Uzhhorod National University was founded on 18 October 1945. It belongs to the classical universities of Ukraine, certified/approved at the IV (highest) level of accreditation (licence of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine, series AG No. 582508).

The university has 19 faculties (Biology, Geography, Economics, Engineering and Technology, Foreign Philology, Information Technology, History and International Relations, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics and Digital Technologies, Medical, Medical No. 2, International Economic Relations, Postgraduate Education and Pre-University Training, Dentistry, Social Sciences, Tourism and International Communications, Physics, Philology, Law), 2 educational and research institutes (Educational and Research Institute of Chemistry and Ecology, Ukrainian-Hungarian Educational and Research Institute), the Department of Military Training, Natural Sciences and Humanities College, which trains specialists in related specialities of the university.

Uzhhorod National University is among the best higher education institutions in Ukraine in terms of educational, scientific, international, innovative and informational activities and is ranked 12th in the Webometrics Ranking of World's Universities, has been included in the World University Rankings 2025 for the second time and is among the 17 best universities in Ukraine. And according to the consolidated rating for 2024 from the national educational information resource ‘Osvita.ua’ - among more than 200 domestic universities included in the sample, Uzhhorod National University took 11th place.

The university unites 1198 academic staff, including 185 doctors of sciences, professors and 693 candidates of sciences, doctors of philosophy. There are 175 part-time employees, including 32 Doctors of Sciences, Professors and 72 Candidates of Sciences, Doctors of Philosophy. The share of doctors of sciences, professors is 15.8%, candidates of sciences, doctors of philosophy - 55.6%.

The university has an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2 corresponding members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 4 academicians of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine, 11 Honoured workers of science and technology of Ukraine, 10 Honoured educators of Ukraine, 7 Honoured lawyers of Ukraine, 11 Honoured doctors of Ukraine, 4 Honoured inventors of Ukraine, and an Honoured journalist of Ukraine.

UzhNU offers full-time and part-time study, and specialists are trained at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels.

At the end of 2024, 11,722 full-time students and 3,374 part-time and evening students were enrolled at Uzhhorod National University and College of Natural Sciences and Humanities.

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