Ukraine

Partners situated in Ukraine

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Ukraine in a nutshell

Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south.

The population of Ukraine is just over 46 million.

The city of Kiev (Kyiv) is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.

Ukraine is a unitary state composed of 24 oblasts (provinces), one autonomous republic (Crimea), and two cities with special status: Kiev, its capital, and Sevastopol, which houses the Russian Black Sea Fleet under a leasing agreement.

Ukraine is a republic under a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine continues to maintain the second largest military in Europe, after that of Russia.

Source : http://www.cia.gov

Some 77.8 percent of the population are ethnic Ukrainians, with sizable minorities of Russians, Belarusians and Romanians.

The Ukrainian language is the only official language in Ukraine, but Russian is also widely spoken.

The dominant religion in the country is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, which has heavily influenced Ukrainian architecture, literature and music.

The World Bank classifies Ukraine as a middle-income state. Significant issues include underdeveloped infrastructure and transportation, corruption and bureaucracy. In 2007 the Ukrainian stock market recorded the second highest growth in the world of 130 percent. Growing sectors of the Ukrainian economy include the information technology (IT) market, which topped all other Central and Eastern European countries in 2007, growing some 40 percent.

Higher education

Universities in Ukraine

1. National Technical University of Ukraine
2. Lviv Polytechnic National University

Virtual Campuses in HE

Interesting Programmes

See:

1. National Technical University of Ukraine
2. Lviv Polytechnic National University

Re.ViCa Case-study

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