Kharkiv National University of Economics became a member of what organization or association in 2004?
Kharkiv National University of Economics Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics ( ) is the largest economic higher educational and research institution in Eastern Ukraine . Established in 1912 , since 2013 the University is named after Simon Kuznets , its noted alumnus . KhNUE provides a full range of undergraduate and postgraduate educational programs implementing multistage training , retraining and upgrading of qualification in 26 specialties in economy and business , management , public administration , informatics and cybernetics , computer sciences , publishing business and printing industry , tourism . History . Foundation . The initiative to create a special economic educational institution in Kharkov was raised in 1888 by merchant and commerce-adviser Nikolay Orlov . It was promoted as a patriotic act timed in honor of the miraculous salvation of the Royal family in the train accident at the Borky station near Kharkov . The Kharkov merchant society established and inaugurated in 1893 the School of Commerce named after Alexander III . The school had eight years special secondary training curriculum . Next public initiative conceived by university professor N . Paliyenko resulted with opening of the Evening Higher Courses of Commerce in October ( 24 ) 10 , 1912 . The Higher Courses provided four years training in fields of enterprise and economy , local government , bank and finance , industrial management . After the Courses had received the special building and had increased its student body up to 1226 with the nearest planned quantity of 4000 , in 1916 State Duma granted it with the status and rights of a governmental higher educational institution – Kharkiv Institute of Commerce . Within 1918-1921 Simon Kuznets was a student of the Institute and had studied basic economics there . 1920s - 1980s . During the subsequent reorganizations , partly provoked by the anti-Soviet activity of the Institutes faculty , the academy was initially transformed into the Kharkov Institute of National Economy ( 1921 ) , and then , in 1930 , divided into relatively small branch-wise colleges . Especially , its Department of Industry became the Kharkov Engineering-Economic Institute designed to train the specialist , so-called “engineer-economists” ( industrial economists ) for the Ukrainian heavy industry : mining , metallurgy , basic chemical and coke-chemical , machine-building factories and R&D facilities . Following the Soviet times tradition , October 1 , 1930 marked as the official founding date of the University . The institute rendered wide advisory help to the industrial enterprises in reconstruction , technological upgrading , increasing of labour productivity and economic efficiency , cost-effectiveness analysis . During this period , the institute had been creating advanced system of retraining and improvement of professional skill of the middle and chief executive personnel of the industrys management . In 1950s professor Evsei Liberman organized and guided the research laboratory . Its research was generalized as a basis of economic reform in 1965 in the USSR . Since the early 1960s the Institute also taught specialists for designing and maintaining the automated industrial control systems . Since the 1980s , also – the specialists in foreign trade and international economics . Today . After general curriculum of the Institute had been basically revised , in 1994 Institute was granted with the highest Level IV governments accreditation and on 20 April 1994 was transformed into the Kharkiv State University of Economics . Since August 21 , 2004 – the University was awarded the status of National ; in October 14 , 2013 – named after Simon Kuznets . In 2007 the University was conferred on the Order of Friendship of Vietnam . Since 2000 the University have being multiply expanded its operating scale in educational and research activity . The University occupies leading position among economic universities in Eastern Ukraine region with 710 members of academic staff and more than 12,000 students in 2011 . There have been reestablished cohesion between academic and research activity that had been extrinsic for the soviet-type educational system . The University was a pioneer institution in Ukraine in implementation of Bologna educational standards , introduction of variable studying courses as a part of curriculum , development of interactive learning technologies , broadening of international cooperation . Furthermore , the Universities campus is being underwent the large program of reconstruction resulted in the considerable growth of the actual space of its lecture-halls , labs , dormitories and sports facilities . Academics . Organization . The university includes the following divisions : - Faculty of Account and Audit - Faculty of Management and Marketing - Faculty of Finance - Faculty of Economic Informatics - Faculty of International Economic Relations - Faculty of Economy and Law Furthermore , there are subsidiaries , research and other associated divisions including : - Center for Educational Innovation Technologies - Laboratory for evaluating levels of creativity and intelligence - Center for distance and correspondence education Courses and programs . 26 academic programs in BA , Expert ( specialitet ) , Master , Candidate of Economic Sciencies and Doctor of Economic Sciencies degrees preparation are available for Ukrainian and International students . Teaching is possible in Ukrainian ( Russian ) or English languages . Multimedia tutorials production . Starting in 2011 the University develops a wide range of multimedia electronic books and courses based on the Adobe Captivate platform . The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine regarded such activity as innovative in Ukraine . Up to 2015 a predominant number of academic courses in KhNEU is planned to be supplied with multimedia manuals as a part of the usual educational techniques . Personal Training Systems . Since 2006 KhNEU introduced a variative part ( free electives ) of individual students curriculum . Furthermore , Portal of electronic distance learning provides better access to training resources and improves communication between teachers and students . Universitys standards for distance learning via the Internet is based on Moodle environment . Available to students are more than 550 e-learning courses ( 2010 ) . KNUE also is the developer of distance learning systems for Kharkiv secondary schools . Science . Development of the research activity is a foreground of the Universitys strategy . Scientific research is seeing as a basic condition for improving the quality of education . The University has close cooperation with the Research Centre for Industrial Development Problems NAS of Ukraine . The Universitys strategy of development is based on assumption that so-called scientific schools can support the progressive advance in key directions of research and educational sphere . Now such schools exist in the field of strategic management of the industrial enterprises , economic cybernetics , a tax policy , management of social and economic development of regions . Strategy of the socio-economic development of the Kharkiv region . Since 2001 , KhNUEs scientists have been working up on a series of research projects aimed to the elaboration of the conceptions of socio-economic development of the Kharkiv region . The first of these was initiated by the Head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration Evgen Kushnaryov and conducted by the KhNEUs Research Laboratory of socio-economic problems of society under his guidance . The Strategy for the period up to 2010 was presented to the Kharkiv regional parliament and the scientific community of the city in 2003 . In 2008 , the new Strategy covered period 2010-2015 ( under the guidance of A.Avakov ) . In 2010 , a joint team of representatives of the city authorities , practitioners , scholars and the Research Centre for Industrial Problems ( under the guidance of M.Dobkin ) presented Scientific and practical report Basis for sustainable development of the Kharkiv region up to 2020 . The report was adopted by the Regional parliament on 23 December 2010 . International conferences and business forums . KhNEU is the venue for representative business forums of both regional and national scale . These were the International scientific and practical conference for the development of the socio-economic development program for the Kharkiv region ( 2001 , 2004 , 2010 ) , the International Conference of Regional and Local Economic Development ( 2001 ) , the Ukrainian-Russian Investment Forum ( 2003 ) , the International economic Forum Regional Cooperation ( 2003 ) , Environmental Forum ( 2004 , 2006 ) , International Tourism Forum Kharkiv : Partnership in Tourism ( 2010 ) and others . Every year the University held or provides a platform for about ten scientific conferences . Scientific Journals . The acts as a publisher or cofounder of three scientific journals . Economics of Development ( ISSN 1683-1942 ) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 2002 . It publishes original research papers in relatively wide range of fields of economics . Management of development ( specializes on students papers and conference proceedings . Business Inform ( ISSN 2222-4459 ) is a co-founded peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1992 and edited by KhNUE and the Research Centre for Industrial Development Problems . Library . KhNUE Library housed in the renovated scientific library building of 4000 sq m . The library consists of 5 sections with 12 reading rooms for 460 seats and 12 subscriptions . Since 2009 , readers have open access to full-text documents . The librarian complex operates with automated cataloging literature system and its reading rooms are provided with up-to-date computer systems supplying unlimited Internet and specialized database saccess . Particularly in the library operate centers of Innovative Knowledge of the World Bank and EU Information Center . By means of the Centers readers can access the information and analytical resources of these organizations . International Partnership . KNUE is a member of the Magna Charta Universitatum ( 2004 ) , Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region ( 2008 ) , Agence universitaire de la Francophonie ( 2009 ) European University Association ( 2009 ) . Agreements on cooperation and partnership relations established with more than 40 universities in the EU , Russia and the CIS countries , USA and Canada , the countries of East Asia ( 2010 ) . The University has collaborative masters double diploma programs with the Lumière University Lyon 2 ( France ) and the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien ( Austria ) . French-Ukrainian MBA program “Business-Informatics” has worked successfully since 2005 . In 2010 the program obtained the highest mark A+ of the Association on assessment of research and higher education ( , France ) . According to research of SMBG Consulting Group the program is included in top 10 best MBA programs Business Intelligence in France in 2013 and 2014 . From 2015 a part of students of the program “Business-informatics” will undergo one-year training in the on the joint MBA program “Creating new innovative companies” . Students life . KhNUE promoted actively the students social , public , cultural and voluntary activity . The University has the Youth Organization , Youth Center , and more than thirty amateur groups . There were established traditional festivals named Student Spring , Debut , KVN , Mister and Miss KhNUE , KVN ( the universitys version of Club of the Funny and Inventive show ) , Debate and oratorical tournaments , The Golden Compass competition and others . Rich cultural life along with wide range of cultural and social opportunities for students are one of the distinctive features distinguishing KhNUE among universities of Ukraine . Youth Organization . The Youth Organization founded in 1999 traditionally occupies leading position in Kharkiv region as an area of many colleges and universities ( the 1st largest educational center of Ukraine ) and in Ukraine as a whole . The Youth Organization is an active participant in regional and Ukrainian actions : All-Ukrainian School of Young Leaders , Ukrainian festival Students republic , the Students mayor of Kharkiv ( nominations 2004 , 2005 . It is the co-founder of Kharkiv Student Youth Union , Regional Coordinator of Ukrainian Students Rada ( USR ) in Kharkiv ; KhNEUs students Vladimir Shemaev and Natalia Yakunina were the USRs elected leaders in 2006-2007 and in 2008-2010 respectively . Youth Center . Youth Center ( Student Club ) KhNUE was founded in 2000 . Youth Center brings together and assists creative teams , i.e . provides a general support for the students activities . In 2010 , among teams from different genres , there were skiffle-group of pop dance Joy , pop dance band «Emotion» , folk vocal-instrumental ensemble Roxolana , chorus Vernіsazh , vocal ensembleы Opium , Nathnennya ( Afflatus ) , vocal band New People , vocal and instrumental ensemble , an orchestra of wind instruments , stage theater «Empire» and others . Student Spring . Student Spring is a traditional , since 2001 , annual university festival . Debut . Similarly , the Debut festival is dedicated and performed by first-year students . Inzhek Travel Club . Inzhek Travel Club provides a support for traveling activity for students and faculty . Fan Club Inzhek-Metalist . Fan Club Inzhek Metalis started its activity in February 2010 as a joint project Towards each other by KhNUE and Kharkiv FC Metalist . The Golden Compass . The University is a venue for international student competition of PR-projects The Golden Compass , founded in 2007 . The competition aims to stimulate creativeness and practical initiatives of students enrolled in specialized educational fields : marketing , advertising , PR . Now The Golden Compass is a professional team competition . Before 2013 it was a part of promotional activities for tender projects , from 2014 - Startup initiatives . Participants are expected to complete projects for real enterprises and campaigns . The jury consists of representatives of the business only . The competition is supported by international and national companies and professional associations of Ukraine - Ukrainian Association of Public Relations ( UAPR ) , Ukrainian PR-League . Sports . In 2003 , the organizational system of students sport activity was endorsed by the Minister of Education and Science as model and was recommended for all educational institutions of Ukraine . By 2013 there were annual competitions in 10 sports and in mini-football tournament on the Rectors Cup . Aerobics , Fitness . Aerobics , fitness aerobics , gymnastics , cheerleading . Athleticism . Weight lifting , weightlifting , powerlifting , athleticism . Basketball . Mens and womens basketball teams of the University . Volleyball . Womens volleyball team KNUE founded in 1999 and since 2000 is a member of the Graduate Students League of Ukraine . Regular participant of competitions held Volleyball Federation Kharkiv region and the Regional Department of Physical Education and Sport . Table tennis . Training groups of table tennis is available both for students and for faculty and staff of KhNUE . The Universitys team takes part in friendly matches with other Kharkiv universities teams and Kharkiv Sports Festival of Universities . There are personal championships among foreign students , the personal championship KhNUE in memory of L.S.Luchenko , faculties matches . Sambo and Judo . The university has a developed network of Sambo and Judo acting teams . Team championships are held among the faculties , the individual championship , and performances . KhNUEs team is a participant of the International tournament in memory of Vladimir Kiselyov . Sport tourism . Started in 2006 sport tourism classes are held on the technique of walking , mountain biking , and boating . KhNUE teams were the repeated awardee of regional and inter-university competitions . Football . There is a mens university team . Football championships are conducted among students hostels teams and a futsal competition among faculties . The KhNUEs team was a winner of the Metalist Student League in 2013 . Checkers and Chess . The Universitys chess club was opened in 2011 . Notable alumni . - Simon Smith Kuznets , American economist , Nobel prize winner ( 1971 ) . - Evsei Liberman , Soviet economist , architect of the economic reforms of 1965 . - Maria Quisling , wife of Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling . - Mykhailo Chechetov , Ukrainian politician . - Victoria Spartz , member of the Indiana Senate , 2020 Republican candidate for Indianas 5th congressional district External links . - Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics - Official site - «Economics of Development» - International economic peer-reviewed open access scientific journal - «Business Inform» - International economic peer-reviewed open access scientific journal - KhNUE Open Access Scientific Repository - Universitys Library - KhNUE Portal of electronic distance learning - Publishing House INZHEK - Research and Development Centre for Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine ( RDC IPD NASU )