Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture's mission is to educate specialists who are able to modernise construction and architecture in Ukraine.
The university was founded in 1898 as Kyiv Polytechnical Institute; it was renamed as KNUCA in 1999. It has trained more than 80,000 engineers and architects since it was founded, across seven faculties: architecture; construction; automation and IT; engineering systems and ecology; construction and technology; geoinformation systems and territorial management; and urban studies and spatial planning.
Students work closely with KNUCA administration, participating in scholarship programmes, charitable projects, thematic weeks and roundtable discussions.
A campus centre for culture and leisure includes an opera studio and dance studio, student theatre, an amateur choir and annual Miss KNUCA and KNUCA Man competitions. KNUCA also encourages high-level athletics.
Students compete locally, nationally and internationally, in sports including kickboxing, kung fu, taekwondo and chess.
