Students of the Sukhomlynskyi University will be transferred to the National Technical University — a decision of the Cabinet of Ministers

Admiral Makarov National Shipbuilding University. Photo by NikVesti

The Cabinet of Ministers supported the reorganization of two higher educational institutions in Mykolaiv without giving them the name UKRoP, which was proposed by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine.

The relevant decision of January 5 was published on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers.

As you know, on January 5, information was published on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine about the intention to merge the Sukhomlynskyi Mykolaiv National University with the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding. Subsequently, it was planned to create a multi-disciplinary University of Shipbuilding and Development of the South from these two institutions.

It should be noted that in the approved decision of the Cabinet of Ministers there is no information about the formation of a new educational institution as a result of the merger of two universities with the name UKRoP.

The decision states that students will continue to study while maintaining their chosen majors and funding sources.

«All students, graduate students and other persons studying at the Mykolaiv National University named after V.O. Sukhomlynskyi will be transferred to the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding. They will continue their studies in accordance with the chosen specialties and will keep the previously determined sources of funding,» the order of the Cabinet of Ministers states.

The government's decision regarding the reorganization of Mykolaiv universities, screenshot from the official website of the Cabinet of Ministers

Commenting on this initiative, the rector of Admiral Makarov National Shipbuilding University Yevhen Truslyakov expressed his dissatisfaction with the proposed name of the UKRoP for the new educational institution.

In particular, he noted that the decision does not reflect the opinion and position of students and teachers of the National Shipbuilding University.

We will remind you that earlier the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitalii Kim, expressed the opinion that one of the universities that suffered from Russian shelling should be closed or reorganized and attached to a more effective one.

At that time, Mykolaiv Sukhomlynskyi University responded to the statement of the head of Mykolaiv RMA. Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences Professor Svitlana Yakymenko expressed the opinion that the educational institution should not be closed. University students also joined the appeal, calling to save the educational institution and start work on the demolition of the rubble of the destroyed part of the university.

Mykolaiv National University named after Vasyl Sukhomlynskyi

On July 15 and August 2, 2022 , as a result of missile strikes, the buildings of one of the city's largest higher educational institutions — Mykolaiv Sukhomlynskyi National University — were destroyed.

In March 2023, the rector of the university, Valerii Budak, announced that the buildings of the Mykolaiv National University named after Vasyl Sukhomlynskyi, destroyed by Russian missiles , will begin to be restored after the end of the war.

However, the Sukhomlynskyi University concluded a contract for the production of design and estimate documentation for the reconstruction of Building No. 1, which was destroyed by the shelling of the Russian Federation.

Mykolaiv Vasyl Sukhomlynskyi National University 

It was also reported that due to the buildings of the Mykolaiv Sukhomlunskyi National University named destroyed by Russian missiles, environmental damage amounted to 1 million 455 thousand hryvnias.

Mykolaiv Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding

As you know, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding was one of the first universities to be destroyed by a Russian missile attack. Five S-300 missiles hit the university building on the morning of July 15, 2022.

Admiral Makarov National Shipbuilding University

Admiral Makarov National Shipbuilding University

Dismantling the structures of the hulls of the Admiral Makarov National Shipbuilding University in Mykolaiv destroyed by Russian missiles will cost 5 million hryvnias.

The University of Shipbuilding concluded contracts for the production of design and estimate documentation for the reconstruction of educational building buildings for 2.9 million hryvnias. The amount of the contract for the repair of the educational building at Heroiv Ukrainy Avenue, 9 is 1 million 498 thousand hryvnias. The reconstruction project of the nearby humanitarian building was ordered for 1 million 496 thousand hryvnias.

Denmark also promised to help restore the damaged buildings of the Admiral Makarov National Shipbuilding University (NUK). The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine Ole Egberg Mikkelsen is sure that this will revive Mykolaiv as a «city of shipbuilding».