Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, colloquially known as KNU, is located in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The university is universally recognized as the most prestigious university of Ukraine, being the largest national higher education institution.

KNU is ranked within top 650 universities in the world.[4] It is the third oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and University of Kharkiv. Currently, its structure consists of fifteen faculties (academic departments) and five institutes. It was founded in 1834 by the Russian Tsar Nikolai I[5] as the Kyiv Imperial University of Saint Volodymyr, and since then it has changed its name several times.

There are 13 Faculties and 8 Institutes within the university. Kyiv University has a number of other faculties, including: a Ukrainian Studies Centre, a Geological and Zoological Museum, a Museum of the History of the University, an Interfaculty Museum of Linguistics, an Informatics Centre, an Astronomical Observatory, a Publishing and Reprographics Unit called "Kyiv University", and Maksymovych Academic Library.