From a Jesuitic college to a modern university
History of the University of Lviv
This tour makes you acquainted with the history of the university of Lviv that deveveloped from a jesuitic college to a modern university with 18 faculties.
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The university of Lviv bears the name of Ivan Franko and is situated next to the monument errected in his commemoration and within a park, both monument and park bearing his name as well.
Until the 18th century the building belonged to the Jesuit College of Lviv.
in the second half of the 19th century the building of the Galician House of Commons was errected. That building was set in the style of the Viennese Neo-Renaissance.
Very impressive is the loggia with balconies and columns, sculptures at the main entrance as well as a group of sculptures above the porch.
Since 1919 the building is being used by the university. Until 1939 it was named after the Polish King Jan Kasimir.
Today, the Ivan-Franko-University is a modern university with 18 faculties.
About the history of the university
The University of Lviv, which today is the partner university of the German university of Oldenburg, belongs tot he oldest universities in Eastern Europe. It was founded in the year 1661 on the grounds of a former Jesuit college and was raised to the status of a university of the ranks of an academy by the Polish King Jan II Kazimierz . This university was controlled by the order of the Jesuites. After the Jesuit order was dissolved in 1773 the university, too, was closed down temporarily.
After 1772 Galicia belonged to the Austrian monarchy. That is why some of the departments of the Jesuit Academy formed the basis for the new university in Lviv, which the government of Kaiser Joseph II put to reforms as early as in 1784 and changed to the German University encompassing four faculties - philosophy, theology, medicine and law . Three years of studying philosophy became compulsory for all students, only then specialication was permitted. In the year 1787 the Studium Ruthenum was created, engaged with Ukrainian language.
Towards the end of the 19th / at the beginning of the 20th century the university was strongly extended. Besides the fields of natural sciences classical philology hat a very stron position (by the way, during the last few years, they have returned tot he old tradition and reintroduced the Latin language as a compulsory subjcet of general knowledge within all faculties.
After the break down of the Austrian monarchy Galice fell back to Poland. This lead to a renaming ot the university - in the year 1918 - that was named after the Polish King Jan Kazimierz, and to numerous reforms. A special stress was put on natural sciences. However, the arts were enhanced as well, introducing Literary Science of Polish as a central subject. Moreover, from 1925 to 1935, the university hosted faculties for Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Mongoliam, Indian and Iranian philology as well as for oriental history. After Lviv was integrated to the Sowjet Union in 1939 the university was being restructured again. In these times, the university was given the name of the famous Ukrainian artist and thinker Ivan Franko.
Today's structure of the university
After the Ukraine became independent in 1991 the university was further extended. Today, there are 15 faculties and 3 colleges encompassing the new inauguration of the Faculty for International Relationships (1992) and the Faculty of Philosophy (1992). For students from abroad, since 1997, there is the possibility to attain language competencies at a a specialized faculty, in order to be prepared for their studies in the Ukraine.
History of the University of Lviv
(guided tour, takes 2 hours)
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