Kharkiv National University of Economics

The Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics (Ukrainian: Харківський національний економічний університет імені Семена Кузнеця, romanized: Kharkivskyi natsionalnyi ekonomichnyi universytet imeni Semena Kuznetsia) is the largest state-sponsored economic higher educational and research university in Eastern Ukraine. The university was established in 1912 and was named after American economist Simon Kuznets, a noted alumnus, in 2013.

Annual celebration of the new academic year, 2010

Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics

Харківський національний економічний університет ім. Семена Кузнеця
Motto	Discere, cogitare, laborare docemus.
Motto in English	We teach to learn, to think, to work.
Type	Public University
Established	1930 (1912)
Academic affiliations	EUA Magna Charta Universitatum AUF ASECU
Rector	Volodymyr Ponomarenko
Academic staff	714
Students	9,972
Undergraduates	7,152
Postgraduates	2,672
Doctoral students	148
Address	prosp. Nauky, 9A, 61001 , Kharkiv , Ukraine
Campus	Urban
Nobel Laureates	1[1]
Colours	Dark Blue and Copper
Nickname	Inzhek
Affiliations	Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Website	http://www.hneu.edu.ua/

University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[2]	251-300 (2022)

Anniversary coin minted by the National Bank of Ukraine for the 75 years official jubilee of the Kharkiv National University of Economics (2004).
The historical building of the Kharkov School of Commerce named after Emperor Alexander III stamped in the obverse

Notable alumni

• Mykhailo Chechetov, Ukrainian politician
• Simon Smith Kuznets, American economist, Nobel prize winner (1971)
• Evsei Liberman, Soviet economist, architect of the economic reforms of 1965
• Maria Quisling, wife of Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling
• Oleh Shyriaiev, Ukrainian military commander
• Victoria Spartz, member of the Indiana Senate, 2020 Republican candidate for Indiana's 5th congressional district

Ratings

Ranking	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
	World
Webometrics[3]	5229	8861	5761
	National
Webometrics[3]	47	64
TOP-200 Ukraine[4]	55	49	49	43	45	45	46	49
SciVerse Scopus[5]	83	94	-

See also

• List of universities in Ukraine