The Department of Philosophy, as an independent unit, was established in 1959. The first head of the department (from 1959 to 1961) was Associate Professor L.V. Sohan. Later the department was headed by associate professors I.O. Ustinov (1961–1973), I.Y. Smirnov (1973-1982), V.G. Levchuk (1982–1993), from May 1993 to June 2018 – Doctor of Philosophy Sciences, Prof. A.P. Alekseenko. From June 2018, the head of the department is a Doctor of Philosophy Sciences, Prof. K.I. Karpenko.

A significant contribution to the development of the department was made by teachers participants of the Great Patriotic War: Buganov G.O., Kalashnik V.M., Lozovyk V.K., Golubnichy G.K., Zavorin P.I., Kulik G.F., Bransburg E.D., Belik V.L.

In the early 2000s, the work at the department changed significantly. Along with philosophy, new courses appeared: religious studies, sociology. Later, among the elective courses began to teach ethics, sociology and medical sociology, developed a course “Etiquette in society and medicine” and a number of other innovative courses. New young teachers with professional sociological education appeared – Sedaya Y.S., Marushchenko O.A., who defended their dissertations while working at our university.

The beginning of the XXI century became an important milestone in the development of the department. Doctors of Philosophy appeared among the teachers. In 2006, Karpenko K.I. was the first to defend her doctoral dissertation on “Gender dimension of environmental communication”, and in 2007 Alekseenko A.P. defended her doctoral dissertation on “The Nature of Spirituality”. These two areas of philosophical discourse have become the main in the scientific and practical work of the department. In 2012, the Center for Gender Education of KhNMU was established, headed by Prof. Karpenko K.I.

Prof. Alekseenko A.P. focused on the problems of spirituality. These two topics became the quintessence of the department’s scientific and scientific-practical activities.

Associate Professor Honcharenko L.O. during many years of work at the department pays considerable attention to the cultural, educational, and scientific activities of students.

Currently, new employees are contributing to the development of the department. These are doctors of philosophical sciences Abashnik V.O. and Filyanina N.M., Candidate of Sociological Sciences Fedorenko O.O., teacher Moskvin Y.V., the defense of his dissertation is scheduled for December 2021, as well as part-time teachers: A.A. Guzhva, T.M. Dyshkant, І.V. Tolstov, A.V. Rohova.