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Mission Statement of The National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy

The National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy has been an ambitious educational establishment for much of its history and the preeminent academic institution in Eastern Europe of the 17-18 centuries. Established in 1615 (named Kyiv Mohyla Academy) as the first institution of higher learning in Ukraine, it was soon recognized as the leading educational, cultural and spiritual center of the region when its mission became educating enlightened leaders of Ukraine.

After the Russian Conquest the Academy was closed by the tsars and its physical space was used for military purposes during the 70-year Soviet regime. In 1991, Kyiv Mohyla Academy rose as a "phoenix from its ashes", was reestablished on its original grounds as a national university with its traditional mission of educating the future leaders of Ukraine. Today, Kyiv Mohyla University includes departments of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, law, economics, social work, business management, and computer science, where instruction is carried out in both Ukrainian and English languages.

Returning to its original mission of over 300 years ago, The National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy today aspires to educate its students in an atmosphere of intellectual freedom that fosters independent and critical thought and encourages creative and novel approaches to traditional questions within a context of moral principles and standards of fairness, equality, tolerance and human decency. The ultimate objective of The National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy's mission is to educate and prepare a new generation of Ukrainian men and women for their future roles of leadership in actively shaping a dynamic new civil society of modern age Ukraine.

To achieve its mission and realize its goals, The National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, in cooperation with other academic institutions of excellence, is committed to become a prominent intellectual center which provides and nurtures a creative approach to education that brings forward excellence and self realization of its students, faculty, researchers and scholars; to be an enthusiastic advocate of national identity and culture and commitment to democratic political process and participation in public life; to re-establish itself as a respected leader in innovative scientific, educational and managerial thought and practice; and to conduct its activities as a progressive educational enterprise which seeks to constantly improve its teaching and research curriculum and other academic services and continually evaluate its various components in terms of its own mission and goals.