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Kyiv National Economic University is a prominent economic establishment of higher learning¹. It provides a high quality training of economists and managers for various fields of national economy and coordinates economic and managerial training programmes in Ukraine.

The leading position of the University, its prestige and renown are the results of its orientation towards progressive goals and objectives of nowadays. The main purpose of the University is to equip students with² contemporary knowledge of economics and to provide them with excellent professional skills.

The University was founded in 1906 as a commercial school in the field of industry and trade. In 1908 it was transformed into Kyiv Commercial Institute. The students studied at three faculties: economic, commercial and technical, and railway maintenance³. In 1920 the Institute was restructured and named Kyiv Institute of National Economy.

Many prominent scientists and public figures⁴ studied and worked at the Institute: the founder of the school of statistics Ye.Slutsky, one of the inventors of the theory of numbers Academician D.Grave, President of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine O.Bohomolets and many others.

In August 1992 the Institute was transformed into Kyiv State University of Economics and became the leading higher school of economics in Ukraine. In February 1997 according to the President decree the University was given the status of National Economic University. At present it is granted autonomy in making decisions⁵ on the major directions of its activity.

V. Answer the following questions:

1. Is Kyiv National Economic University a prominent economic establishment of higher learning? 2. What does it provide? 3. What is the main purpose of the University? 4. When was the University founded? 5. When was the commercial school transformed into Kyiv Commercial Institute? 6. What faculties did the students study at? 7. When was it restructured and named Kyiv Institute of National Economy? 8. What prominent scientists and public figures studied and worked at the Institute? 9. When was the Institute transformed into Kyiv State University of Economics? 10. The University became the leading higher school of economics in Ukraine, didn’t it? 11. Is it granted autonomy in making decisions on the major directions of its activity?

VI. Translate into English:

1. Київський нацiональний економiчний унiверситет є провiдним економiчним вищим навчальним закладом в Україні. 2. Вiн готує висококвалiфiкованих економiстiв i менеджерiв для рiзних галузей народного господарства. 3. Головна мета унiверситету — надати сту­дентам сучаснi знання з економiки та менеджменту та забезпечити їх високий професiйний рiвень. 4. Унiверситет було створено в 1906 роцi як комерцiйну школу. 5. У 1908 роцi вона стала Київським комерцiй­ним iнститутом. 6. Студенти навчалися на трьох факультетах: еконо­мiчному, комерцiйно-технiчному та залiзнично-експлуатацiйному. 7. У 1920 роцi комерцiйний iнститут було перейменовано в Київський інститут народного господарства. 8. Багато видатних учених та гро­мадських дiячiв навчалися та працювали в інституті. 9. Зараз унi­верситету надано самостійність у вирiшеннi питань з головних на- прямiв його дiяльностi.

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Kyiv National Economic University is more than 90 years old. It has three academic buildings with all education facilities¹, four hostels and a sport centre. There are well-equipped laboratories and studies², lecture halls and computing centres. The University’s library has the largest collection of literature on economics in Ukraine. The students have free access³ to the library, reading-rooms, laboratories, medical assistance and sport facilities.

More than ten thousand future specialists get their training here. They are admitted to the University⁴ on the basis of their results at the entrance examinations⁵. The students may enroll in day-time, evening or correspondence departments⁶.

At present the University has 7 faculties at the day-time department: marketing, management, international economics and law, accounting, finance, information systems and technologies, and agrarian management. The graduates⁷ of the University work at various branches of industry and agriculture, state and private organizations with different forms of ownership⁸, finance and banking system.

About 50 per cent of young people prefer to combine studies with work⁹. They are admitted to the evening or correspondence departments after passing successfully their examinations¹⁰.

There is also a preparatory faculty¹¹ at the University. It offers programmes aimed to prepare applicants for entrance examinations.