: Natsional'nyi Universytet Ostroz'ka Akademiia) is a Ukrainian self-governed (autonomous) research university that was established in 1994 by the Presidential Decree of April 12, 1994.

The university considers itself a continuation of the historic Ostroh Academy which was the first East-European higher school (dates back to 1576).

The poet Penkalsky wrote in 1600: “The muse lodged in jail, even the god of art Apollo has left the island of Delos and moved to Ukraine”.

[5] Ostroh Academy was based on the traditional Western European education system, presupposing the simultaneous study of the languages to interpret the Holy Scriptures – Greek, Latin and Biblical Hebrew.

Ostroh Academy preserved the study of Latin and Greek and supplemented them with local, bookish Slavonic language.

In addition to languages, Ostroh Academy studied the seven liberal arts: the sciences of trivium traditional for European schools (grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic) and quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music).

[9] It was pretty challenging to revive a higher education institution in a small town, in a state that had just recovered its independence and did not know enough about its own history.

[2] 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.

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: 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.

In addition, international students have a unique opportunity to study at the preparatory courses for foreign citizens at Ostroh Academy.