He was born on October 7, 1946, in Kharkiv.
In 1969, he graduated from A.M. Gorky Kharkiv State University with a degree in Radiophysics and Electronics.
In 1975, he received his Ph.D. in Technical Sciences (Candidate of Technical Sciences) in the specialty 05.12.04 – Radar and Radionavigation. He defended his dissertation at the Marshal N.I. Krylov Kharkiv Higher Military Command and Engineering College of Strategic Rocket Forces while working as a senior researcher.
Since 1978, he has worked at the Kharkiv Institute of Radio Electronics as an Associate Professor at the Department of Theoretical Foundations of Electrical Engineering.
From 1983 to 1985, he was seconded to the Republic of Mozambique for teaching activities, aiming to share and acquire advanced experience in conducting educational processes and scientific research.
In 1994, he was awarded the academic title of Professor of the Department of Theoretical Electrical Engineering and Electronics.
From 1991 to 1995, he served as the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of the Kharkiv State Technical University of Radio Electronics.
From 1995 to 2006, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering at NURE (Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics).
Since 2006, he has worked as a professor at the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and CITARSE, passing on his extensive scientific and pedagogical experience to students and young scientists.
While fulfilling the duties of Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, he carried out significant work for the development of our University in terms of educational activities and the expansion of the material and educational base, including the creation of a new laboratory building.
From 1993 to 2003, Yurii Oleksandrov was a member of the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) and the Deputy Chairman of the Scientific and Methodological Commission for Electronics of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Yurii Oleksandrov is one of the founders of the Non-Governmental Organization “International Alumni Association of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics,” which was created to comprehensively facilitate the implementation of educational, scientific, socio-economic, and industrial projects for the strategic development of NURE.
For his significant achievements in organizing educational, scientific-methodological, and research work, training and advancing the qualifications of scientific and pedagogical personnel, developing pedagogical science, and creating textbooks and manuals for higher educational institutions, he was awarded the badges “Excellence in Education of Ukraine” (1999) and “Petro Mohyla” (2006), along with a number of other departmental awards.
Based on the results of his research work, he has published a total of 274 scientific papers, including 10 copyright certificates, 1 patent of Ukraine, and 1 monograph. He is the author of 3 textbooks and 9 study manuals.
Considering his high professional and personal qualities, his many years of hard work and great personal contribution to the development of NURE, Yurii Oleksandrov was awarded the diploma of Honorary Professor of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (Decision of the NURE Academic Council, dated September 29, 2026).