Odessa State Environmental University

Odessa State Environmental University (Ukrainian: Одеський державний екологічний університет, Russian: Одесский государственный экологический университет) is a university in Odessa, Ukraine.

History[]

The university was founded on May 1, 1932 in Kharkiv as the Kharkiv Institute of Hydrometeorological Engineering. In the beginning of World War II the institute was evacuated to Ashgabat until August 1944. On July 4, 1944, it was relocated from Ashgabat to Odessa and renamed the Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute (OHMI). In 2001, the Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute received a new name - Odessa State Environmental University.^[2]

Education at the school[]

Institutes and faculties[]

• Hydrometeorological Institute
• Faculty of Ecology and Economics
• Faculty of Conservation
• Faculty of Computer Science
• Faculty of Master's and Postgraduate Studies
• Correspondence department

Colleges[]

• Odessa College of Computer Technology (formerly Odessa Machine Building College)
• Kharkiv Hydrometeorological College
• Kherson Hydrometeorological College

Other[]

• Preparatory department
• Center for Postgraduate Education
• Center of Master's Training at the Naval Hydrophysical Institute of the National Academy of National Affairs of Ukraine
• Department of Military Training (Ministry of Defence)

Since 1993, the university has had a three-stage system of training specialists.

Graduates[]

The University has produced more than 30,000 certified specialists.. Since 1953, the university has been training foreign nationals; 1,600 engineers, researchers, and trainees. More than 200 personnel officers who are graduates of the university serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Notable alumni[]

• Olena Khomrova
• Ivan Mishyn
• David B. Zilberman

References[]

• Official Website of the University (in Ukrainian)