Our History

The department of Management and Administration has been offering courses on economic studies for a long time, back when the UkrSURT had been named the Kharkiv Institute of Transport Engineers.

The history of the department dates back to 1935, when it was founded as the Department of Transport Economics by M.V. Tomilin, Professor. From 1936 to 1944, the department was headed by V.M. Orlov, Doctor of Economics, Professor.

During 1944-1977 the department was headed by T.M. Tuchkevich, Doctor of Economics, Professor. From 1980 to 1997, the head of the department was I.G. Boyko, Professor. Following in the path of his prominent predecessors, Orlov and Tuchkevich, he laid the foundations of the educational, methodological, and research activities of the department. In 1997-2001 the department was headed by V.L. Dykan, Doctor of Economics, Professor, and since 2001 the position of the head of the department was held by N.M. Kolesnykova, the Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor.

In the first years after its foundation and during the following decades, the department employed such highly qualified teachers and broadly known economists of transport and manufacturing as T.M. Tuchkevich, A.M. Blaise, M.I. Silaev, and other specialists.

The teaching staff of the department was gradually replenished with young graduates, who later became Ph.D. and associate professors, namely: T.P. Antonova, M.O. Moiseieva, Yu.M. Yurchenko, M.D. Zherdiev, N.M. Kolesnykova, S.O. Pohasii, O.I. Zorina and others.

The process of expanding and strengthening Ukraine’s economic relations with other countries, particularly in the transport industry, faced the problem of a shortage of specialists in international economics and management. That is why, in 2001, the leadership of the Ukrainian State Academy of Railway Transport introduced a new degree program at the Faculty of Economics. The Department of International Business Management and Law was headed by O.B. Korotych, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor. It became the first of its kind among Ukrainian railway transport universities.

In 2002 it was headed by T.I. Alekseeva, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor. The department included the leading teachers of the academy, namely, V.K. Shevchenko, T.M. Haivoronska, and O.P. Sobolieva, Candidates of Economic Sciences, Associate Professors.

From 2004 to 2020, the position of the head of the department was held by O.G. Deineka, Doctor of Economics, Professor. Since 2020, O.V. Dykan, Doctor of Economics, Professor, has been appointed Head of the Department.

Given the socio-economic situation in the country, there was a growing need for applying qualitatively new approaches to the educational process of the department. The European integration required the department’s compliance with the newest criteria and standards of the Bologna Process. As a result, in 2004, the Academic Council of the Academy changed the department’s name to International Transportation Management. At that time, many qualified specialists joined it, including M.V. Naidonova and T.V. Kurman, candidates of economic sciences, associate professors. Besides, talented young people joined, who worked fruitfully on Ph.D. theses: O.V. Dykan, senior teacher, O.M. Cherevatenko, senior teachers, O.M. Zhuravlova, assistant, A.V. Kolesnykov, senior teacher, I.M. Krutko, senior teacher, and others.

For the first time, the candidate’s dissertation was defended by O.V. Gromova, associate professor, who, along with scientific and methodological work, also managed the Student Management School (SMS).

In 2007, according to the decision of the Academic Council of the Academy, the Department of Organization Management and the Department of International Business Management were merged, and the Department of Transport Management was established. On January 28, 2014, the department was given its current name, Management and Administration.

Throughout the existence of the department, more than 3000 engineer-economists and managers have been trained.

Today the department trains specialists in three fields of studies. Highly qualified professionals graduate with bachelor’s and master’s degrees to work in the transport industry, as well as at enterprises involved in a variety of other industries.