Kyiv National Linguistic University (Ukrainian: Київський національний лінгвістичний університет) is a public university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1948 as Kyiv 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 was ranked the fourth best Ukrainian university specializing in Social Science and Arts and Humanities in 2012.