Prof. Volodymyr Melnyk is a Ukrainian scientist, Doctor of Philosophy and current rector of the Lviv University (elected in 2014).

He graduated from Lviv Polytechnic. Philosopher, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences (Methodological aspects of technical knowledge development in the context of increasing science integration, 1983), Associate Professor (1985), Doctor of Philosophy (Philosophy of Engineering: the unity of epistemological and subject-transforming, 1995), Professor (1996).

1996-2002 – Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in University of Lviv, part-time professor (since 1996) of the Department of Humanities, Philosophy and Economics of Lviv Medical University. 2002 – Head of the Department of Theory and History of Culture. 2002-2003 – Deputy Head of the Lviv Regional State Administration for Political, Legal and Humanitarian Affairs. 2003 – Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. 2011 – Honored Professor of the University; member of The Shevchenko Scientific Society in Ukraine. 2014 – Rector of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (since March 7, 2018).