Kyiv National Linguistic University (Ukrainian: Київський національний лінгвістичний університет) is a public university located in Kiev, Ukraine. It was founded in 1948 as Kiev State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. The university is commonly referred to as "In'Yaz" (Russian: ИнЯз) which means "foreign languages." Kyiv National Linguistic University has been ranked the 4th best Ukrainian university specializing in Social Science and Arts and Humanities in the year of 2012.