Women's Higher Courses (Kyiv)

The Women's Higher Courses (Ukrainian: Киевские высшие женские курсы, romanized: Kijevskije vyssjevskije kursy), or KVZjK, in Kyiv was the first women's higher education institution in Tsarist Ukraine, active in (1878–1889) and (1906–1917).

It was the first university open to women in Ukraine.

A women's movement fighting for women's access to higher education emerged in Ukraine in the 19th century, similar to that of Russia.

The Tsarist government founded the institution in order the stop women from studying abroad, where they could come in contact with political opposition.

Equivalent institutions of this kind were founded in Russia, as well as in Odessa in 1879, Charkov in 1880, and Jekaterinoslav in 1916.