Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University

Abstract

Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University (PNPU) is one of the oldest universities in Ukraine and is practically synonymous with watershed events in the history of Ukrainian national science and education. Its history goes back to the Poltava Teachers Institute, founded in 1914, and the Historical-Philological Department of Kharkiv University in Poltava, established in 1918, which were the forerunners of the higher learning establishment we know today. The University is famous for its educational traditions. Its intellectual climate was crafted by teaching staff including notable historians, philosophers and educators. Since independence, the University has undergone several structural changes. PNPU has successfully gone through a government accreditation process and today consists of 36 departments and 7 schools: History, Natural Sciences, Physics and Mathematics, Philology and Journalism, Technology and Design, Psychology, and Physical Education.