The Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture ( DonNABA, ) is one of the largest state-sponsored engineering universities in

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. It was founded on 1 January 1972 as the Makiivka Civil Engineering Institute.

Background

The Academy has been training engineers for over sixty years. Its history starts in 1947 with the establishment of the

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department of the Donetsk Polytechnic Institute. It was established as an independent institution in 1972. It was renamed on 23 June 1993 as the Donbas Institute of Civil Engineering. In 1994, the institution was awarded the status of Academy, and renamed Donbas State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture is the only educational institution in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, together known as the

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, that trains architects, urban development specialists, and civil engineers. The academy has trained more than 25,000 engineers and architects, including over 500 foreigners. The academy teaches more than 8,000 students from Ukraine, the

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, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. There are 436 teachers at the academy. Starting in 1997, the Academy worked toward European integration, as part of the

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. The Academy is accredited by the Britain-based

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(ICE), only such institution in Ukraine. The rector of the Academy, Professor Yevhen Horokhov, is the only specialist in Ukraine that has attained the highest level of professional certification with the ICE. In 2014, due to the

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, the university moved its offices to

Kramatorsk Kramatorsk (, ; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Kramatorsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, Kramatorsk was a city of oblast significance. Since October 2014, Kramatorsk has been the ...

, establishing a campus on the basis of the Donbass State Engineering Academy.

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