National University Ostroh Academy

Coordinates: 50°19′42″N 26°30′46″E / 50.32833°N 26.51278°E / 50.32833; 26.51278

National University "Ostroh Academy"
Національний університет "Острозька Академія"

Type	Public
Established	1994
Rector	I. D. Pasichnyk
Academic staff	118
Students	3400
Location	Ostroh, Ukraine
Website	www.oa.edu.ua

National University "Ostroh Academy" (Ukrainian: Національний Університет Острозька Академія, translit.: Natsional'nyi Universytet Ostroz'ka Akademiia) is a Ukrainian self-governed (autonomous) research university that was opened in 1994 by the Presidential Decree of April 12, 1994. The university considers itself a continuation of the historical Ostroh Academy.

The school occupies the buildings of the former Rococo Capuchin monastery (built in 1779).^[1] Since October 2000 the university carries a title of National. It is one of the 14 research universities in Ukraine since July 2009. Ostroh Academy is the only elite university of Ukraine that is not located in a regional capital.

International Exchange Programmes

Students of Ostroh Academy take part in many international exchange programs.

The implementation of youth exchange project Canada-Ukraine (CORE) gives the students of the university an opportunity to live in Canada for several months, gain experience in economical, social, administrative, educational and other spheres, and improve English and French.

Implementation of the Canadian-Ukrainian exchange «CORE / ECO» annually allows 20 university students to stay for several months in Canada, the master of the country experience in the field of environmental protection, gain leadership skills, and get to know people of different nationalities living in Canada.

The program «CORE / HEALTH» - annually provides an opportunity for students to improve their skills in public health, spread among university students and local residents the information and materials about healthy lifestyles.

The program Net Corps, a Ukrainian-Canadian enables students to improve their professional skills in the sphere of informational technologies and programming.

The programs are coordinated by Canada World Youth organization, which has operated for 40 years in more than 50 countries. The partnership between Canada World Youth and the National University of Ostroh Academy has lasted for over 15 years. Some 225 students have participated in the programs.

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.

Departments

The Department of Political Studies and Information Management
The Department of Quantitative Economics
The Department of Finance
The Department of Romance and Germanic Languages
The Department of Law
The Department of International Relations

Rankings

The academy was ranked in the 6th place among Ukrainian traditional Universities according to official rating of the Ministry of Education & Science of Ukraine; 9th place among Ukrainian Universities according to "Ukrainska Pravda" newspaper; 3rd place among Ukrainian traditional Universities according to Correspondent Journal. Moreover, in 2015 Ostroh Academy was ranked 3rd among classic universities and 6th in the overall rating of the higher education institutions of Ukraine in terms of applicants’ quality. That year its web page took the 5th place in terms of the information value. This ranking was devoted to the monitoring of the higher education institutions’ web pages.

References

↑ Grzegorz Rąkowski (2005). Wołyń (in Polish). Pruszków: Rewasz. p. 321. ISBN 83-89188-32-5.

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Autonomous research universities in Ukraine

Kiev	University of Kyiv Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Polytechnic Institute University of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Economics University of Aviation

Kharkiv	Polytechnic Institute Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine University of Kharkiv

Lviv	Lviv Polytechnic University of Lviv

Dnipropetrovsk	National Mining University of Ukraine

Luhansk	East Ukrainian National University

Ostroh	Ostroh Academy

Universities in Ukraine

Universities	Chernivtsi University Dnipropetrovsk National University Donetsk State University of Management Donetsk University East Ukrainian Volodymyr Dahl National University Kharkiv University Kharkiv National University of Economics Kherson State University Kyiv National Linguistic University Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Kyiv International University Kryvyi Rih National University Lviv University Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Odessa National University National University Ostroh Academy Ukrainian Catholic University Vasyl Stefanyk Prycarpathian National University Zaporizhia National University Uzhhorod National University Transcarpathian State University Interregional Academy of Personnel Management Ternopil National Economic University International Solomon University International Christian University - Kiev

Technical universities	National Mining University Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport Chemical Technology University of Ukraine Donetsk National Technical University Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Kyiv National Economic University Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture Lviv Polytechnic National Aviation University National University of Food Technologies National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine Vinnytsia National Technical University Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding Zaporizhia National Technical University Donbas State Technical University

Medical universities	Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Bukovinian State Medical University Donetsk State Medical University Bogomolets National Medical University Crimea State Medical University named after S. I. Georgievsky Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University Odessa State Medical University National Pirogov Memorial Medical University Kharkiv National Medical University Lugansk State Medical University Zaporizhia State Medical University

Pedagogical universities	Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National Pedagogical University Nizhyn Pedagogical University Hlukhiv National Pedagogical University of Oleksandr Dovzhenko

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