National Center “Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine” (NC JASU) is a governmental scientific and educational organization, working as an extracurricular center for middle and high school-aged students, and teachers, which is located in Kyiv.
NC JASU operates the Science Museum of Kyiv and region's science museums in Ukraine.
In 2017 the status of the 2nd category Center of UNESCO was granted to NC JASU to establish new activities in a line with UN Sustainable Goals and development of science education in the world.
The Center was founded for the purpose of the spiritual, creative, and intellectual development of children of Ukraine, engaging school students to scientific and research, experimental, engineering, inventive and exploratory activities, the formation of intellectual potential of the nation, preparation of a future scientific generation.