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

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 re-opened in 1994 by the Presidential Decree of April 12, 1994. The university was re-opened in place of a historical Ostroh Academy that was founded in 1576 in Ostroh by a Ruthenian nobleman Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski.

In 17th century all the universities of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth got under influence of the Catholic or Protestant nobles. To counter this influence Count Konstanty Ostrogski, one of the most influential people in the Crown of Poland and a major partisan of the Orthodox faith, founded a large university-like school in his estate in Ostrog in what is now Ukraine. Ostrogski envisioned a lay academy, that would however strengthen the Orthodox spirit in the country and prevent mass conversions to Protestantism, Greek or Latin Catholicism, a process in full swing at the time. and as such was first mentioned in Piotr Skarga's 1577 On the Unity of God's Church under a Single Shepherd and on Greek Dismissal of this Union.

Ostroh (Ukrainian: Остро́г; Russian: Остро́г, Ostrog, Polish: Ostróg) is a historic city located in Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, located on the Horyn River. Ostroh is the administrative center of the Ostroh Raion (district) and is itself designated as a special administrative subordination within the oblast. The current estimated population is around 14,801 (as of 2001).

The Hypatian Codex first mentions Ostroh in 1100, as a fortress of the Volhynian princes. Since the 14th century, it was the seat of the powerful Ostrogski princely family, who developed their town into a great centre of learning and commerce. Upon the family's extinction in the 17th century, Ostroh passed to the princes Lubomirski. In the 16th century, first East Slavic books, notably the Ostrog Bible, were printed there. The town formerly had a sizable Jewish community, whose rabbis included Kalonymus Haberkasten, Samuel Edels, and Solomon Luria. A Jewish community existed in Ostroh already in the first half of the 15th century and perhaps earlier. At the beginning of WWII two thirds of the town's population of ca. 15,000 was Jewish. In Breslov Chassidus, this town has some significance, as it was the place where Rebbe Nachman's magnum opus, "Likutey Moharan" (Anthology of Our Teacher, Rebbe Nachman) was first printed.

Mykhaylo Mykhaylovych Yakubovych (born November 26, 1986) – Ukrainian Arabist, translator and scholar of Islam. Received his PhD from the National University of Ostroh Academy where currently works as a lecturer and researcher in Islamic Studies. Conducted his research on the Medieval Islam during his fellowships in Poland (2008, 2009), Italy (2009, 2011) and Saudi Arabia (2010). Published numerous articles and translations in various scientific journals in Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Great Britain. Participated in various collective monographs, among them “Islamic processes in Ukraine and abroad: realities and forecasts” (Kyiv: UAR, 2011). Completed the first full translation of the Qur’an into Ukrainian language, approved for publishing by the King Fahd Glorious Qur’an Printing Complex (Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). Main academic interests: Qur’anic Studies, Medieval and Contemporary Islamic Thought, History of Islam in Ukraine.