FACULTY OF COMPUTER PRINTING ENGINEERING
FACULTY PUBLISHING-PRINTING AND INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES
FACULTY OF MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
UKRAINIAN ACADEMY OF PRINTING
Ukrainian Academy of Printing (UAP) is the unique autonomous educational establishment of higher education in Ukraine that trains specialists on media technologies, printing and publishing. For its 90-year-old history thousands of highly skilled specialists have graduated from the Academy, that create informative and sociocultural environment of the country, working in publishing houses, printing-houses, mass media, printing enterprises, bookstores, advertising agencies, machine building plants, scientific research establishments, etc.
There are 14 specialties that belong to 7 branches of science, where students are trained for publishing and printing industry as well as mass media of Ukraine. Postgraduate (8 specialties) and postdoctoral (3 specialties) studies function in the Academy.
Development of printed mass media, electronic editions, book industry, book spreading, book design, printing and packaging technologies, machines and materials in Ukraine is closely connected with the Ukrainian Academy of Printing. Thousands of graduates of the Academy hold leading positions in the best-known publishing houses, editorials of periodicals, advertising agencies, design bureaus, internet publishing, on radio and television, printing and packaging enterprises, plants of printing and packaging machine-building engineering both in Ukraine and abroad. There are 7 laureates of the Shevchenko Award, 8 People’s artists of Ukraine, 62 Honored artists, workers of art, science and technology of Ukraine among the graduates of the Academy.
Four faculties with 19 departments function in the Academy. The structural units of the Academy also include: Lviv college of printing of UAP; a preparatory department; a library; a publishing house "The Ukrainian Academy of Printing"; educational department; scientific and research department with proper scientific laboratories, postgraduate and postdoctoral department; administrative and economic unit; Dissertation Committee for scientific papers defense; department of international relations; a training-productive experimental printing-house; and information support department. UAP has got 5 educational buildings, 2 student hostels, 2 training-productive workshops, a library with 4 reading-halls, good sport facilities, and places of social and cultural significance. The educational laboratories of UAP are equipped with modern printing and office machines.
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY
International activity of UAP is multidirectional. The academy actively participates in international projects, such as «Tempus Tacis», «DAAD», «Erasmus», «Fulbright» and others, that provides new possibilities for students of the Academy to realize their potential. According to the concluded agreements, Ukrainian Academy of Printing actively cooperates with leading European higher educational establishments. One of the directions of this collaboration is training by the program of double diploma. The second focus is cooperation with enterprises of publishing-printing industries of Germany, Great Britain, France, Canada, USA, Belgium, Poland, China, Lithuania, Austria, Switzerland and other countries, that gives possibility to use international experience of specialists training and professional development of UAP staff.
The Academy is an active participant of the International association of printing higher educational establishments of the world, International association of research organizations for informative, media, publishing and printing industries, International association of higher educational establishments of Central and Eastern European countries. Exchange of experience is able due to this collaboration; it also facilitates improvement of the educational process of training highly skilled specialists that meet modern market requirements.
STUDENTS LIFE
Students of the Ukrainian Academy of Printing have the opportunity to study by the program of double diploma, participate in international and Ukrainian scientific, educational and creative projects, competitions and contests, join various sport sections, use modern sport equipment and compete for UAP sport teams in international and home student tournaments.
Educational curricula are worked out taking into account modern requirements and provide effective training of Bachelors and Masters.
Students of the Academy conduct numerous scientific experiments in scientifi societies with the aim to work out and introduce new constructive and technological ideas
After graduation many students begin the career of scientists and teachers. There is student self-government body, scientific societies, academic choir, studen
theatre, music bands, photo studio, television UAD.tv. in the Academy. There are also two hostels, student canteens, libraries, students’ club and sport facilities.
Students from other cities are provided with hostelso.
