Kharkov is the city which can be said to produce everything – from a needle to an aircraft. More than 380 industrial enterprises are located in the city. Among them enterprises which are working in machine-building, electrotechnical, instrument-making, energy, food and light industries. Kharkov is very big industrial and business centre of Ukraine. International airport of the city has about 200 flights a day; almost all of them are passenger flights.

Kharkov is not only an industrial and business center of Ukraine, it is also a city with a long and glorious history. From 1918 to 1934 years Kharkov was the official capital of Ukraine. In 2004 the city celebrated its 350 anniversary and today it is one of the largest cultural and scientific centers of Ukraine and Eastern Europe. The city has about 60 scientific-research institutes, 13 national universities and numerous professional, technical and private higher education institutions, offering its students a wide range of disciplines.