The Vinnytsia National Technical University (Ukrainian: Вінницький національний технічний університет) or VNTU is a higher education institution in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. It has the fourth level of accreditation in the ukrainian education system[1] and ranks among the five top technical universities within the country.[2]
Rectors
1960 to 1976 – Roman Kigel, Honored Worker of Public Education of Ukraine, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Professor. He founded an educational institution, opened the first eleven specialties, created the first third of the material base.
1976 to 1989 – Ivan Kuzmin, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist of Ukraine, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine, Academician and Vice President of the International Academy of Applied Radio Electronics, President of the Vinnytsia Small Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the President of Ukraine. As an expert in cybernetics, he made Vinnytsia Polytechnic Institute one of the leading higher educational institutions of Ukraine, opened 5 more specialties and created the second third of the material base.
1989 to 2010 – Borys Mokin, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Academician of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR in the 12th convocation, People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the 1st convocation, Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2009-2010, member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He opened fifteen more specialties, constantly updated the old and created new material base.
2010 to 2020 – Volodymyr Grabko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Transport Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine.
Since 2021 – Viktor Bilichenko, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Academician of the Transport Academy of Ukraine.
University structure
Faculties and educational and scientific institutes
VNTU consists of seven faculties and one educational and scientific institute: