City: Odessa
Year of foundation: 1865
Status: State
Accreditation: IV
Document of completion: State diploma
Form of study: full-time, part-time
Students : 10490
Teachers : 990
PhDs: 557
Professors and doctors: 136
Foreign students nowadays: more than 350 international students
Hostels: availability
Postgraduate education: availability
Postgraduate, doctoral studies: availability
Preparatory Department: availability
Odessa National University named after I.I. Mechnikova, is the first higher educational institution of the South of Ukraine, has been successfully giving careers to its graduates for more than 150 years. One hundred and thirty thousand graduates of ONU have glorified their country, city and alma mater with their achievements. The combination of classical traditions with modern education technologies allows university students – and their more than 10,500 – to consider a diploma of each of the 42 specialties of the university as an actual “pass to life”. Most graduates of ONU receive diplomas already employed. Employers find future employees on the student bench, because ONU students are the winners of prestigious Ukrainian and international intellectual competitions and olympiads.
ONU cooperates with 175 universities of different countries, is a member of the European and World Universities Associations. The contribution of ONUImeni II. Mechnikov in public life is awarded with state and international awards. The rector of the university is Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor Igor N. Koval is a well-known political scientist in the world, a member of many international scientific societies and organizations.
In the graduate school, which is one of the largest in Ukraine, more than 500 people study in 105 specialties. Each year 30-35 candidate dissertations are defended. Each year more than 30 doctoral students work in the doctoral program, which protect from 10 to 15 doctoral dissertations a year. In total, 7 specialized councils work in the Odessa National University, in which the defense of dissertations is carried out in 29 specialties.
| FIRST INTAKE ↓ | SECOND INTAKE ↓ | PREPARATORY FACULTY ↓ |
| JOIN BETWEEN: | JOIN BY 1ST MARCH | JOIN ANYTIME |
| 1ST SEPTEMBER TO 30TH NOVEMBER | ||
| DEADLINE TO APPLY: | DEADLINE TO APPLY: | NO DEADLINE |
| 30TH OCTOBER | 1ST FEBRUARY |
Price for foundation year: 1100 USD
| Specialty/ Specialization | Cost per year of study | |
| for Bachelor | (USA $) | |
| full-time education | part-time education | |
| Cultural Studies | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| Philosophy | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| History & Archeology | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| Bulgarian Language and Literature | 1 600 | – |
| Ukrainian Language and Literature | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| Russian Language and Literature | 1 800 | 1 440 |
| English Language and Literature (Translation) | 2 000 | 1 600 |
| Spanish Language and Literature (Translation) | 2 000 | – |
| German Language and Literature (Translation) | 2 000 | 1 600 |
| French Language and Literature (Translation) | 2 000 | – |
| Sociology | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| Psychology | 2 000 | 1 600 |
| Political Sciences | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| International Relations | 2 000 | – |
| International Economic Relations | 2 000 | 1 600 |
| Journalism | 2 000 | 1 600 |
| Jurisprudence | 2 000 | 1 600 |
| Economic Theory | 2 000 | – |
| Economical Cybernetics | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| Finance and Credit | 2 000 | 1 600 |
| Accounting and Auditing | 2 000 | 1 600 |
| International Management | 2 000 | 1 600 |
| Management of Organizations | 2 000 | 1 600 |
| Chemistry | 1 800 | 1 440 |
| Chemistry (secondary education) | 1 800 | 1 440 |
| Biology | 1 800 | 1 440 |
| Biology (secondary education) | 1 800 | 1 440 |
| Biotechnology and Bioengineering | 1 800 | – |
| Geology | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| Geography | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| Geography (secondary education) | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| Tourism | 1 800 | – |
| Mathematics | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| Applied Mathematics (Mechanics) | 1 600 | – |
| Physics end astronomy | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| Applied Mathematics | 1 600 | – |
| Applied Physics | 1 600 | – |
| Computer Engineering | 2 000 | 1 600 |
| Social work | 1 600 | 1 280 |
| Specialty/ Specialization | Cost per year of study | |
| for Master | (USA $) | |
| full-time education | part-time education | |
| Philosophy | 2 000 | 2 000 |
| Cultural Studies | 2 000 | – |
| History and archeology | 2 000 | 2 000 |
| Bulgarian Language and Literature | 2 000 | – |
| Russian Language and Literature | 2 250 | 2 250 |
| Ukrainian Language and Literature | 2 000 | 2 000 |
| English Language and Literature (Translation) | 2 500 | 2 500 |
| Spanish Language and Literature (Translation) | 2 500 | – |
| German Language and Literature (Translation) | 2 500 | 2 500 |
| French Language and Literature (Translation) | 2 500 | 2 500 |
| Applied Linguistics | 2 000 | – |
| Educational and pedagogical sciences | 2 250 | – |
| Sociology | 2 000 | 2 000 |
| Psychology | 2 500 | – |
| Political Sciences | 2 000 | 2 000 |
| International Economic Relations | 2 500 | – |
| International Relationss | 2 500 | – |
| Journalism | 2 500 | 2 500 |
| Jurisprudence | 2 500 | 2 500 |
| Management of Organizations | 2 500 | – |
| International Management | 2 500 | – |
| Economic Theory | 2 500 | 2 500 |
| Accounting and Auditing | 2 500 | – |
| Finance and Credit | 2 500 | – |
| Chemistry | 2 250 | 2 250 |
| Chemistry (Pharmaceutical chemistry) | 2 250 | 2 250 |
| Biology | 2 250 | 2 250 |
| Biotechnology | 2 250 | – |
| Hydrogeology | 2 000 | 2 000 |
| Geology | 2 000 | 2 000 |
| Geography | 2 000 | 2 000 |
| Mathematics | 2 000 | 2 000 |
| Theoretical and Applied Mechanics | 2 000 | – |
| Computer Engineering | 2 500 | – |
| Physics end astronomy | 2 000 | 2 000 |
| Applied Mathematics | 2 000 | – |
| Applied Physics | 2 000 | – |
| Economical Cybernetics | 2 000 | – |
| Social Work | 2 000 | – |
Fields of study:
• Biology, ecology
• Geography, geology
• Hotel and restaurant business, tourism
• Journalism, publishing and printing
• Information technology, cybersecurity
• History, Archeology
• Culture, art
• Mathematics, Statistics
• Management, marketing
• Pedagogy
• Political science, international relations
• Right
• Psychology
• Sociology, social work
• Physics, astronomy
• Philology
• Philosophy, religion and culturology
• Chemistry, bioengineering
• Economy
Specialties:
• Applied mathematics, mechanics
• Computer engineering
• Economic theory
• Management of organizations
• International economic relations
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Political science
• International relationships
• Economic cybernetics
• Finance and credit
• Social work
• Biology
• Microbiology
• Virology
• Biotechnology
• Geography
• Geology
• Hydrogeology
• Tourism
• Law
• Management of foreign economic activity
• Accounting and Auditing
• Journalist
• Publishing and editing
• History
• Archeology
• Ethnology
• Philology / English and Literature
• Philology / German and Literature
• Philology / French and Literature
• Philology / Spanish Language and Literature
• Philology / translation
• Philology / Ukrainian Language and Literature
• Philology / Bulgarian language and literature
• Philology / Russian Language and Literature
• Philology / Applied Linguistics
• Philosophy
• Culturology
• Physics and astronomy
• Applied Physics
• Chemistry
• Applied Mathematics
• Accounting
• Finance and credit
• Social work
Bachelor’s Degree program: term of studies 4 years
Master’s Degree program: term of studies 1, 5 year
PhD’s Degree program: term of studies 4 years