The National Transport University was founded in 1944. It has become one of the leading higher education institutions in the Ukrainian transport sector.
The university is located in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
Faculties at the university include automotive and mechanical engineering; transport construction; management, logistics and tourism; economics and law and transport and information technologies. Students can study a range of bachelors, specialist and master’s degree programmes on a full-time or part-time basis.
There are a number of centres within the university including the Centre for Correspondence and Distance Learning, the Centre for Postgraduate Education and Pre-university Training, and the Centre for International Education.
Throughout the academic year, the university works in collaboration with a number of institutions from the Ukrainian National Academy of Science. These institutions include the Institute of Technical Mechanics, the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, and the Institute for Problems of Materials Science.
Since 1964 the university has been publishing its research findings in a science and technology journal called Highways and Road Construction. It also publishes its findings in the Hydraulics and Hydraulic Engineering journal and the Project Management, Systems Analysis and Logistics journal.
The university has developed a partnership with Toyota Ukraine to provide industrial training to students and the opportunity for employment upon graduation.
