National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ( NaUKMA) ( uk, Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» (НаУКМА)) is a
national
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research university
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located in
Kyiv
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,
Ukraine
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. The Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the school's predecessor, was established in 1615. The NaUKMA is located on the Academy's grounds in the ancient
Podil
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neighborhood. In 1991, it was re-organized, and teaching began the following year. NaUKMA has the highest level of
accreditation
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as outlined by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and is one of the thirteen educational institutions in Ukraine having a status of a research and autonomous university. NaUKMA takes part in numerous international university collaborations, such as the
European University Association
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. The university is bilingual in
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. It is one of Ukraine's few universities with internationally recognized diplomas.
With around 4000 students, NaUKMA is one of the smallest universities in
Ukraine
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. Alumni of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy played a formative role in the intellectual and church life of Ukraine and
Russia
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in 17th and 18th centuries.A. Kamenskii. The Russian Empire in the Eighteenth Century: Searching for a Place in the World. Published 1997
M.E. Sharpe. Among the most notable alumni were
hetman
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Ivan Mazepa
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and philosopher
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhorii Skovoroda, also Gregory Skovoroda or Grigory Skovoroda ( la, Gregorius Scovoroda; uk, Григорій Савич Сковорода, ''Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda''; russian: Григо́рий Са́ввич Сковорода́, ...
. As well,
Theophan Prokopovich
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as a rector of the Kyiv-Mogila Academy elaborated upon and implemented
Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
's reform of the
Russian Orthodox Church
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. The university is known as
pro-Western
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and served as headquarters for
Orange Revolution
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activists.
History
Foundation of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
The predecessor of today's National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was one of the oldest academic and theological schools amongst the
Orthodox Christian
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countries of
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. The Academy was first opened in 1615 as the school of the Kyiv ''
bratstvo
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'' ("brotherhood"). When, in 1632, the
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra ( uk, Києво-Печерська лавра, translit=Kyievo-Pecherska lavra, russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Ea ...
school and Kyiv Brotherhood School merged they formed Kyiv's, and by extension Ukraine's, first institution of higher education. The newly formed 'collegium', then located in the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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was given the Polish name 'Mohylańska' ( la, Collegium Kijovense Mohileanum, in honour of Peter Movilă), a key figure in bringing about the institution's foundation and proponent of modern Western educational standards at the academy.
In 1658 under the terms of the
Treaty of Hadiach
The Treaty of Hadiach ( pl, ugoda hadziacka; uk, гадяцький договір) was a treaty signed on 16 September 1658 in Hadiach (Hadziacz, Hadiacz, Гадяч) between representatives of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ( representing ...
the Collegium obtained the status of an 'academy', similar to the
Kraków Academy
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- at that time the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's premier university.
From 1686 Kyiv came under Russian rule as a result of the Polish-Russian war. In 1694 the Collegium was also recognised as an academy by the Moscow Tsardom
Tsar
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Ivan V
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; this was later reaffirmed by his brother and successor,
Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
. Subsequently, during the 17th and 18th centuries the academy was known for its education of the Russian and Ukrainian political and intellectual elites; it was highly acclaimed throughout Eastern Europe and accepted students of all classes and backgrounds from the territories of modern-day
Ukraine
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,
Russia
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,
Poland
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,
Belarus
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,
Romania
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,
Serbia
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,
Bulgaria
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and
Greece
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. In particular the
hetman
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Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military co ...
s – military
leaders
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of the famed
Zaporozhian Cossacks
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– were benefactors of and actively supported the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. The school flourished under the term of
Hetman
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Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military co ...
Ivan Mazepa
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, an alumnus, and was later able to support the foundation of a number of other colleges built on its model, such as the
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in
Moldavia
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.
Due to the exceptional quality of the language program many of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy's students continued their education abroad, which at the time meant many of them were required to convert from the Orthodox faith to Roman Catholicism. Despite this, many returning alumni readopted the Orthodox religion, as this was necessary in order to attain positions in the clergy or
Academia
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. By sending so many of its graduates abroad the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy played a vital role in facilitating the transfer of knowledge eastwards cross Europe and popularising the
Renaissance
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both in
Ukraine
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and
Russia
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.
Closure and reopening as the Kyiv Theological Academy
By the late 18th century Kyiv and its surrounding lands had become part of the
Russian Empire
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and in 1817
Tsar
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Alexander I of Russia
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made the decision to close the academy. In response to this move a large number of the academy's alumni petitioned the monarch, albeit unsuccessfully, to turn the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy into a formal university. Instead, in 1819, the academy was turned over to the church and transformed into the Kiev Theological Academy - a purely clerical institution. During this time, admission to the Academy was open only to children of the existing clergy and key positions were held mostly by alumni of the
Saint Petersburg
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Seminary
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.
With the passing years the need for a new, modern, institution of the higher education in Kyiv became apparent and the Tsar's ministers began to consider the establishment of such a school. It would, however, take a long time before the actual opening of a university in the city and when it finally did occur it did not come in the form of a reopened Kyiv-Mohyla Academy but in the foundation of an entirely new secular university - the ''
Saint Vladimir University
Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...
'' (founded in 1834 on the orders of the
Tsar
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October Revolution
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of 1917 and subsequent establishment of the
Soviet Union
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, atheism became the only state sanctioned belief system and the church (along with its associated organs) were repressed. Shortly thereafter the authorities of the newly proclaimed
ordered the closure of the Kyiv Theological Academy; its library was later plundered and the main church of the school, the Bogoyavlenskiy Cathedral, was demolished with explosives in 1935.
The premises of the disbanded theological college were later used for a new Soviet military education facility - the Kyiv Higher Naval Political School (russian: Киевское Высшее Военно-Морское Политическое Училище) - the only naval academy that trained specialist political commissars for the Soviet Navy. To this day one of the university's buildings still bears a mosaic portraying a warship, academic badge and open book displaying quotes by
Vladimir Lenin
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; upon the reestablishment of NaUKMA in 1992 a conscious decision was made to retain this mosaic as a visible reminder of the site's prior usage and totalitarian past.
Since Ukrainian independence
Following ''
Perestroika
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'' and the fall of the
USSR
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in 1991, the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was reestablished. This was made possible through the efforts of Vyacheslav Bryukhovetsky - a high-profile Ukrainian academic - who later became the first president of the 'National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy' (NaUKMA). The reestablished institution became the first Ukrainian educational institution to be modelled on and structured according to the basic concepts of the North American higher educational system, with
bachelor's
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and
Master's degrees
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offered according to the requirements of an
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system.
On 24 August 1992 – the first anniversary of Ukraine's independence, the first cohort of students matriculated at NaUKMA, and by June 1995 the first six graduates of the reborn Kyiv-Mohyla Academy had received their degrees. Since then, NaUKMA's reputation for academic excellence has become well known throughout Ukraine; the university is now consistently ranked as one of the country's top educational institutions.
In 1994 NaUKMA was a key lobbyist for and partner in the revival of another historically noteworthy Ukrainian educational institution, the
Ostroh Academy
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. Today the Ostroh Academy maintains strong links to NaUKMA and, in the year 2000, joined it as one of Ukraine's 19 'national' research universities.
The NaUKMA widely got to be known for being the first university of which students and professors (among the other parties of the
Orange Revolution
The Orange Revolution ( uk, Помаранчева революція, translit=Pomarancheva revoliutsiia) was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate afterm ...
in
Kyiv
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) openly protested against the massive electoral selection fraud during the Ukrainian
presidential election
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Albania
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in 2004. After those events a museum dedicated to the
Orange Revolution
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(''Pomarancheva Revolyuziya''-ukr.) was opened at the
NaUKMA
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ( NaUKMA) ( uk, Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» (НаУКМА)) is a national, research university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. The ...
.
Claims of continuity with the old Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Based on its ties to the ancient Mohyla Academy, NaUKMA claims to be the oldest institution of higher education in Kyiv and all of Ukraine, however this is disputed on the grounds that NaUKMA has formally existed as a modern university since only 1991, and experienced a long break of 174 years in its history. Other claimants to the university's title include
Lviv University
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, founded in 1661, which holds the undisputed record for being the oldest continuously operating university in Ukraine, and
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...
(established in 1834) which is the oldest continuously operating higher educational institution in the nation's capital -
Kyiv
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.
The Research Center "Legacy of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" was founded in 1992 to research the 450-year history of the Mohyla Academy and promote NaUKMA's claim to continuity with the traditions of the old Mohyla Academy.
Besides NaUKMA, there are two modern theological schools which claim continuity with the academic traditions of the old Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. These are the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary of the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church ( uk, Українська православна церква, Ukrainska pravoslavna tserkva; russian: Украинская православная церковь, Ukrainskaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', UOC), common ...
and the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy of the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate)
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.
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NaUKMA holds the highest accreditation level given by the
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
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and is organized similarly to North American post-secondary institutions. The academic year runs on a trimester system with the longer fall and spring trimesters and a short summer trimester. Fall and spring terms include an extra ''week of independent study'' which is aimed to assist students needing to catch up with their coursework and prepare for exams. During undergraduate study students have an
academic major
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and can choose either a minor or electives. Each course is assigned a number of credits based on credit hours and grading is done on a 100-point scale.
NaUKMA Bachelor's degree holders can continue their studies in any of the Masters programs at the university. Graduate academic programs leading to a
Master of Business Administration
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,
Candidate of Science
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(PhD) and
Doctor of Science
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are also offered at NaUKMA. The university was first in Ukraine to join the reforms of the doctoral education within the Bologna process.
NaUKMA is a bilingual institution with Ukrainian and English being the languages of instruction, although the primary language is Ukrainian. The university offers business courses in English to the general public, in partnership with
Grant MacEwan College
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of
Edmonton
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, Alberta, Canada. NaUKMA organizes an annual summer school in Ukrainian studies for international students and an English-language term program for international students entitled "Transitional studies: Ukraine and post-soviet space". Recently a Master program "German and European studies" is offered in collaboration with the
University of Jena
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The un ...
. The program is offered in German.
Similarly to other public universities in Ukraine, students receive modest monthly scholarship payments from the government. The amount varies according to the student's grades in the previous trimester. Additionally, a number of private scholarships are given to the best students on a merit system. Further, students are rewarded scholarship money for their social activities, thus awards are given to those who make the greatest contribution to the revival of NaUKMA or to those who excel in the promotion of Ukrainian language and culture.
NaUKMA is a state university and governed by the Supervising Board appointed by the
Government of Ukraine
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...
. The highest university official is the President of NaUKMA, who is Prof. Serhiy M. Kvit. Education and research at the university are coordinated by the Scientific Board. Several public bodies consult the management of the university. These include the International Consulting Board, Board of Trustees, Student Council and Arts Board.
Admissions
Admission to NaUKMA is open to both Ukrainian and international applicants. Admission is granted based on entrance examination scores. Entrance exams are administered as
multiple choice test
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s covering several subjects including Ukrainian, English, law, mathematics, history of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, humanities (literature or history) and
natural science
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, with the tests being machine scored. The admissions procedure was introduced in order to stem alleged corruption in the admission process. Admission tests are considered challenging and cover a broader range of subjects than the typical entrance examinations held at the majority of other universities in Ukraine. Testing the knowledge of history of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is exceptional among Ukrainian universities. It was introduced because of the role of the university in Ukrainian history. The university also has a Department of Preuniversity Training, which organizes test preparation courses for prospective students as well as trial testing sessions.
Reputation
In 2009 ''Delovoy'' magazine ranked NaUKMA as the second best university in Ukraine, being nationally the strongest in humanities, third best in economics and second best in law. According to the independent ranking of 228 universities in Ukraine performed by ''Compas'', NaUKMA was ranked second best in Ukraine regarding the adequacy of alumni to the labor market of Ukraine. In 2007, both the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the
Dzerkalo Tyzhnia
''Dzerkalo Tyzhnia'' ( ua, Дзеркало тижня), usually referred to in English as the ''Mirror Weekly'', was one of Ukraine's most influential analytical weekly-publisher newspapers, founded in 1994. Likewise, the university's business school has the best reputation in the country. The ''Delovoy'' magazine ranked the Kyiv Mohyla Business School as the best business school in Ukraine in 2007. NaUKMA was ranked as number four in the ranking "Top-200 Ukraine" conducted by
UNESCO
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in 2007.
In the international
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the university features at 2,055 out of 8,000 ranked institutions and second best among Ukrainian universities.
NaUKMA often hosts visits of foreign and national politicians. Among the latest visitors were
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
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De Hoop Scheffer ...
,
Alejandro Toledo
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,
David Kilgour
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Kilgour graduated from the Universi ...
and
Jean Chrétien
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Born and raised in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, Chrétien is a law graduate from Uni ...
.
NaUKMA in the rankings of universities in Ukraine:
Institutions associated with NaUKMA
Following its reestablishment, NaUKMA has been active in the revival and founding of institutions sharing a common vision of educational standards. Thus, NaUKMA assisted with the development of the National University of Ostroh Academy, the
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukraine, Ukrainian p ...
Pedagogical University
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of
Kremenets
Kremenets ( uk, Крем'янець, Кременець, translit. ''Kremianets'', ''Kremenets''; pl, Krzemieniec; yi, קרעמעניץ, Kremenits) is a city in Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center o ...
, and the
Petro Mohyla
Metropolitan Petru Movilă ( ro, Petru Movilă, uk, Петро Симеонович Могила, translit=Petro Symeonovych Mohyla, russian: Пётр Симеонович Могила, translit=Pëtr Simeonovich Mogila, pl, Piotr Mohyła; ...
State University
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State univers ...
of
Mykolayiv
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until they became separate independent universities. However, these schools still share a common admissions system with NaUKMA. Moreover, NaUKMA is an umbrella institution for a network of high schools throughout Ukraine called the ''collegiums''. The curricula of collegiums aim to prepare the students for the NaUKMA entrance exams.
The university publishing house "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", which specializes in publishing scientific and educational literature in Ukraine, is situated on the NaUKMA campus.
Foreign Partner Universities
The university maintains relations with a number of partner universities both through formal bilateral agreements and schemes like
Erasmus Mundus
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. Current bilateral agreements are outlined below.
Research
Science at NaUKMA is organized into six faculties, 29 departments and 24 research centers. An annual scientific conference ''Dni Nauky NaUKMA'' (The Days of Science at NaUKMA) takes place in the last week of January. The main focus of research at the NaUKMA is in the fields of economics, law and humanities. Many faculty members hold permanent positions at the research institutes of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine and NaUKMA students are allowed to use its facilities for scientific and educational purposes.
Libraries
The library of the old Kyiv Mohyla Academy contained a notable collection of the books. However, the archive was plundered in 1920s when the academy was closed. The university administration focuses on creating a research library equipped to modern standards. In addition to the central undergraduate library there is a number of the departmental libraries as well as reading halls for research and periodicals. Further, several international cultural organizations such as the
Goethe-Institut
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e,
British Council
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and, American Library are located on campus premises and are open to the public. Also all the NaUKMA students have an access to the
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
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.
Campus
The university occupies the grounds of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in the
Podil
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neighborhood, from
Kontraktova Square
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to the
Dnieper River
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. The campus of NaUKMA is composed of a number of buildings constructed in the times of its predecessor institutions. The oldest buildings date from the 17th century, and include the ''Halshka Hulevychivna house'' and the ''old academic building'' also called the ''Mazepa building'' in honor of its financier Hetman
Ivan Mazepa
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. The Mazepa building contains the congregation hall for ceremonial events, the Center for Contemporary Art and the research library.:uk:Староакадемічний корпус НаУКМА
In the same neighborhood is the historical museum complex of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, although the building is undergoing renovation. The complex contains a sundial and the house of Halshka Hulevychivna, which was the first building of the Kyiv Brotherhood School. Another historical building called the ''bursa'' faces the
Dnieper River
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and was used as a student dormitory during the time of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. The ''Blahovishchenska'' (Annunciation) Church built in 1740 for students is also on the NaUKMA campus. Most other buildings were constructed during the time of Kyiv Theological Academy with some additions made during the Soviet era. The dormitories are situated outside the main campus. The largest one is situated in Troyeshchyna (14B Marina Tsvetaeva Street). The second largest is located at the Kharkiv highway, 17. Another one dormitory, a few years ago, transferred to the property of the academy, is located at 31A John McCain Street. The last, and the most remote is located at urban village Vorzel, 6A Klenova Street (masters and postgraduate students are mostly settled here).
An environmentally-friendly office called the ''Green Office'' was recently opened at the Department of Environmental Studies at NaUKMA and uses modern energy-saving and environmentally friendly technologies. The project was largely the initiative of students and is the first example of an office-based on
sustainable development
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in a Ukrainian educational institution.
University traditions
Following reestablishment, the NaUKMA academic community has attempted to restore the traditions of its predecessor. However, during NaUKMA's reincarnation, several new traditions have been founded. Every year on 15 October the school celebrates ''Academy day'' and NaUKMA students wash the monument of the noted Kyiv-Mohyla alumnus philosopher
Hryhorii Skovoroda
Hryhorii Skovoroda, also Gregory Skovoroda or Grigory Skovoroda ( la, Gregorius Scovoroda; uk, Григорій Савич Сковорода, ''Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda''; russian: Григо́рий Са́ввич Сковорода́, ...
. This action is called ''clean Skovoroda''. The monument of Skovoroda in front of the university is also decorated with a
mortarboard
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during the annual graduation ceremony held on 28 June. Another tradition during the ceremony is to carry the university turtle named ''Alma'' around the new graduates who make wishes while touching her shell. A student tradition connecting the old Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and NaUKMA is theatrical performances called . possibly were introduced by the students of the old Academy. They are performed during different festive events. Lastly, it is a tradition to open each academic year with a welcome event for the new students, followed by a lecture by a renowned scientist, who is given an honorary professorship at the University. The ceremony of new NaUKMA student initiation includes taking a traditional student oath. During the first term at NaUKMA, students of all faculties introduce themselves to the academic community during the ''acquaintance ball''.
Student life
Despite the relatively small number of NaUKMA students (about 3000 in 2006) there are a number of extracurricular activities on campus. NaUKMA students are also known for their
activism
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, which is also supported by the university administration. Notable among the student organizations on campus are: the Student Council, the Christian Students Union, Mohyla Intellectual Club, the Student Brotherhood, the ecological club ''Zelena Hvylya'', and the Youth Center for Humanities. The NaUKMA student portal ''Bo.Net.Ua'' is an online platform for student and alumni communication.
Sports courses are compulsory for NaUKMA students in their two years of study. These courses include elements of calisthenics, sport (soccer, basketball, volleyball and swimming) and fitness exercises. Additionally, there are a number of student sport groups ranging from
Combat Hopak
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to Go.
Arts and music at NaUKMA are represented by the Center of Culture and Art and the Center for Contemporary Art.
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in literature and popular culture
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is mentioned in a number of novels. The main characters of Nikolai Gogol's novel ''
Taras Bulba
''Taras Bulba'' (russian: «Тарас Бульба»; ) is a romanticized historical novella set in the first half of the 17th century, written by Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). It features elderly Zaporozhian Cossack Taras Bulba and his sons And ...
'' Ostap and Andriy Bulba were alumni of the old Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium is mentioned in several novels by
Pavlo Zahrebelnyi
Pavlo Arhypovych Zahrebelnyi ( uk, Павло́ Архи́пович Загребе́льний) or Zagrebelnyi (russian: link=no, Павел Архипович Загребе́льный; 25 August 1924 – 3 February 2009) was a Soviet and Ukr ...
including ''Southern Comfort'' and ''I, Bohdan''. Kyiv Theological Academy is mentioned in Nikolai Leskov's ''Pecherskie antiki''. Student life in the contemporary Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is described in a novel ''High school student. Freshman'' (Старшокласниця. Першокурсниця) by Anastasiya Levkova. Protagonist of the "Myth and Madness" novel
by Daniel Hryhorczuk is a PhD student of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy during
Euromaidan
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.
To note the importance of the university in Ukraine's history, a postage stamp dedicated to Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and its revival was issued in 1992. Moreover, a building of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy is portrayed on the 500 hryven' banknote.
Notable alumni and faculty members
Alumni of the old Kyiv-Mohyla Academy have played an important role in Ukrainian professional life. Many hetmans of Zaporozhian Cossacks, political leaders of Ukraine in the 17th and 18th centuries, were educated here. These include
Ivan Mazepa
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa (also spelled Mazeppa; uk, Іван Степанович Мазепа, pl, Jan Mazepa Kołodyński; ) was a Ukrainian military, political, and civic leader who served as the Hetman of Zaporizhian Host in 1687–1708. ...
,
Pylyp Orlyk
Pylyp Stepanovych Orlyk ( uk, Пилип Степанович Орлик, pl, Filip Orlik; October 11 (21), 1672 – May 26, 1742) was a Zaporozhian Cossack starshyna, Hetman of Ukraine in exile, diplomat, secretary and close associate of Hetman ...
,
Pavlo Polubotok
Pavlo Polubotok ( uk, Павло Леонтійович Полуботок, russian: Павел Леонтьевич Полуботок, pl, Paweł Połubotok; born around 1660, died on 29 December 1724), was a Ukrainian Cossack political and mili ...
,
Ivan Skoropadsky
Ivan Skoropadsky ( uk, Іван Скоропадський) (1646 – 3 July 1722) was a Cossack Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host (in office: 1708–1722), and the successor to the famous Hetman Ivan Mazepa.
Biography
Born into a noble Cossack ...
and
Ivan Samoylovych
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. The Grand Chancellor of Russia
Alexander Bezborodko
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was of Ukrainian origin and an alumnus. The Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was a religious school of note in the Orthodox world and archbishops of the
Russian Empire
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such as
Stephen Yavorsky
Stefan Yavorsky (russian: Стефа́н Яво́рский, uk, Стефа́н Яво́рський), born Simeon Ivanovich Yavorsky (russian: Симеон Иванович Яворский) (1658Most sources (including thGreat Soviet Encyclop ...
and
Feofan Prokopovich
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as well as the metropolitan bishop of Rostov
Dimitry of Rostov
Demetrius of Rostov (russian: Димитрий Ростовский, translit=Dmitri Rostovsky, ua, Димитрій Ростовський, translit=Dymytrii Rostovskyi, secular name Daniil Savvich Tuptalo, russian: Даниил Саввич Т ...
were all alumni.
More recently, several generations of writers, artists and scholars have been schooled at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy. Examples include writer Simeon of Polotsk, architect
Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi
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, and composer
Artemy Vedel
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. Ukrainian philosopher
Hryhori Skovoroda
Hryhorii Skovoroda, also Gregory Skovoroda or Grigory Skovoroda ( la, Gregorius Scovoroda; uk, Григорій Савич Сковорода, ''Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda''; russian: Григо́рий Са́ввич Сковорода́, ...
was another alumnus of the university.
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (; russian: Михаил (Михайло) Васильевич Ломоносов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ , a=Ru-Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov.ogg; – ) was a Russian Empire, Russian polymath, s ...
, Russian scientist and founder of
Moscow University
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was briefly a student at Kyiv Mohyla Academy.
After 1819, when the university was turned into a purely religious institution, it still upheld its international reputation and has been an alma mater for the Moldavian poetAlexei Mateevici and metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Visarion Puiu
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.
Alumni of NaUKMA are employed by national and international companies, research and governmental institutions and many graduates continue their studies abroad. Journalist and politician
Andriy Shevchenko
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List of universities, colleges, and research institutions in Kyiv
Kyiv has Ukraine's largest concentration of universities, colleges, and research institutions.
Universities and Colleges
* Hrinchenko University
* Shevchenko University
* Aviation University
* University of Construction and Architecture
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Open access in Ukraine
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Encyclopedia of Ukraine
The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' ( uk, Енциклопедія українознавства, translit=Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamental work of Ukrainian Studies.
Development
The work was creat ...