ОДЕСЬКИЙ ВИЩИЙ МІЖНАРОДНИЙ ІНСТИТУТ – ПЕРШИЙ СПЕЦІАЛЬНИЙ ПРИВАТНИЙ ДИПЛОМАТИЧНИЙ ВИЩИЙ НАВЧАЛЬНИЙ ЗАКЛАД У СВІТІ

The article concerns the history of creation and activities of the Odessa Higher International Institute (1916–1920) as the first private special diplomatic educational institution in the world. The author briefly describes the history of the first such universities in the world, presents a comparative analysis of the Institute’s statutes in 1916 and 1918, considers the process of organization of the Institute and the main components of its activity (teaching staff, formation of educational process). The paper examines the students composition, the process of their rights evolution in the system of the Russian Empire / Ukrainian State higher education, the transformation of a higher education institution against a backdrop of reorganization of the Odessa Higher School in 1919-1920.