Donetsk National University
Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University (Vasyl Stus DonNU) (Ukrainian: Донецький національний університет імені Василя Стуса, romanized: Donetskyi natsionalnyi universytet imeni Vasylia Stusa; Russian: Донецкий государственный университет, romanized: Donetskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet) is one of the leading higher educational institutions of Ukraine. The university's history starts in 1937 from the moment of the creation of a pedagogical institute in Donetsk (then Stalino). In 1965, the institute was transformed into Donetsk State University. It was accorded the National status in 2000.
Донецький національний університет імені Василя Стуса Донецкий государственный университет | |
| Type | Public university |
|---|---|
| Established | 1937 |
| Rector | Svetlana Bespalova (Donetsk) Ilya Khadzhynov (Vinnytsia) |
| Location | Donetsk , Vinnytsia Ukraine |
| Website | http://donnu.ru/ for DONNU in Donetsk http://www.donnu.edu.ua for DONNU in Vinnytsia |
| University rankings | |
|---|---|
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia | 301-350 (2022) |
In 2014, due to the war in Donbas, a number of teachers and students left Donetsk and subsequently reestablished the university as Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University in Vinnytsia. At the same time, the majority of teachers and students remained in Donetsk, therefore splitting the university in two.