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Physical Sciences research in Ukraine

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine ranks first in Ukraine for Physical Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#953 worldwide), followed by Lviv Polytechnic National University and National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute".

Ukraine's world rank
#45
of 157 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
66k
Top-10% rate
7.0%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Physical Sciences in Ukraine?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1National Academy of Sciences of UkraineKyiv #95327.56.6%3,204
2Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityLviv #1,36623.77.6%3,012
3National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"Kharkiv #1,58522.16.8%1,480
4National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Kyiv #1,66321.64.8%3,299
5Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivKyiv #1,73221.26.8%2,382
6State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Kyiv #2,11819.19.3%1,565
7National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation InstituteKharkiv #2,32818.112.7%851
8Sumy State UniversitySumy #2,35518.013.4%731
9Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National UniversityIvano-Frankivsk #2,36117.910.0%625
10Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National UniversityLutsk #2,39917.89.8%427
11V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityKharkiv #2,82616.06.7%1,705
12General Energy Institute of National Academy of Sciences of UkraineKyiv #2,92015.722.1%163
13O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in KharkivKharkiv #2,97115.58.1%766
14Lviv UniversityLviv #3,35614.25.4%1,093
15Odessa National Maritime UniversityOdesa #3,63013.410.9%473
16Anatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and SystemsKharkiv #3,92112.614.6%129
17G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal PhysicsKyiv #3,96112.57.4%198
18E.O. Paton Electric Welding InstituteKyiv #4,02212.39.1%251
19Kyiv National University of Culture and ArtsKyiv #4,04712.28.1%274
20National University Zaporizhzhia PolytechnicZaporizhzhya #4,06012.25.8%758
21Institute of Macromolecular ChemistryKyiv #4,08612.110.9%234
22Enamine (Ukraine)Kyiv #4,31111.613.3%99
23Oles Honchar Dnipro National UniversityDnipro #4,41911.35.7%805
24Kyiv National University of Technologies and DesignKyiv #4,44911.25.2%434
25Institute of MathematicsKyiv #4,50711.112.0%276
26Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical PhysicsKyiv #4,57510.911.6%162
27Kharkiv Institute of Physics and TechnologyKharkiv #4,59510.95.4%463
28Kyiv National University of Construction and ArchitectureKyiv #4,60110.96.5%772
29Ukrainian State University of Chemical TechnologyDnipro #4,70210.64.4%459
30Dnipro University of TechnologyDnipro #4,71910.69.1%635
31National University of Civil Protection of UkraineCherkasy #4,79810.45.1%628
32G.V. Karpenko Physical-Mechanical InstituteLviv #4,89610.25.0%279
33Frantsevich Institute for Problems in Materials ScienceKyiv #4,95110.14.6%332
34National University of Water and Environmental EngineeringRivne #4,98310.011.0%458
35Institute of PhysicsKyiv #4,98610.05.6%194
36Institute of MagnetismKyiv #5,0419.911.2%66
37Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and GasIvano-Frankivsk #5,0829.88.4%575
38Ukrainian State University of Railway TransportKharkiv #5,1529.74.5%244
39Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway UniversityKharkiv #5,2539.53.7%364
40Ternopil Ivan Pului National Technical UniversityTernopil #5,7508.57.6%320
41Pidstryhach Institute for Applied Problems of Mechanics and MathematicsLviv #5,8148.45.7%197
42National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of UkraineKyiv #5,8218.48.7%810
43B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of UkraineKharkiv #5,8308.42.7%177
44National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic"Poltava #5,8808.36.4%428
45V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal UniversitySimferopol #5,9188.22.7%247
46Admiral Makarov National University of ShipbuildingMykolayiv #6,0757.97.0%366
47Physicо-Technological Institute of Metals and Alloys of the National Academy of Sciences of UkraineKyiv #6,0907.912.6%86
48Institute for Scintillation MaterialsKharkiv #6,1637.811.0%65
49Sumy National Agrarian UniversitySumy #6,2587.68.6%273
50V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor PhysicsKyiv #6,2757.63.7%212
51Uzhhorod National UniversityUzhhorod #6,3507.54.5%465
52Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureOdessa #6,3627.54.9%262
53Lutsk National Technical UniversityLutsk #6,3887.410.4%332
54Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National UniversityChernivtsi #6,4787.32.9%776
55Institute of Engineering ThermophysicsKyiv #6,5027.28.4%171
56Institute for Nuclear ResearchKyiv #6,5437.214.6%108
57West Ukrainian National UniversityTernopil #6,5937.110.7%508
58Ukrainian State University of Science and TechnologiesDnipro #6,6916.93.3%486
59Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National UniversityOdesa #6,8866.66.5%240
60Yukhnovskii Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of UkraineLviv #6,8896.66.8%91

Institutions in Ukraine above the floor of 40 fractional works in Physical Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Physical Sciences researchers in Ukraine?

R. Gladyshevskii, K. Cenzual and L. Sysa rank highest among researchers based in Ukraine.

  1. 1R. Gladyshevskii#996,380 worldwide overall75 citations · 649 works
  2. 2K. Cenzual#1,213,929 worldwide overall22 citations · 597 works
  3. 3L. Sysa#1,266,845 worldwide overall14 citations · 422 works
  4. 4V. Dubenskyy#1,273,248 worldwide overall13 citations · 516 works
  5. 5O. Shcherban#1,355,049 worldwide overall2 citations · 519 works
  6. 6O. Pavlyuk#1,355,532 worldwide overall2 citations · 447 works
  7. 7N. Melnichenko-Koblyuk#1,363,278 worldwide overall1 citations · 1,841 works
  8. 8Oleh Ivchenko#1,376,635 worldwide overall0 citations · 274 works

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