Monastery, beadhouse and school for children of all estates founded on the inheritance bequeathed by Halshka Hulevychivna.
October 15
Official Day of the Founding of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
1632
Kyiv Brotherhood School and Kyiv Lavra School merged, and Kyiv Brotherhood (Mohyla) College established (founded by Saint Petro Mohyla).
1658, 1694, 1701
Kyiv-Mohyla College is granted legal status of a higher school and the title “Academy” (according to Hadiatska Uhoda, ratified by the Seim of Rzeczpospolita in May, 1659, and by the Tsar's charters).
1763
Decree forbidding Ukrainian-language teaching in Kyiv-Mohyla Academy issued by Tsarina Kateryna II.
1817
The Sacred Synod resolved to close Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. A Theological Seminary opened in its place; two years later it was renamed the Kyiv Theological Academy.
1918
Kyiv Theological Academy closed (in 1920 the buildings of KMA were passed to Dnipro Military Flotilla and to the Central Research Library of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences).
1991
(September 19) Decree of the Chairman of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada “On the revival of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy on its historic territory as an independent Ukrainian institution of higher education – University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” issued. Viacheslav Brukhovetsky, Doctor of Philology, nominated UKMA president.
1992
(August 24) University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” officially opened; the first entrants accepted as students.
1993
(May 23-24) UKMA activity and Study Programs approved by UNESCO International Expert Council.
1994
(May 19) Decree of the President of Ukraine awarding “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” the status of a “National University
1994
(June 30) NaUKMA accredited at the fourth (highest) level of university accreditation
1996
(June 30) First Convocation held at NaUKMA; degree certificates awarded to 151 graduates.
2007
(May 24) The Tetiana and Omelyan Antonovych Library opened. The Antonovych family gift represents the largest charitable contribution to the university in the history of post-renascence NaUKMA.
2007
NaUKMA President, Doctor of Philology Viacheslav Brukhovetsky, awarded the title “Hero of Ukraine” (Decree of the President of Ukraine ¹ 559/2007 from June 25, 2007).
2007
(June 29) The 16th session of the NaUKMA Academic Conference elects a new NaUKMA president – professor, Doctor of Philology Serhiy Kvit.
2007
President of Ukraine signes a decree on the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” in 2015.
2008
Ukraine’s first in Doctoral School opened; three western-style structured PhD programs enrol their first students: “Mass Communications”, “Finance”, and “Public Health Administration”.
