"Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic": obtaining the status of "national"

Zaporizhzhya Television, 2001. The documentary film "Vivat - National, vivat - Machine" is dedicated to the solemn ceremony of granting the Zaporizhzhia State Technical University the status of "national".

On the video: various plans of the main building of the university, the university emblem with the inscription "Vivere est cogitare" (To live is to think), the beginning of the solemn events; photos of visiting ZNTU by famous people, a photo with the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma; speech of the rector of ZNTU Serhiy Belikov; ceremonial raising of the ZNTU flag; poll of university graduates who talk about the quality of the education received and prospects; students in training, a meeting of the university administration; various plans of the university, a decree on granting the status of "national"; concert program, awarding diplomas to students.

Comments: rector of Zaporizhzhia National Technical University Serhiy Belikov; Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration Yevhen Kartashov; Chairman of the Board of Directors of JV "AvtoZAZ-Daewoo", ZNTU graduate Oleg Papashev; General Director of SE "Radioprylad", ZNTU graduate Oleksiy Rudenko; Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of ZNTU Anatoliy Koval; Vice-Rector for Humanitarian Affairs and International Relations of ZNTU Oleksandr Andrienko; Dean of the Faculty of Transport of ZNTU Volodymyr Kozyr; ZNTU student Iryna Parkhomenko.

Reference: National University "Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic" is the oldest technical institution of higher education in the South-East of Ukraine, founded in 1900 as a mechanical engineering school in Oleksandrivsk (now Zaporizhzhia). In the 1930s, the educational institution became the Institute of Agricultural Mechanical Engineering, which is why it received the unofficial name "Mashynka". In 1994, it was reorganized into a technical university, and in 2001, it was granted national status. The university is known for its high level of engineering training, scientific schools, and contribution to the development of industry in the region.