Drohobych State Pedagogical University of Ivan Franko
The Drohobych State Pedagogical University of Ivan Franko or Drohobych University is the only university of Lviv region located outside city of Lviv, Ukraine. It was first established as Franz Joseph I Drohobych State gymnasium in 1858, transforming into institute and later - into university. It is the alma mater of many Ukrainian artists, politicians and scientists.
History
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- 15 April 1940 - Drohobych State Pedagogical Institute establishment.
- June 1941 - in connection with the German occupation, the Institute ceased operations.
- November 1944 - institution recovered as Drohobych Teachers' Institute with the following departments: a) History; b) Physics and Mathematics; c) Language and Literature.
- 1947 - the first graduation ceremony of the institute.
- 25 October 1952 - Teachers' Institute was reorganized into pedagogical.
- 1954 - the Pedagogical Institute was named after Ivan Franko.
- 1 September 1956 - the Faculty of History liquidation. Students were transferred to the Faculty of History of Lviv University.
- February 1960 - merging with the Lviv Pedagogical Institute.
- 1 September 1960 - primary school teachers training faculty establishment.
- 6 February 1962 - general scientific faculty establishment.
- 3 and 7 July 1962 - the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Music Education Faculty opening.
- 30 January 1968 - the general scientific department liquidation.
- 24 July 1968 - primary school teachers training faculty ceased operations and resumed in 1979.
- 3 July 1978 - establishment of Department of general technical disciplines teaching .
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- 1992/1993 - Faculty of Management and Marketing / department of History opening
- 11 June 1992 - first post-graduates of Philology and Physical Sciences.
- 10 December 1997 - Faculty of Physical Education established.
- 1 September 1998 - Faculty of Biology established in Truskavets.
- 4 September 1998 - the institute gained university status.
- 1 September 1999 - Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty establishment. Sambor.
- 24 November 1999 - Faculty of postgraduate education establishment.
- 13 June 2004 - Faculty of Physics and Mathematics establishment.
- 16 February 2009 - first permanent doctoral specialty introduced.
- 12 May 2009 - department of Postgraduate studies was renamed to "department of doctoral and graduate studies".
- June 2010 - the University gained the fourth level of accreditation by Ministry of Education.
International ties
The first agreement on international cooperation of DSPU was signed back in 1967 with Rzeszów High Pedagogical School. Subsequently, due to the expansion of international contacts, the institute started to work on cooperation agreements with other foreign universities. Today, Drohobych University has signed several agreements with Polish, German and Austrian universities, including:- 2000 - Lehnytska Higher Professional School ;
- 2001 - Warsaw Academy of Special Pedagogy ; Podlasie Academy ; Świętokrzyskie Academy ;
- 2002 - John Paul II Catholic University ; Polonia Academy ; Rzeszów University of Technology ; Maria Curie-Skłodowska University ; Ukrainian-Austrian Collaborating Centre for Science, Education and Culture ;
- 2003 - Pedagogical Academy of Vienna ;
- 2004 - Higher School of Applied Informatics and Management ; Polytechnic University ; University of Applied Sciences.
- 2007 - international organizations «DISOP», MEP