V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University of is one of the oldest universities in Ukraine. Over the decades of its existence, the University has been awarding the title "Merited Full Professor of Kharkiv University" to the most distinguished respresentatives of professordom, whose hard work made a worthy contribution to the development of the University.
Karazin University has long traditions of awarding the honorary title "Doctor Honoris Causa of Kharkiv University", which, in different years, was conferred to outstanding national and foreign scientists, public figures, figures of science, culture and art. Aspiring to preserve its historical traditions, the University considers it appropriate to recongnize outstanding faculty members and researchers by awarding them the honorary titles of: