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Located to the west of Ukraine in the large city of Lviv, the university has a student body numbering over 20,000. It is named after Ivan Franko, a famous Ukrainian scholar and writer who studied there in the 1870s. Learn more about the university and the available study options on their website.

Ivan Franko studied at the university’s faculty of philosophy in the 1870s. It became a national university in 1999 and is one of the oldest universities in Eastern Europe. The university comprises 17 faculties: biology, chemistry, journalism, economics, electronics, philology, philosophy, physics, geography, geology, history, foreign ...

The University of Lviv , presently the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv , is the oldest institution of higher learning in present-day Ukraine dating from 1661 when John II Casimir, King of Poland, granted it its first royal charter.

Scientific Library of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv is the main scientific library of the University, one of the largest and most ancient scientific libraries of Ukraine with a collection of more than 3 million volumes. Founded in 1608 as a book collection of the Jesuit College in Lviv. Director – Vasily Khmet.

History. The history of the University goes back to the 17th century. In the 16 th – 17 th centuries, religious fraternities were the cultural centres on Ukrainian lands. With the support of burgers and the clergy, they helped spread the ideas of humanism and science and also financed a net of schools.

The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv ranked 2nd for Chemistry in Ukraine and 1624th in the World with 7,228 publications made and 34,360 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Nanotechnology, Physical chemistry. Chemistry ranking. Location.