The story
Austro-Hungarian period
Establishing of forestry education in western Ukraine had a long prehistory. In 1807, Galychian foresters appealed to the Government with a request to open a secondary forestry educational establishment. In 1812, the project of creation of a department and professional studios at Lviv University was submitted for consideration. In 1852, a Forestry Section began to operate at the Galychina Economic Society, and soon in 1874 the Galychina Forestry Society appeared. On 24 October 1874, the Regional School of Forestry began training of specialists in Lviv. In 1908, the Regional School of Forestry was given a status of a higher educational establishment.
Period of Poland's rule
Reorganization of educational establishments took place after the defeat of the Western-Ukrainian People Republic in Polish domination times. Higher Forestry School was joined with the Agrarian Academy and Agrarian-Forestry Faculty of Lviv Polytechnic University was established. In 1921–1926, Ukrainian underground University with Forestry (later on Forestry-Agrarian) Faculty within its structure operated in Lviv.
Period of German occupation
In 1941–1944 only professional forestry courses on the basis of Lviv Polytechnic University functioned.
Period of the Ukrainian SSR
On 15 January 1945, a resolution of the USSR Government concerning the foundation of the Lviv Forestry Institute was adopted. On 6 November 1954, the Forestry-Melioration Faculty of the Lviv Agrarian Institute was joined with the Forestry Faculty of the Forestry University. In 1988, the Lviv Forestry Institute was named after the prominent scientist and academician Petro S. Pohrebnyak.
Independent Ukraine
On 17 June 1993, the Forestry Institute was successfully accredited; it received a state license for educational activity at the fourth educational-qualifying level. By resolution of Ukraine's Cabinet of 13 August 1993, No. 646, the Ukrainian State Forestry University was founded on the basis of the Petro Pohrebnyak Lviv Forestry Institute. On 16 May 2005, the university was given "national" status.
From Wikipedia’s article on Ukrainian National Forestry University, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3