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Let me introduce myself. My name is Victor Ivanov. I am 18 now. I was born on the 21^st of September in Rivne, so I have been living in Rivne since my childhood. I am not married and live with my family. We are a family of six people: my parents, my elder brother Pete, his wife, his son and I. My father works as a mechanical engineer at a private motor pool. My mother is an accountant in a private company. My elder brother is 23. He graduated from Lviv Polytechnic University and works as a manager. His wife is an economist. Their daughter Kate, my niece, is 3 years old and she goes to a nursery school. I think we are a friendly family and happy to live together.

This year I have left secondary school and entered National University of Water Management and Natural Resources Use. Now I am a first year student of the Mechanical-Energetic Faculty and study at the correspondence department. My speciality is Automobile Transport. At the University we study many general educational and special subjects. Two times a year we have sessions during which we have practical classes, lectures and pass tests and exams.

Besides my studies I work as a mechanic at a motor pool. My duties are to diagnose car breakdown and to remedy it. My working day lasts 8 hours a day with an hour for lunch. In the evening when I come home I have a short rest, watch TV or read something for my studies. At about 11 o’clock I go to bed.

National University of Water Management and Natural Resources Use

The National University of Water Management and Natural Resources Use came into existence in Kiev as a Hydromeliorative technical school over 80 years ago. In 1959 it moved to the city of Rivne and since that time it has passed a long way from the institute, academy to the national university.

Our University trains engineers, economists, managers, ecologists, accountants, programmers and other specialists for different branches of national economy. There are more than 11 thousand day-time and correspondence students. They study at nine faculties among them is Mechanical-Energetic Faculty which trains students by Automobile Transport, Mechanical Engineering, Mineral Mining Engineering and Heat Power Engineering specialities. The academic programmes lead to the degrees of Bachelor and Master. The term of study for correspondence students lasts 5 or 6 years.

At the correspondence department the academic year lasts from September to June and is divided into three terms: Autumn, Winter and Spring. At the end of each term students take tests, exams and give in course papers. At the end of training they defend their diploma projects.

The University has a teaching staff of well-educated professors, associate professors, senior and junior lecturers.

A modern University campus is situated not far from the city centre. It includes seven academic buildings, eight halls of residence, a library and computing centres, sports and recreation facilities.

Our University is one of the prestige higher educational institutions in Ukraine and is highly rated by young people.

Rivne

Rivne is administrative, economic, educational and cultural centre of the region. It is situated in the north-west of Ukraine. The population of Rivne is about 250 thousand residents.

Rivne has a long history. It was first mentioned in manuscripts dating back to 1282, so Rivne is more than 800 years old. During the centuries it was often destroyed by invaders. The heroic past of our city is described in numerous books. Rivne has a lot of historical places and monuments associated with the period of the Liberation war of 1654-1658, the Civil and Great Patriotic wars. The streets of the city bear the names of war heroes and outstanding people who lived, studied or stayed here in different times.

Today Rivne is a developing city. There are different enterprises in Rivne whose output is known in Ukraine and abroad.

The city has general educational, vocational and technical schools, music and fine arts schools. National University of Water Management and Natural Resources Use, Humanitarian University and some private higher schools train skilled specialists for national economy, education and culture.

The residents of Rivne have the Regional Music and Drama Theatre named after M.Ostrovsky, Puppet-show, movie-theatres, libraries, museums.

Rivne is an attractive city. There are a lot of green trees, flower-beds, wide streets and squares, quiet corners and beautiful lanes here. Rivne is called a city if spring and flowers.

The city is growing very fast and its residents want to make it a nice place to live in.