Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

The Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (KNUCA) — better known under its former name Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute (Russian: ???????? ?????????-???????????? ???????? or ????) — is the largest and most important building and architectural university of Ukraine located in the nation's capital Kyiv.

Post address: Kyiv, Povitroflotsky Avenue, 31, 03680.

The institution was founded in 1930 as the Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute on the basis of the factory and communal construction branch of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) and the architecture faculty of the Kyiv Art Institute. During the post-World War II Soviet period, KISI rose to become the second highest engineering and architecture faculty in the U.S.S.R., behind the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute (????).

Educational and scientific work is organized and carried out by more than 96 chairs numbering about 800 professors and instructors.

About 10,500 students study at the university. After graduation, they acquire the education qualification levels of Bachelor, Specialist, and Master of Science. The postgraduate courses in about 30 specialities are available at the university for those who choose to continue their professional and scientific training under the guidance of experienced advisers. The postgraduate preparation functions at the University, 9 specialized Scientific Councils for protection of the doctors and candidate dissertations in 25 scientific specialities, 7 research institutes and 11 specialized research laboratories works.