Donetsk National Technical University (DonNTU, formerly Donetsk Polytechnic Institute and other names) is the largest and oldest

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establishment in

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, founded in 1921. In its early years, it was attended by

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. Following the loss of Ukrainian government control over

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...

in 2014 during the

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, the University was evacuated to

Pokrovsk Pokrovsk (, ; ), formerly known as Krasnoarmiisk (until 2016) and Grishino (until 1934), is a city and the administrative center of Pokrovsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located northwest of Donetsk. Prior to 2020, it was incorporat ...

. A small group of

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s among the faculty have claimed to continue to operate as the Donetsk National Technical University in the campus in Russian-occupied Donetsk, as a project aimed to legitimize the so-called

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, however diplomas they issued weren't recognized even in Russia itself and local students were officially enrolled as correspondent students at minor provincial Russian universities. Following the full-scale

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, the university appears to have been discontinued. On 28 February 2024, the university building in

was partially destroyed by Russian missile attack.

Structure

Donetsk National Technical University (DonNTU) is the first higher education establishment in the Donbas Region and one of the first technical universities in Ukraine. 27,000 students study at 7 faculties, 60 specialities being their major. There are 28 correspondent members and academicians of the engineering academies, 18 honorary researchers and professors among the academics of the university. A number of scientists of DonNTU are honorary and full members of foreign organizations and academies. There are professors and students whose work was supported by the Soros Fund.

DPI team

From 1987—1996, the university had a group known as the participating in the popular comedic game-show

KVN ''KVN'' (, an abbreviation of , ''Klub vesyolykh i nakhodchivykh'' or ''Ka-Ve-En'', "Club of the Funny and Inventive eople) is a Russian and formerly Soviet comedy television show and international competition in which teams compete by givin ...

. It contained a number of figures, made up of students who were studying at the university and would later become prominent within Ukrainian society, including

Ismail Abdullaiev Ismail Adaliatovych Abdullaiev (born 23 May 1966), also known under the pseudonym Vladimir Abdullaev (), is a Russian citizen from Donetsk Oblast, currently operating as the director of the pro-Russian broadcasting company Tavria TV, and formerly ...

and .

Collaboration

* DonNTU has more than 70 collaboration agreements with universities all over the world. * There is an office of the Siemens company at the university. * At the three engineering faculties (German, French, and English) students are trained in the appropriate foreign language. * A Polish faculty has been established. * Thirty professors from foreign universities are Honorary Doctors of DonNTU. * The university has a reading room sponsored by the Goethe Institute, Germany. Donetsk National Technical University is a member of the EAU (European Association of Universities). DonNTU is a member of * UICEE – The International Engineering Education Centre sponsored by UNESCO, Melbourne, Australia * EAIE – European Association of International Education * EAAU – Euro-Asian Association of Universities * SEFI – European Association of Engineering Education * IGIP – International Association of Engineering Education (Austria) * COFRAMA – French Council on Management links development with the countries of the CIS and Russia (Lion, France); PRELUDE – International Association of Research and links with universities (Belgium) * CEUME – Consortium of Management Education in Ukraine (the US, Poland) * URAN – Ukrainian Educational and Research Network sponsored by the NATO and German Research Network DonNTU is a participant in the following international programmes: * TEMPUS-TACIS NCD-JEP – 23125-2002 European Studios; DAAD Eastern Partnerships (Germany) * Stipend of the International Board of the Ministry of Education and Science (the German Aerodynamics Center) * BWTZ-Programm (Germany, the Ministry of Science) * INTAS – Publishing House (Germany) * BMEU/CEUME Business - Management - Education (USA, Poland) * The Jozef Mihknowski Science Development Fund (Poland) * Students Exchange Programmes AIESEC (Poland) * Grant from the Ministry of Education and Sports, Poland * Grant from the Ministry of Education and Science (Russia) * Programme Dnipro (France) * Grant of the Special School of Social Works, Construction and Industry (ESTP), (France) * Grant from the government of Czech Republic * SIDA – Master and Bachelor programme Sandwich (Sweden)

Gallery

File:2014. Донецк (14027557231).jpg, Faculty of Economics and Management. Placed in Artema avenue, the main avenue in Donetsk city. File:LibraryMiningUniversity.jpg, Library of Donetsk National Technical University. Placed beside the municipality of Donetsk. DonNTU 2021.jpg, University building in Pokrovsk File:Donetsk National Technical University after Russian attack, 2024-02-28 (00).jpg, The building in Pokrovsk after Russian strike

References

External links

Official website of the University

Website of russian collaborationsts, offline since March 2022
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