About NTUU KPI

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NTUU”KPI” is the biggest technical university in Ukraine. It was founded in 1898 with only four departments shown on the  University logo (Mechanical,  Agricultural, Chemical and Forestry Engineering).There are now 10 Educational – Research Institutes and 19 Departments with 42 000 students  and 39 bachelor’s, 92 master’s and 82 Ph.D. programs.

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History

The institute was founded in 1898. At that time it had four departments: Mechanical, Chemical, Agricultural, and Civil Engineering. The first enrolment constituted 360 students. The leading Russian sci­entists Dmitri Mendeleev, Nikolai Zhukovsky and Kliment Arkadyevich Timiryazev gave substantially scientific and organisational assistance by founding the institute.

First director of the KPI was Viktor Kyrpychov. It's due to him that such professors like V.P. Yermakov, S.M. Reformatsky, M.I. Konovalov or Vladimir Zworykin has been members of the first faculty.

KPI is located near the city centre in a park, at which almost 9,000 of the University's students are accommodated in 21 dormitories (because there are a lot of students that are not from Kiev usually they live in a 18 square meters rooms by 4 people in the room), 3 of them for married students.

The institute has a disease prevention center for employers and students.

The Institute also considers organized leisure a very important factor in bringing up young specialists. The Knowledge Square is the centre of the entire KPI complex, measuring approx. 105 x 100 meters. The Knowledge square connects to one of the main city streets - Peremoha (Victory) avenue. Meeting, festivals, and graduation ceremonies take place at the square.

The University also has an assembly hall with 1,750 seats. It was opened in August of 1984.

Various sport facilities also exist at the institute. There are training grounds, soccer fields, volleyball and basketball courts at student disposal. There are many nationally rated athletes among the students of our institute.

Some Institutes were organized on the KPI basis. Among them are: the Civil Engineering Institute. Technological Institute of Light and Food Industry, the Institute of civil Aviation, Automobile and Road Building Institute, Agricultural (now Agricultural Academy) and others. In 1934 - 1944 the KPI was called an Industrial Institute.

Students

At present the number of students at the KPI exceeds 40,000. Approximately 1,000 of them are International students. By this way students especially who live at hostel have an amazing social life with their foreigner friends. Also they have a great chance to know more about new cultures, new people and new ideas. Over 4,500 students graduate the KPI every year. After graduation you can get a diploma which is accepted by European Union. The KPI has a preparatory department for foreigners. You can study English there and at the same time you can learn Russian.

Main building

Notable alums

A large number of prominent people worked and studied at the KPI: E.O.Paton, the inventor of electric welding; M. I. Konovalov, a well-known chemist; I. P. Bardin, Ukraine's greatest metallurgist; A. M. Lyulka, USSR's premier designer of jet engines; rocket scientist S. P. Korolyov; and Alexander Tetelbaum, Founding President of International Solomon University. President of the First Exam Board in chemistry faculty was Dmitri Mendeleev, besides the creator of Sikorsky Helicopters a well-known inventor Igor Sikorsky graduated from Kiev Polytechnic Institute.

Also must be mentioned: Stephen Timoshenko, reputed to be the father of modern engineering mechanics; Vladimir Chelomei, Soviet mechanics scientist and rocket engineer; Aleksandr Mikulin, Soviet aircraft engine designer and chief designer in the Mikulin OKB.

International relations

The Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has foreign economic relations with 45 foreign partners from 12 countries of the world. 29 agreements and 17 contracts have been concluded and 77 protocols have been signed: KPI received the certificate as a participant of foreign economic relations.

The most active international scientific and technological cooperation is carried out by the chairs of the institute with the partners from Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark and Lebanon. Lately the relations with China, USA, Italy, Vietnam and Spain have become more active. The institute carries out the exchange of students according to the agreement on operation with the University of Oregon (USA).

KPI was the first university of Ukraine that joined the community of the European Universities, and signed the visionary "Magna Charta of the European Universities" (“Magna Charta Universitatum”) in September 2003.