5. Read and translate the following text. Kryvyi Rih National University – Modeling Today for Tomorrow

Knowledge is becoming the core resource of Ukraine’s economic development.

Since the training and re-training of personnel requires more time and resources, flexibility, mobility, and adaptability have become urgent requirements for future professionals and for mining engineers in particular. There are several educational establishments providing mining education in Ukraine. Among them, one can mention Kryvyi Rih National University.

Its history can be traced back to 1922 when Kryvyi Rih Mining Institute was founded. Since that time, it has become one of the leading teaching and research mining schools in the country. The task of the Institute then was to provide the mining industry with highly qualified specialists. In 1995, the Institute was transformed into Kryvyi Rih Technical University.

In March, 2011, Kryvyi Rih Technical University, Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogic University, Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute, Kryvyi Rih Metallurgical Faculty of the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine and the Research Ore Mining Institute of Mine Safety and Ecology in Mining and Metallurgy merged into Kryvyi Rih State University which was granted a status of the national university on the 24^th of May, 2011.

A multilevel structure of higher education has been introduced at the University. The first four years of University study are known as undergraduate study and usually lead to the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree. All bachelor programs include general education in science and engineering, social sciences, and a field of specialization called the major.

The second level, five years together with the first level, may lead to receiving a diploma of a chartered mining engineer. The objective of the program is to give high-level specialized training to engineers. A professionally qualified mining engineer must be a graduate proficient in technical management as well as in practical knowledge of actual mining operations.

Students who have excelled as undergraduates may wish to continue their education at the graduate level (the third level). Upon conclusion of two additional years at the University, the student will be awarded the Master of Sciences (M.Sc.) degree.

The general pattern of teaching at the University is a combination of theoretical training and practical instruction. Towards the end of the second year, the student is expected to select his field of specialization. After graduating from the University students may specialize in underground or surface mining, geology and surveying, mineral processing, mining economics and management, ecology and environmental engineering, computing and computer programming, etc.

Nine faculties (departments) of the University are currently training over 5,000 undergraduate students and about 100 postgraduates. The faculties of the University are mining, metallurgical, geological and ecological, electric engineering, machine building, transport, information technology and faculty of economics.

The University has at its disposal up-to-date research and laboratory facilities, automation and computer systems, recreation centers, hostels and sports facilities. Our University takes orders for conducting research and development. Degrees in mining specialities awarded by the University are valid abroad. Many scientists and professionals recognized worldwide are working at the University among them over 40 Doctors of Sciences and 400 Candidates of Sciences. The University has one of the most comprehensive libraries in Ukraine and a unique geological museum with a rich mineralogical collection. It publishes a lot of scientific journals annually. Students are involved into research work right from their first year of study. Highly qualified teachers supervise the process of study at every stage.

It is ranked as one of Ukraine's best universities in many rankings and today attracts a large number of foreign students. In spite of its long history, it is to the future that the University must target its development.