Kremenchuk National University can trace its origins back to 1920. Today it is the only state institution of higher education in the Kremenchuk region and one of the largest educational establishments in the Poltava region. Today KrNU takes first place among the higher education institutions of the Poltava region in the consolidated ranking of the Internet-source OSVITA.UA and fifth place in the TOP-10 of higher education institutions in the Central region of Ukraine. The university is becoming internationally recognized according to different world rankings: QS World University Rankings (KrNU is one of 28 Ukrainian universities included herein); QS EECA Ranking Top-200 Universities in Emerging Europe and Central Asia (it is one of 14 Ukrainian universities included herein); Ranking WEB of Universities WEBOMETRICS (the 34th place among 291 Ukrainian universities). Nowadays, KrNU consists of two educational-research institutes (The Institute of Electromechanics, Energy Saving and Control Systems, The Institute of Mechanics and Transport), four faculties (the Faculty of Electronics and Computer Engineering; the Faculty of Economics and Management; the Faculty of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences; the Faculty of Natural Sciences) and two colleges. In two educational-research institutes, four faculties and two colleges more than five thousand students acquire higher education at the levels of "Bachelor", "Master" and "Philosophy Doctor", majoring in 30, 28, and 12 specialties, respectively. There are 27 departments. Post-graduate and doctorate courses train specialists of the highest qualification. Totally, the university has two doctoral and five Ph.D. specialized academic councils in 12 specialties. The process of education is provided by 312 scientists and lecturers, in particular, 52 Doctors of Sciences, and 167 Ph.D., Associate Professors. Among them - 13 academicians and seven correspondent members of the branch Academies of Sciences of Ukraine.