The Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (informally referred to as KNUCA) – better known under its former name Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute – is the largest and most important building and architectural university of Ukraine located in the nation's capital, Kyiv.
History
The institution was founded in 1930 as the Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute on the basis of factory and communal construction branch of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) and the architecture faculty of the Kyiv Art Institute. During the post-World War II Soviet period, KISI rose to become the second highest engineering and architecture faculty in the USSR, behind the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute (МИСИ).
By the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of August 13, 1993, the Kyiv State Technical University of Construction and Architecture was created on the basis of the Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute. On February 28, 1999, by the Decree of the President of Ukraine (217/99) the university was accorded the status of a National University as "Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture."
Student life
Educational and scientific work is organized and carried out by more than 96 chairs numbering about 800 professors and instructors.
About 10,500 students study at the university. After the graduation, they acquire the education qualification levels of Bachelor, Specialist, and Master of Science. The postgraduate courses in about 30 specialities are available at the university for those who choose to continue their professional and scientific training under the guidance of experienced advisers. The postgraduate preparation functions at the University, 9 specialized Scientific Councils for protection of the doctor's and candidate dissertations in 25 scientific specialties, 7 research institutes and 11 specialized research laboratories works.
The campus area includes six education cases, center of information technologies and computer-aided specialized laboratories, sports complex, library complex and reading hall (more than 1 million publications), eight hostels, hotel, sanatorium, educational-rehabilitation camp, food enterprises, etc.
Academics
KNUCA is a large research university with a majority of enrollments in undergraduate & graduate and professional programs.
Undergraduate and graduate
Faculty of Architecture;
Faculty of Construction;
Faculty of Construction technological;
Faculty of Automation and information technologies;
Faculty of Geoinformation systems and territory management technologies;
Faculty of Engineering Systems and Ecology
Dean - Professor Oleksandr Priymak, D.Sc.
The history of the faculty begins from the date of foundation of university (1898).
Students obtain bachelor's and master's degrees in the following specialities:
- Ecology (specialization - Ecology and environmental protection);
- Heat energy (specialization - Energy Management);
Prof. Radoslav Zuk (*1926), Ukrainian architect in Canada, emeritus professor at McGill University, honorary professor at KNUCA
Riyadh A. Amir, PhD, Austrian architect, Master of Architecture (1968)
Jurij Fedorovyč Chudjakov, (*1934), Ukrainian architect
Prof. Dr. Jurij Chetverikov, Ukrainian architect
Prof. Khun-Neay Khuon, Master of Architecture (1960-1966), dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (1968-1975)
Prof. Sergey Bushuyev, professor and head of the Department of Project Management at KNUCA
Dmitry Tsymlyakoff, Master of Computer Science, CAD and CAM systems, Silicon Valley, California
Dr. Dr. habil. Leon Mishnaevsky Jr (*1964), senior scientist, Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark
Prof. Dr. Türköz Kolozali (*1960), Bachelor/Master/PhD (1983-1993), professor of Architecture/Chairman of Architecture Department, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus
Artem Matviienko (*1994) - IT Project Manager - EltexSoft
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