National University of Ostroh Academy

Auditorium in the New academic campus of Ostoh Academy

In 1577-1579 Ivan Fedorovych arrived to the Academy from Lviv and founded a printing house. Under his direction, the most prominent Old Ukrainian Cyrillic printed materials were published. The most famous product is the Slavic Ostroh Bible (1581) - the first complete Bible in the history of printing published in the Slavonic language. It is considered a masterpiece of old-Ukrainian polygraphy and that played an enormous role in the Orthodox education.[2]

• Educational and Scientific Institute of Social and Humanitarian Management;[11]
• Faculty of Romance and Germanic Languages;[12]
• Educational and Scientific Institute of Law by I.Malynovskyi;[13]
• Faculty of Economics;[14]
• Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations and National Security.[15]

The International Relations Department of the National University of Ostroh Academy actively conducts activities aimed at the development of international relations with foreign educational institutions, research institutions, foreign educational organizations and foundations

The students and teachers undergo internships and training in the USA, Canada, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Lithuania, Switzerland, Sweden, France, Great Britain and other countries of the world. The University expands opportunities for students to participate in international academic mobility programs. Every year, the number of such programs, as well as the list of specialties participating in these programs, is growing.

Since 2015, Ostroh Academy has been operating within the framework of the Erasmus+ program. During this time, it was possible to create an extensive network of partners from all over Europe, to establish cooperation in the field of academic and professional exchanges. Partners of Ostroh Academy within the framework of Erasmus+ are 7 countries of the world, such as Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. In addition, the University operates semester student exchange programs based on bilateral inter-university cooperation agreements:

• Pomeranian Academy (Słupsk, Poland);
• Warsaw University (Warsaw, Poland);
• University of Hradec Králové (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic);
• University of Humanities and Natural Sciences in Częstochowa (Poland).

As part of the agreement on academic cooperation with the University of Warsaw, a joint master's program with the issuance of diplomas of both parties in the field of Eastern Studies is being successfully implemented.

New academic campus of Ostroh Academy

For the last 10 years the students of the National University of Ostroh Academy have annually participated in such internship and educational programmes as Canadian-Ukrainian Parliamentary Program (CUPP), Fulbright Graduate Program, Edmund Muskie Program, Lane Kirkland Program, Study Tours to Poland, one year degree and non-degree studies at Warsaw University, four year studies at University of Marie Curie Sklodowska.

Currently, the National University of Ostroh Academy is one of the most prestigious institutions of higher education in Ukraine. It gives a unique opportunity not only for Ukrainian but also for international students to get quality education and realize their potential. Nowadays there are modern educational programs which aim to train a high-class specialist in accordance with the requirements of the time.

In addition, international students have a unique opportunity to study at the preparatory courses for foreign citizens at Ostroh Academy. This allows them to learn the Ukrainian language, introduce international students to life in Ukraine and to the Ukrainian culture, help to develop the necessary cultural and study skills for effective learning through the medium of Ukrainian/English.[18]

Ostroh Academy ArtCluster

Ostroh Academy is a powerful intellectual platform that opens a number of opportunities for professional and personal development:

• international exchange programs;
• wide selection of certificate programs;
• opportunity to learn 9 foreign languages (English, French, German, Polish, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Aramaic, Arabic);
• virtual library with access to information resources of the world;
• modern computer classes, lingua-phone rooms;
• about 20 sports clubs;
• student government, interesting and vibrant student life: travel, festivals, international schools, art, psychology, leadership workshops, etc;
• cultural and artistic center;
• proper living conditions in dormitories.[19]

• Jan Latosz — a Polish scholar, astronomer, astrologist and physician; a professor of Ostroh Academy.
• Herasym Smotrycki — the first Rector of Academy, famous Orthodox writer and teacher[20].
  

  Ostroh Academy IT-Cluster
• Cyril Lucaris — a Greek scientist and religious figure, the Rector of Ostroh Academy, the Patriarch of Alexandria, and after that, the Patriarch of Constantinople.[21]
• Meletius Smotrytsky — a noted archbishop and writer from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, son of the first rector.[7]
• Ivan Vishnevsky — a Ukrainian orthodox monk, religious philosopher and polemist. Closely associated with Ostroh scholars and in particular with Ostroh group of polemicists. In 1598, in Ostroh Book he published an epistle to Vasyl-Kostiantyn Ostrozkyi and Orthodox Christians.
• Severyn Nalyvaiko — the hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks (a hero of Ukrainian folklore famous by the Nalyvaiko Uprising); lived in Ostroh for years.
• Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny — the hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks; a graduated of Ostroh Academy and was a school mate of Meletiy Smotrytskyi.
• Iov Boretskyi — the first Rector of Kyiv Brotherhood School, probably graduated the Ostroh Academy.[7]
• Elisei Pletenetsky — a Ukrainian cultural and public figure, educator, writer. Archimandrite of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Founder of the Lavra printing house and the first paper mill in Central Ukraine.[7]
• Oleksandr Talavera — a Ukrainian economist.[10]