branches of knowledge. In 2013, The Ukrainian Week stated that members of the university staff were openly Ukrainophobic. Organization The university is situated in two parts of the city and occupies about 70 hectares. It is divided into a number of faculties that are directly administered by the university. The university consists of ten faculties, four institutes, one college, two "preparatory departments" for citizens of Ukraine and foreign countries, 15 scientific-research laboratories, five scientific institutes, administration departments, experimental training shops, and nine dormitories for students, post-graduates, and trainees. The university has a sports and health rehabilitation complex with its own stadium and rest-base for the students, personnel, and university guests in the village of Chernomorka. In all university locations there are cafeterias, cafes, bars, and medical sections. Departments Faculty of Biology; Faculty of International Relationships, Politology and Sociology; Faculty of Economics and Law; Faculty of Geology and Geography; Faculty of History and Philosophy; Faculty of Journalism, Advertising, and Publishing; Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Information Technologies; Faculty of Psychology and Social Work; Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology; Faculty of Chemistry. Other College of Economics and Social Work; University Preparatory Department; Preparatory Department for International Students. Science 11 Scientific research laboratories; Botanic garden of ONU; Scientific-Research Institute of Physics; Astronomic Observatory. International cooperation Odesa University has engaged in international cooperation at the regional and global levels for the past 150 years. The university is currently a member of the European University Association, the World Association of Universities, the Supervisory Board of Magna Charta, the Eurasian Association of Universities, the Black Sea Universities Network and the Danube Rectors Conference. Ranking 7th in Ukraine and 1844th in World, Ranking Web of Universities Notable alumni Ivan Sechenov (1829–1905) – Russian physiologist Nikodim Kondakov (1844–1925) – Russian historian, he founded modern method in Byzantine art history Sergei Witte (1849–1915) – first prime minister of the Russian Empire Aleko Konstantinov (1863–1897) – prominent Bulgarian intellectual who founded the tourist movement in Bulgaria Volodymyr Lypsky (1863–1937) – Ukrainian botanist; member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (in 1922—1928 — its president) and corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and the Director of the Botanical Gardens of Odesa University Mariusz Zaruski (1867–1941) – brigadier-general in the Polish Army, a pioneer of Polish sports yachting Krste Misirkov (1874–1926) – philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer Ion Nistor (1876–1962) – prominent Romanian historian and politician Moses Schönfinkel