Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University

Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University
Тернопільський національний педагогічний університет імені Володимира Гнатюка
Latin: Universitas Ternopoliensis
Motto Bona universitas paedagogica melior est, quam mala classica
Established 1940
Rector Volodymyr Kravets
Students 7209
Location Ternopil, Ukraine
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Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University (commonly referred to as TNPU) is a university located in Ternopil, Ukraine. Named after the Ukrainian ethnographer Volodymyr Hnatiuk, TNPU is one of the most famous pedagogical universities in Ukraine. Founded as the Kremenetskii Lyceum in 1805 by Alexander I and reopened as a teaching college in 1940,[1] the college is one of the oldest universities in the western region of Ukraine. According to the rating of higher educational establishments of Ukraine, it is one of the top three humanitarian and pedagogical universities in the country.

The University provides courses in the sciences and humanities with a focus on education and teaching.[2] It offers postgraduate degrees in several disciplines, again mostly concentrated on teaching and the theory behind it.[3]

Organization and administration

TNPU is equipped to modern standards, with laboratory space, visual aids and computers. Students can use the library which is equipped with the necessary supplies and textbooks, literature, spacious reading rooms, and a virtual library with educational and scientific literature. For the convenience of visitors to the library attached to the department of scientific and technical information and automation, the Faculty have significantly increased the base of electronic catalog and electronic versions of publications.The University computer network now connects all academic buildings and student dormitories in order to provide ease of access to the Internet. The TNPU is among the first of the educational institutions of the Ukraine to implement the idea of the learning process of the Bologna Declaration. These implementations included introducing new forms of self-study for students, their consistent and systematic education via online modules, enacted server management teaching resources on the basis of MODULE; enabling unified teachers to prepare their courses online and thereby establishing a permanent monitoring of the quality control of education from the existing diagnostic framework by utilizing Senior research students as internal control while training.

History

Campuses and Buildings

International relations

International cooperation and relations of the University based on long-term agreements with partner universities, educational centers and international organizations, including the Academy of Physical Education (Wroclaw, Poland), Rzeszow, Zelenohurskym and University of Lublin (Poland ), University of Economy in Bydgoszcz (Poland), Ukrainian consortium of universities and the University of Warsaw (Poland), Rusenskym University. Angela Kancheva (Bulgaria ), University of Applied Sciences Tsytau / Görlitz ( Germany), University of East European Centre Hohenhaym (Stuttgart, Germany ), Institute of Germanic University of Regensburg (Germany), higher pedagogical school named Victor Frankel Carinthia (Austria ), University Kempbelsvil ( Kentucky ) (USA ), University of Central Arkansas (USA), Rostov State Pedagogical University (Russia ) and many other educational and research institutions.

Notable alumni

Thousands of our alumni have become recognized masters of educational affairs, scholars, known for its scientific achievements not only in Ukraine but also far beyond. Among them - Michael Tsymbaliuk, Head of Lviv Regional State Administration; Tereshchuk Gregory, Vice-Chancellor of the University; MP of Ukraine, Anatoliy Kudrenko; Helen Pidgrushna, European champion in biathlon, a participant of the Olympic Winter Games; Angela Balakhonova, honored Master of Sports, member of the Olympic Games, world silver medalist, European champion, multiple world record holder in Europe. Student football team became the champions of European universities in 2009 and bronze at the World Championship in 2010.

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