Odesa was founded over 200 years ago on the Black Sea coast and is one of the most beautiful cities on the seaside, a maritime and continental crossroads, and a tourist and commercial centre of Ukraine. Since the foundation of Odesa in the late 18th century, the best architects from France, Italy, Holland, and other countries have participated in its development.
Odesa National Technological University (hereinafter referred to as ONTU) is one of Ukraine’s higher education institutions with more than a century of history, which trains professionals and researchers for industries in demand in many countries. Among them are various sectors of the food industry, which is now one of the most important sectors of any country’s economy, as well as tourism, hotel and restaurant business, various areas of information technology, refrigeration and cryogenic technology, heat power engineering, thermal physics, unconventional and renewable energy sources, oil and gas industry, ecology, economics, marketing, and so on.
ONTU is a Higher Educational Institution of the IV Accreditation Level, i.e. the highest level of accreditation, and in 2002 it was awarded the title of a National University for its high results in training specialists for Ukraine and many countries of the world. Currently, the University trains professionals in 22 specialties in 6 educational-scientific institutes.
ONTU has been training foreign specialists since 1951. Nowadays, according to a Licence granted by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine), the University enrols foreign citizens to study at the Preparatory Department, basic Faculties under the programs for a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
The knowledge gained by foreign citizens at the Preparatory Department of ONTU allows them to successfully study at the Faculties of our University.