Ukrainian Academy of Printing

Ukrainian Academy of Printing
Українська академія друкарства
Established 1930
Rector Bohdan Durnyak
Students 6 600
Location Lviv, Simferopol, Ukraine
Website Official site

Ukrainian Academy of Printing is a Ukrainian academy in Lviv.

Post address: Lviv, Pidholosko st., 19, 79020, Ukraine

History

Specialist’s training for printing branch in Ukraine started in 1930 in the School of Printing Art founded by Stefan Kulzhenko. In 1917 in Kyiv was founded Ukrainian Art Academy, the first in the history of Ukraine artistic educational establishment with the graphic workshop.

In 1922 the Academy was reorganized in Kyiv Institute of Plastic Arts. In the year 1923 Kyiv Art Institute was created (today it’s the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture) by the way of uniting Kyiv Institute of Plastic Arts and Kyiv Architecture Institute. The same year on the base of Kyiv Art Institute was created the printing faculty by the way of uniting of the graphic department of the Institute with the School of Printing Art. 50 students entered this faculty. They studied on the next three specializations: book and newspaper printing, color printing and printing of the stamps and illustrated magazines друк. Famous painter professor A. Kh. Sereda became the head of the faculty. At the same time printing faculties in the Art Institutes in Kharkiv, Odessa, Moscow and Leningrad were opened.

Campuses and buildings

Institutes and faculties

Honorable Doctors and famous alumni

Coordinates: 48°18′15″N 38°01′05″E / 48.3042°N 38.0181°E