Donetsk National University
 Donetsk National University (DonNU) (Russian: Донецкий национальный университет Ukrainian: Донецький національний університет Donets’kyi Natsional’nyi Universytet) is the leading higher educational institution in Donetsk Oblast Ukraine. The University's history starts in 1937 from the moment of creation of a pedagogical institute in Donetsk (then Stalino). In 1965 the Institute was transformed into Donetsk State University. It was accorded the National status in 2000.