The Kharkiv University or Karazin University (Ukrainian: Каразінський університет), or officially V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukrainian: Харківський національний університет імені В. Н. Каразіна), is one of the major universities in Ukraine, and earlier in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1804 through the efforts of Vasily Karazin becoming the second oldest university in modern-day Ukraine. Departments: School of Biology School of Chemistry School of Computer Sciences School of Ecology School of Economics School of International Economic Relations and Tourism School of Foreign Languages School of Medicine School of Geology and Geography School of History School Mechanics and Mathematics School of Law School of Physics School of Philology School of Philosophy School of Psychology School of Physics and Energy School of Radiophysics School of Sociology Institute of High Technologies: School of Physics and Technology School of Computer Science School of Energy Physics Scientific institutions: Kharkiv University History Museum State Natural History Museum of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University The Museum of Archaeology Nobel prize winners: Élie Metchnikoff (Medicine, 1908) Lev Landau (Physics, 1962) Simon Kuznets (Economic Sciences, 1971)