The history of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University started in 1940 when the Teachers' Training Institute was founded which in 1951 was reorganized into the Pedagogical Institute. In 1952 the Institute was named after Lesya Ukrainka. In 1993 according to the Degree of President of Ukraine on the basis of Lutsk Pedagogical Institute Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University was established, subordinated to the Ministry of Education. In the process of university vital activity the authorities of the university constantly take care of successful combination of educational process with research work, thus stimulating professional improvement of the teachers' staff and creating the students' needs for self-expression, logical thinking, the wish to reach the source of scientific truth. The University long-term plan subjects combines fundamental themes with applied ones, which is aimed at solving the problems of theory and practice.