O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv is a modern higher education establishment with the highest accreditation level available in Ukraine, where nearly 16000 students are being trained and more than 500 among them are foreign citizens, having arrived from over than 42 countries of the world. Our University is a large scientific centre in the field of municipal economy. The creative activities of our scientific team are aimed at the search of modern techniques of design, construction and renovation, efficient structures and materials, optimization of municipal enterprises functioning, environmental protection, water purification and sewage disposal, resolving issues of city transport development. The University trains specialists for Bachelor and Master’s degrees. The training is held in 24 specialties and 30 specializations. A scientific and educational personnel is being trained at the Postgraduate Department. Bachelor’s degree training takes from 4 to 4,5 years and Master’s degree takes from 1-1,5 years (depends on the specialty selected). On achieving the Master’s degree you may continue education at the Postgraduate Department (training takes three years). The training of scientific and academic personnel is carried out in 27 specialties. The total area of all University buildings exceeds 160 thousand sq.m: seven academic buildings, two colleges (Communal and Electromechanical), eight students’ comfortable hostels. We have a library (about one million volumes available for the students in reading-halls), modern computerized rooms, an Internet-centre, a canteen and a café.