About University

Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding (NUS) is a leading higher educational institution in Ukraine which trains specialists for shipbuilding and related industries and the national economy in general.

The Industrial Technical School was established on July 16th, 1920 on the basis of the Secondary Mechanical Technical Vocational School. It was considered a higher educational institution and its graduates got the qualification of an engineer. Later it became Nikolaev Shipbuilding Institute (NSI).

NSI got the fourth level of accreditation, university status and name of Admiral Makarov Ukrainian State Maritime Technical University in 1994 according to the Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. On March, 2004 it gained the status of the National University of Shipbuilding. This gave the chance to define its educational content, structure and to develop its own curricula.

The University was authorized to create new educational and scientific institutions of different types within its structure, to plan and develop its own scientific and fundamental research.

This educational establishment has prepared more than 50 thousand specialists for the national and foreign shipbuilding.

Regulations of the foreign citizens admission to NUS.

To begin their studies in the university foreign citizens must do a preliminary course. It lasts for 10 months, at the end of which they have to pass an exam and according to its results they get a certificate which becomes their permit to enter the University.

To receive an invitation for studying in Ukraine, which gives a right to foreign citizens to enter the Ukrainian territory for a period from 15 August till 15 November, it is necessary to write a letter of application, by fax or e-mail to a Rector/President of the University with an appropriate request and to send copies of the following documents to the Department of International Cooperation :

passport;

medical “No HIV/AIDS Certificate”;

secondary school graduation certificate;

Upon the arrival it is necessary to have the following validate documents:

application form;

validate copy of the educational level certificate with the specified subjects and the received grades/credits;

medical “No HIV/AIDS Certificate”;

validate medical health certificate, verified by the official health protection body, which proves the STUDENT’S health ability to stay and study in Ukraine, issued no later than two months before the arrival in Ukraine;

validate copy of the birth certificate;

insurance which covers the emergency medical service;

8 photos with size 6×4 cm;

As a result of admission to the University an “International Student Contract” must be signed.

Foreign citizens who are studying in other universities of Ukraine can be transferred to the National University of Shipbuilding as well. This procedure requires the following documents: