Economist’s Day: The University Celebrates

Every year on 12 October, Ukraine celebrates Economist’s Day, a professional holiday honouring specialists who study economic processes, analyse markets, work with finance, and seek solutions to promote the effective development of businesses and the state.

Economics helps us understand the patterns of societal development, assess the impact of global changes, and find answers to today’s challenges. Amid the war and Ukraine’s recovery, economic resilience, the rational use of resources, and strategic planning are becoming increasingly important.

V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University has a long-standing tradition of economic education, with economics courses having been taught here since the University’s early years. Today, economic education at Karazin University encompasses a wide range of fields, from economics, finance, and marketing to international economic relations and business management.

Specialists are trained by the School of Economics and other educational and research units of the University. The history of economics at Karazin University is associated with the names of distinguished scholars, including Simon Kuznets, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, economist Mykhailo Tuhan-Baranovskyi, and scholar Ovsei Lieberman. Their scholarly contributions form part of the history of economic thought.

We congratulate our academic staff, researchers, alumni, and students in economics-related fields on their professional holiday!