vladamir Galaktionovich Korolenko. In 2009, the university received national status.
Today, the university has seven schools and 36 departments offering degree programmes in a variety of subject areas such as history, natural sciences, physics and mathematics, philology and journalism, technology and design, psychology, and physical education. Across these various areas, programmes are offered at a bachelor, specialist and master＊s level.
Graduate and postgraduate students have 10 fields of study on offer from general education to economic theory and history of economic thought. There are courses in thermal and molecular physics, Russian literature, and Ukranian. For those who have completed postgraduate master＊s and are looking to continue their studies, the university offers eight doctoral specialisms including general education and educational history, Ukrainian history, and world literature.
Across the university there are a range of educational and recreational facilities for students to access including a sports complex, botanical gardens, production workshops, a healthcare centre and the university library which houses over 578,000 volumes making it the largest book collection in Poltava Oblast.
The university also has a Museum of Natural History and an Archaeological Museum where students can find the longest towel made of homespun cloth made by students in 2012.
The university has international partnerships with educational institutions and international organisations across the world. Students can choose to participate in academic exchanges, seminars and workshops.
