Luhansk Taras Shevchenko Natioanal University

About the university

The University of Luhansk, officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Luhansk is the oldest university in Donbas region and has a reputation as one of Ukraines most prestigious universities. Following the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the establishment of the Luhansk Peoples Republic (LPR), this university was partitioned into two universities. One continues to operate in the same campus as before in Luhansk, and was later renamed to the Luhansk State Pedagogical University. The University of Luhansk grew out of an association of professors in the city of Luhansk that was formed by the Soviet authorities as Teachers Training Institute in 1921. In addition to cultural and practical participation in the work of the Ukrainian society, the university participates in international projects, such as an MBA joint program with Franklin Pierce University.