The Classic Private University () is a university in Ukraine. It was founded as Zaporizhzhia Institute of State and Municipal Administration (ZIDMU) in 1992. In November 2007, it changed its name from the "Humanitarian University "ZIDMU" to the "Classical Private University". The university has 6 institutes, a college. It offers postgraduate and doctoral programs in 11 specialties. There are five specialized academic councils for doctoral defense.
History
The university was founded in 1992 as International Institute of Public and Municipal Administration.
1996 – The Institution was renamed into Zaporizhzhia Institute of Public and Municipal Administration.
1998 – The Scientific and Educational Complex was established, which included Institutions of higher education of all levels of accreditation (I-IV), technical colleges, gymnasiums and schools.
1999 – The Institute obtained the IIIrd level of accreditation and a new comfortable six-storied building was launched.
2000 – According to the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine the Institution obtained the status of the University of the Humanities under the name “University of the Humanities “ZIPMA”.
2003 – A student hotel and an elementary 1-4 grade school were opened.
2004 – The Institutes of Postgraduate Education and Distance Learning were opened having their own buildings. Melitopol and Energodar Institutes of Public and Municipal Administration of the University of the Humanities “ZIPMA” began functioning.
2005 – The university obtained the ІVth level of accreditation. The construction of the six-storied comfortable building (for the Health, Sports and Tourism Faculty) was completed.
2006 – The construction of a new seven-storied building for the Law Faculty began. The research Institute of Public Administration and Local Self-Government was opened. The University of the Humanities "ZIPMA" was included into the State Register of scientific institutions to be granted the government support.
On the base of the University of the Humanities three specialized scientific councils to defend the thesis for getting Ph.D. degree in the following fields were opened:
Special and branch of sociology; mechanisms of public administration; Economics, organization and management of enterprises.
2007 – According to the independent UNESCO evaluation (rating) the university was evaluated as the best institution of higher education in the city. The areas of training were expanded and a new status obtained - Classical University.
2008 – 6 specialized scientific councils for defending dissertation (including 2 Doctorate Degree councils) function at the Classic Private University. A new 7-storied building for the Law Institute named after V.Stashys was launched. The Classic Private University obtained the license that enables to teach foreign students. The Classic Private University becomes a member of the International Association of the Universities. The Center “Talented” and the journal under the title “Younger scientist’s school” were created.
2009 – The Classic Private University changed its organizational structure: the transition from faculty to institute organization system was undertaken. The Classic Private University obtained the license for the Bachelor program in "Design". The most talented high school graduates were granted special CPU scholarship.
2010 – The Classic Private University signed Magna Charta Universitetum. The university re-obtained the IVth level of accreditation
2011 – The Center "Talented" of the Classic Private University conducted All-Ukrainian contest of the Minor Academy of Sciences "Junior". Oleksandriya and Berdiansk Institutes of Public and Municipal Administration were founded
2012 – according to 2012 year rating “TOP-200 Ukraine” among the universities of the IIIrd-IVth level of accreditation the Classic Private University took the 4th place among the private Institutions of higher education, 110th place – among all the institutions and the 30th place as to the quality of education rating – which is the best position among the institutions of higher education of the Region.
Campuses and buildings Buildings of the Classical Private University: the main building, the building of the Law Institute named after Volodymyr Stashis, the buildiong of the Institute of Health, Sport and Tourism, the college premises.
Institutes and faculties
The Institute of Management offers the following programs: management of organizations and administration with specializations: management in products and services market; investment management; program engineering; geodesy, cartography and land management; theology (with the denomination) (denomination - Orthodox)).
The institute also offers the following master programs: management of organizations and administration (according to economic activity: trade, financial activity, agriculture); international management; administrative management; business administration; public service; land use and cadastre; higher school pedagogics; management of institution of higher education.
Educational activity is carried out by a highly qualified teaching staff, leading Ukrainian scientists famous both in Ukraine and abroad. The Institute of Management develops student science, and annually invites leading scientists to participate in international conferences. Lectures and seminars are held using Up-to-date facilities (auditoriums, computer classes, laboratories).
The Institute of Economics offers the following programs: economic cybernetics, economics of enterprise, marketing, accounting and auditing, finance and credit. During their study period the students of the Institute of Economics develop straightforwardness, initiative, creative approach, hardwork. Modern dynamic rhythm of life requires professional economists to possess deep economic knowledge, new economic thinking, high economic culture. In order to share and disseminate best practice and experience not only economist of Zaporizhzhya region but also the specialists from the leading universities of Ukraine are invited to teach.
The Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication offers the following programs: publishing and editing; advertising and public relations; psychology; sociology; design. The Institute seeks to create a new model of students training. The new model of training means liberality of thinking of a creative personality, political impartiality and in-depth intellectual outlook able to integrate actively into information European society. The institute has a training laboratory of television, radio and photography, Cinema Club, Press Club, information agency, website and a newspaper. The students can gain professional experience at the editorial and publishing departments.
The Institute of Foreign Philology offers Bachelor program on “Philology”, Specialist and Master programs on "Translation", "Language and Literature (English)". The institute offers great opportunities for obtaining high quality education which makes a graduate student competitive on the labor market. A modern computer linguistic class, Up-to-date technical training laboratory and language lab and small groups of students provide the future specialists with appropriate conditions for learning three foreign languages. In addition, the students are offered to study the fourth language (Spanish, Arabic, Japanese and Hebrew) on an optional basis. The educational process is conducted by highly qualified teaching staff, including well-known Ukrainian scientists (doctors, candidates of philological and pedagogical sciences) as well as academics from the US and Europe. The graduates of the Institute of Foreign Philology work not only in Ukraine, but also abroad. They also have good enough intellectual potential sufficient for conducting education at foreign and colleges.
Scientific laboratory of renaissance studies is a joint project of Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature NAS of Ukraine and Classic Private University. Their activity is focused on the development of renaissance studies in Ukraine and the representation of its achievements in the global intellectual environment. Students, undergraduates, postgraduates and young scientists are involved in its activity
The Health, Sports and Tourism Institute offers the following educational programs: Physical Education, Human Health, Tourism, Hotel and Restaurant Business. The Students of the Health, Sport and Tourism Institute successfully combine training, sports activities and tourism. The students of the Institute took part in the XXXth Olympic Games in London (2012). Anton Zakharov is an honored master of sports in diving; the master of sports of international class in Gymnastics is Stepko Oleg, in swimming - Chuev Eliasand in of judo - Stanislav Bondarenko.
Law Institute named after Volodymyr Stashys trains specialists in law and international law according to the latest achievements of national and international science both for public and private organizations, including government bodies, courts, solicitors, prosecutors of internal affairs, consulates, tax and customs inspections, scientific and educational institutions. The academic curriculum and other teaching materials are confirmed with the governing documents and teaching recommendations of the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine and the corresponding documents of the leading educational institutions of Ukraine: National University “Iaroslav Mudryi Law Academy of Ukraine”, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Training laboratory "Legal Clinic" is functioning at the Institute of Law named after Volodymyr Stashys of the Classic Private University.
The Institute of Information Technology of Education The main tasks solved by the Institute of Information Technology in Education are: providing educational services to students of all majors through the use of information and communication (distance) learning technologies; the development, improvement, implementation of advanced learning technologies based on modern information and communication technologies; providing scientific, technical, industrial, innovation, operations with the introduction of modern information and communication technologies in the educational process; improving the management of training activities of the CPU by creating a single information scientific and educational environment of the CPU; Hardware and software complex information system support.
The staff of the institute maintains the work of the CPU software. On the basis of modern computer software package MOODLE for curriculum and academic programs support of the Classic Private University and the College of the university were created as web-sites "Virtual University" and "College of the Classic Private University."
Center for Professional (re-training) Development provides the adult population of the region with the opportunity to get a second education and obtain a diploma of re-training (of the State standard) in the fields of journalism, accounting and auditing, international economics, economics of enterprise, finance and credit, social work, banking, management of organization and administration, automated systems software, physical rehabilitation, physical education, psychology, translation, language and literature (English), marketing, tourism. The Center for Professional (re-training) Development has ongoing training courses for the specialists in small business, professional accountants with the study of the program "1h: Enterprise 8.2»; Training program on “Modern information technology".
The College of the Classic Private University