Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University

We welcome Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University as a new member of the Baltic University Programme network. There are now 13 BUP Member Universities in Ukraine whereof four are located in Ternopil.

Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University (commonly referred to as TNPU) is a university located in Ternopil, Ukraine. Named after the Ukrainian ethnographer Volodymyr Hnatiuk, TNPU is one of the most famous pedagogical universities in Ukraine. Founded as the Kremenetskii Lyceum in 1805 by Alexander I and reopened as a teaching college in 1940, the college is one of the oldest universities in the western region of Ukraine. According to the rating of higher educational establishments of Ukraine, it is one of the top three humanitarian and pedagogical universities in the country.

The University provides courses in the sciences and humanities with a focus on education and teaching. It offers postgraduate degrees in several disciplines, mostly concentrated on teaching and the theory behind it. The University has more than 7,000 students. (From Wikipedia)