Melitopol is a city of youth. 10% of the city population are students. There are 2 state universities (Bohdan Khmelnytsky State Pedagogical University and the Tavria State Agrotechnological University named by Dmytro Motornyi), 4 branches of Ukrainian universities, 7 professional lyceums, 3 colleges in the city. Teachers and students of universities develop professionsl skills at leading institutions in Germany, undergo agricultural practices in Sweden, Swizerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, France and other countries.The City has preserved and developed the full range of learning engineering occupations - vocational schools, community colleges, technical colleges, Universities.Available specialists for engineering, agriculture, economy and Finance, education, medicine, culture, etc. Due to this Melitopol never experiences problems of skills shortages and the ageing workforce.