Ukrainische Freie Universität

The Ukrainian Free University (UFU) was established in Vienna on 17 January 1921.  The idea to organize a Ukrainian university-in-exile came from Ukrainian academics, some of whom had held chairs at universities in the Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires. The UFU was transferred to Prague, Czechoslovakia, in the fall of 1921. The host government granted the UFU full academic accreditation and provided the university with financial support.