The National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine (, NMetAU; formerly DMetI: Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute) is a state-sponsored university in

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dedicated to the study of

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. From 2021 part of Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies (in

) as an institute of studies and research.

History

National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine is the oldest higher metallurgical educational institution of Ukraine. It was founded as a factory department of the Ekaternoslav Higher Mining School in October 1899. In 1912, the department was transformed into the metallurgical faculty of the Mining Institute, which later became the Dnipro Metallurgical Institute in 1930. In 1993, the Resolution of the

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granted the Institute the status of a state university. In 1999, the Decree of the

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granted it the status of the National Academy.

Academics

There are 13 schools focusing on various scientific disciplines in the academy. Some examples of subjects studied are

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and

steel Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to steel's high Young's modulus, elastic modulus, Yield (engineering), yield strength, Fracture, fracture strength a ...

metallurgy,

thermal engineering Thermal engineering is a specialized sub-discipline of mechanical engineering that deals with the movement of heat energy and transfer. The energy can be transferred between two mediums or transformed into other forms of energy. A thermal engin ...

, metallurgical equipment, and

metalworking Metalworking is the process of shaping and reshaping metals in order to create useful objects, parts, assemblies, and large scale structures. As a term, it covers a wide and diverse range of processes, skills, and tools for producing objects on e ...

. The academy is a part of many international programs, such as

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, TEMPUS, and DAAD. The academy also participates in the

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Schools

* Faculty of Humanities * Faculty of Metallurgy * Faculty of Mechanical Engineering * Special faculty of retraining of specialists * Faculty of continuous education * Faculty of Computer Systems, Energy and Automation * Faculty of Materials Science and Metalworking * Faculty of advanced training of teachers and specialists * Faculty of Economics and Management * Faculty of Electrometallurgy * Nikopol Technical School of NMetAU

Rankings

NMetAU has a high ranking among Ukrainian universities, often placed in the top 20 or top 10 schools. Rating of Ukraine universities III, IV accreditation levels "Top 200" Ukraine *2009 – 18th place *2010 – 16th place *2011 – 17th place Rating of Ukraine universities in Ukraine "Compass 2012" *2010 – 7th place *2011 – 7th place *2012 – 7th place The national system of ranking evaluation of higher education institutions: Technical universities 2012 – 8th place

Notable alumni

* Ihor Kolomoyskyi, Ukrainian billionaire,

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, one of the founders of the Privat Group. * Yury Mukhin, Soviet engineer, inventor and the top manager of the metallurgical industry. * Victor Pinchuk, Ukrainian businessman and oligarch. * Serhiy Tihipko, Ukrainian politician and finance specialist *

Oleksandr Turchynov Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov (, ; born 31 March 1964) is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, Baptists in Ukraine, Baptist minister and economist. He is the former Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukra ...

, Ukrainian politician, former acting President of Ukraine (2014) and Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine. * Andriy Khvetkevych, Ukrainian and American world-class freediver.

References

External links

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