The Oldest University in Odesa

June 20, 2001, Odesa.

The program "Step Through the Century" is dedicated to Odesa National I. I. Mechnikov University.

In the video: the history of the university, archival photographs, various shots of lecture halls; students preparing for classes, the library; comments by the rector, who speaks about the university as the main center of higher education in Southern Ukraine; state awards of the university, international programs, information about the faculties; the university library, computer classrooms; the astronomical observatory, various shots; the archaeological museum, a mineral collection; cityscapes of Odesa.

Comments: rector of Odesa National I. I. Mechnikov University Valentyn Smyntyna; professor, director of the Institute of Social Sciences Ihor Koval; director of the astronomical observatory, head of the Department of Astronomy Valentyn Karetnikov; assistant professor of the Department of Microbiology and Virology Andrii Bukhtiiarov; associate professor of the Department of Journalism Olha Moiseieva; fifth-year student, winner of international competitions Oleksandr Metelichenko.

Reference: Odesa National I. I. Mechnikov University is one of the oldest classical universities in Ukraine and the oldest university in the south of the country, founded in 1865 as the Imperial Novorossiysk University. Since its foundation, it has played a key role in shaping the system of higher education, science, and culture of Southern Ukraine and has served as the basis for the establishment of a number of independent higher education institutions in Odesa. The university is a multidisciplinary academic and research center with well-established scientific schools and stable international academic ties.