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{{Short description|Public technological university in Kyiv, Ukraine}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, KPI
 | native_name            = {{small|Національний технічний університет України «Київський політехнічний інститут імені Ігоря Сікорського»,  НТУУ "КПІ"}}
 | image                  = KPI shield.svg
 | image_upright          = .5
 | caption                = {{small|Polytechnic small [[coat of arms]]}}
 | established            = {{start date and age|1898}}
| other_names=[[Kyiv Polytechnic Institute#Name|see § Name]]
 | students               = ~25,000<ref name="ukraine encyclo">{{Cite web|title=Kyiv Polytechnical Institute National Technical University of Ukraine|url=https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CK%5CY%5CKyivPolytechnicalInstituteNationalTechnicalUniversityofUkraine.htm|website=[[Encyclopedia of Ukraine]]|access-date=2025-06-13}}</ref>
 | administrative_staff   = ~2,500
 | type                   = [[National university|National]], [[research university]]
 | campus                 = {{convert|395|acre|km2}}
 | colors                 = {{color box|#082567}} [[Dark blue (color)|Dark blue]]
 | city                   = [[Kyiv]]
 | rector                 = [[Anatolii Melnychenko|Anat. Melnychenko]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Структура власності Київський політехнічний інститут |trans-title=Power structure Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |url=https://opendatabot.ua/c/02070921 |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=opendatabot.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
 | country                = [[Ukraine]]
 | website                = [http://kpi.ua/ kpi.ua]
|logo=[[File:KPI002 Vladyslav Lypovyi 2022.jpg|300px|center]]
 | module                 = {{Infobox historic site |embed = yes |designation1 = UKRAINE NATIONAL |designation1_offname = {{Lang|uk|Комплекс споруд Національного політехнічного університету "Київський політехнічний інститут"}} (''Complex of buildings of the National Polytechnic University "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"'') |designation1_type = History |designation1_number = 260038-Н}}
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The '''Kyiv Polytechnic Institute''' ({{abbr.}} '''KPI''', {{langx|uk|Київський політехнічний інститут, КПІ}}; official full title '''National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"<ref>{{Cite web |title=КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського |url=https://kpi.ua/en/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=kpi.ua}}</ref>''') is a [[National university|national]] [[public university|public]] [[technological university]] in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]].

==Name==
In the long period of existence, the name of the institute has changed several times:
* 1898–1918 Kiev Polytechnic Institute of Emperor Alexander II
* 1918–1934 Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
* 1934–1948 Kyiv Industrial Institute
* 1948–1968 Order of Lenin Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
* 1968–1992 Order of Lenin Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in memory of the 50th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution
* 1992–1995 Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
* 1995–2016 National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Про Київський політехнічний інститут |trans-title=About Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/289/95 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=Official website of the Parliament of Ukraine |language=uk}}</ref>
* 2016– National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-17 |title=Нормативно-правова база - Міністерство освіти і науки України |url=http://old.mon.gov.ua/files/normative/2016-08-25/6067/nmo-992.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507183028/http://old.mon.gov.ua/files/normative/2016-08-25/6067/nmo-992.pdf |archive-date=2022-05-07 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=old.mon.gov.ua |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Наказ № 4-213, 31.08.16, Про введення в дію нових бланків |trans-title=Order no. 4-213 {{!}} 31.08.16 {{!}} About the introduction of new forms |url=https://document.kpi.ua/2016_4-213 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=document.kpi.ua |language=uk}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Kiev Polytechnic early-20c.jpg|thumb|An early-20th century postcard with the photo of the institute's main building]]

===Establishment===
The institute was founded as the '''Kiev Polytechnic Institute of Emperor Alexander II''' on 31 August 1898. Its establishment was the result of partnership between the state and [[private sector]] encouraged by [[Sergei Witte]], who served as finance minister of the [[Russian Empire]] at that time. The financing for the institution was provided by [[Kyiv City Council|Kyiv City Duma]] and private donors, including the [[Tereshchenko family]] and [[Lazar Brodsky]]. The construction of the current building complex was finished in 1902. Until then, the institute was renting out its space at the building of Commercial School located on Vorovsky Street.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} At that time, it had four departments: Mechanical, Chemical, Agricultural, and Civil Engineering. The first enrolment constituted of 360 students. Prominent scientists [[Dmitri Mendeleev]], [[Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky|Nikolai Zhukovsky]] and [[Kliment Arkadyevich Timiryazev]] provided substantial scientific and organizational assistance in the founding of the institute.<ref name="ukraine encyclo"/>

[[Viktor Kyrpychov]], the founder of the was the [[Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute]], became the first rector of the KPI. It was largely due to Kyrpychov's efforts that such professors like V.P. Yermakov, [[Sergey Reformatsky|S.M. Reformatsky]], M.I. Konovalov or [[Vladimir Zworykin]] became members of the first faculty. The institute's scientific library was organized by Ukrainian art historian [[Mykola Biliashivskyi]]. The institute's director at that time was appointed directly by the imperial government after nomination by the Ministry of Finance.<ref name="ukraine encyclo"/>

===Development under the Tsarist rule===
{{see also|Shuliavka Republic}}
Between its establishment and 1913 the number of students in the institute grew from 360 to 2,313. The full course of studies lasted 4 years. In reality graduation usually took a longer time, and the median age of the university's alumni was 27–28 years. The social origin of KPI's students were much more diverse than in other higher schools of that time: between 1897 and 1913 the share of nobles studying in the establishment fell from 47,7 to 36,2%, meanwhile that of peasants' children grew from 5,9 to 16,3%. The share of Jews among KPI's students in 1907 stood at 23%, contravenin the [[Jewish quota|established quotas]].<ref name="ukraine encyclo"/> The institute was involved in the 1899 All-Russian student strike, which resulted in arrest and exile of 32 students. In the beginning of 1899, the underground organizational committee was established and had a close relationship with the Kyiv Council of United Communities and Organizations. During the [[Russian Revolution of 1905|Revolution of 1905]] the institute served as a major centre of revolutionary movement in Kyiv, with its students being affiliated with radical groups. A "Ukrainian commune", which consisted of 150-200 students of the establishment, co-operated with [[Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party|Ukrainian social-democratic]] and [[socialist revolutionary]] parties.

In 1909 the Kyiv Society of Aerial Navigation was founded at the institute, involving such prominent figures as [[Igor Sikorsky]], {{ill|Fedir Anders|uk|Андерс Федір Фердинандович}} and Nikolai Delaunay (father of [[Boris Delaunay]]). Another KPI graduate [[Fyodor Fyodorovich Tereshchenko|Fedir Tereshchenko]] became known as a pioneer of airplane construction. Among prominent figures who taught at the institute during that time were [[Grigory Dubelir]], [[Yevhen Paton]], [[Stephen Timoshenko]], [[Lev Pisarzhevsky]] and [[Mykola Pymonenko]]. During the [[First World War]] in 1915 part  KPI was temporarily evacuated to [[Rostov on Don]], and a field hospital was created on the institute's premises.<ref name="ukraine encyclo"/>

==Related establishments==
Actively developing, the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute became the basis for expanding and strengthening the network of higher education in Kyiv. In 1923–1933, and in recent years, several institutions, universities, academies were created on the basis of departments and individual specialties of the KPI. On the other hand, the famous educational institutions of Ukraine entered the current composition of the university. Thus in the Military Institute of Telecommunications and Informatization of NTUU "KPI" by the official date of the creation is considered March 1, 1919 – the Day of Approval of the Rev-wake of the Republic of the Republic of Projects of Engineering Courses for the preparation of the team of the Worker-Peasant Red Army, which in 1937 became the basis for the Kyiv military school of ZV The tap them. M. I. Kalinina. Publishing-Polygraphic Institute Since September 6, 2004, which included in the KPI in 1989, was founded on January 1, 1954, in Kyiv on the basis of the artistic-craft school of printers No 18, as an educational and consultative point (UCP) of the Moscow printing institute.

== <small>Kyiv Polytechnic Institute during Russo-Ukrainian war</small> ==
In 2022, during the full-scale [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation]], Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute faced new challenges arising from the conflict.

=== Defense support and charity ===
KPI expressed active support for the defense of the country. The university created a charity fund to purchase military equipment at the request of students and graduates who joined the Armed Forces.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-27 |title=Війна за освіту. В якому стані 10 найкращих університетів України на другий рік великої війни — Forbes.ua |url=https://forbes.ua/leadership/viyna-za-osvitu-u-yakomu-stani-10-naykrashchikh-universitetiv-ukraini-na-drugiy-rik-velikoi-viyni-27052023-13874 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=forbes.ua |language=uk}}</ref>

=== Collaboration with the University of Sheffield ===
The University of Sheffield began cooperation with KPI, which provides a wide range of practical assistance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-12 |title=University of Sheffield twins with university in Kyiv to help staff and students affected by war |url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/university-sheffield-twins-university-kyiv-help-staff-and-students-affected-war |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=www.sheffield.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> The partnership will see the [[University of Sheffield]] donates £20,000 to build a bomb shelter on the KPI campus. It will also provide laboratory equipment and open access to its library resources, enabling KPI staff and students to access various online journals, texts, and resources.

=== Transfer of information systems to the cloud ===
One of the crucial steps KPI took was moving its critical digital infrastructure to cloud storage. This made it possible to ensure the university's functioning virtually, mainly to conduct training in remote mode and to ensure the management and storage of large volumes of data. The initiator of this process was [[Andrii Hubskyi]], a KPI graduate who asked his partners to assist in matters of communication with the [[Ministry of Digital Transformation (Ukraine)|Ministry of Digital Transformation]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=To the cloud, so that nothing can cloud the future {{!}} Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |url=https://kpi.ua/en/2023-kp13-kbis |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=kpi.ua}}</ref> Thanks to his efforts, cooperation with [[Amazon Web Services|Amazon]] was established, and the process of migration of critical digital infrastructure to the cloud environment was implemented.

=== Points of invincibility ===
There are several security points on the university campus. One of them is in the first building. Employees of the Department of Property and Social Affairs created it. The room has laptops, high-speed Starlink Internet, light, and printing equipment. The item is located in the 157th office. In total, at least five such points operate on the territory of KPI.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Points of Invincibility at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute {{!}} Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |url=https://kpi.ua/en/2022-Points-of-Invincibility |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=kpi.ua}}</ref>

=== Shelters ===
KPI presented the project of the innovative bomb shelter CLUST SPACE, which is being created in the central library. The bomb shelter will be located in a basement with an area of 600 square meters. The design project of the multifunctional shelter was developed by the studio of architect Pavlo Peker, who has experience working with similar projects in Iraq and Libya.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Smart Shelter CLUST Space in the KPI Library {{!}} Науково-технічна бiблiотека ім. Г. І. Денисенка |url=https://www.library.kpi.ua/en/smart-shelter-clust-space-u-bibliotetsi-kpi/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Organisation==
[[File:Головний корпус КПІ.JPG|thumb|The Kyiv Polytechnic's main building]]
[[File:Їдальня IMG 3215 stitch.jpg|thumb|Building of old dining hall (part of the original building complex)]]

===Institutes===
* Educational, Science, and Scientific Complex "Institute of Applied Systems Analysis" (ESC IASA);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Front page |url=https://iasa.kpi.ua/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=iasa.kpi.ua}}</ref>
* Educational and Research Institute of Telecommunication Systems (ITS);
* Institute of Energy Saving and Energy Management (IEE);
* Institute of Aerospace Technologies (IAT);
* Institute of Special Communication and Information Security (ISIS);<ref>{{Cite web |title=ІНСТИТУТ СПЕЦІАЛЬНОГО ЗВЯЗКУ |trans-title=Institute of Special Communication and Information Protection |url=https://iszzi.kpi.ua/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=iszzi.kpi.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
* Mechanics and Machine-Building Institute (MMI);
* Institute of Materials Science and Welding (IMZ);<ref>{{cite web |title=Інститут матеріалознавства та зварювання ім. Є.О. Патона &#124; КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського |trans-title=Institute of Materials Science and Welding named after E.O. Paton |url=https://kpi.ua/imz |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=kpi.ua/imz |language=uk}}</ref>
* Publishing and Printing Institute (VPI)
* Physics and Engineering Institute (PTI);
* Inter-branch Institute of Post-graduate Education;
* Institute of Pre-admission education and Vocational Guidance.

===Faculties===
[[File:KPI002 Vladyslav Lypovyi 2022.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of KPI's campus]]
* Applied Mathematics (FPM);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/fpm|title=Faculty of Applied Mathematics &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Інформаційний портал Факультету Прикладної Математики КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського |url=http://www.fpm.kpi.ua/main.do;jsessionid=5F1A24135FAFC6269AEB99D943C77DA2 |website=www.fpm.kpi.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
* Biomedical Engineering (FBE);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/fbmi|title=Faculty of Biomedical Engineering &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Факультет біомедичної інженерії |url=http://fbmi.kpi.ua/ |website=fbmi.kpi.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
* Biotechnology and Biotechnics (FBT);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/fbt|title=Faculty of Biotechnology and Biotechnics &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://biotech.kpi.ua/index.php/en/|title=Home|website=biotech.kpi.ua}}</ref>
* Chemical Engineering (IHF);<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=КПІ ІХФ Інженерно-хімічний факультет, підготовчі курси |url=https://ihf.kpi.ua/ |website=ihf.kpi.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
* Chemical Technology (XTF);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/xtf|title=Faculty of Chemical Technology &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Головна |url=http://xtf.kpi.ua/index.php/uk/ |website=kpi.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
* Electric Power Engineering and Automatics (FEA);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/fea|title=Faculty of Electric Power Engineering and Automatics &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fea.kpi.ua/|title=Головна сторінка - Офіційний сайт|website=fea.kpi.ua}}</ref>
* Electronics (FEL);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/fel|title=Faculty of Electronics &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Факультет електроніки |url=https://fel.kpi.ua/ |access-date=2016-08-18 |website=fel.kpi.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
* Heat and Power Engineering (TEF);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/tef|title=Faculty of heat power engineering &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Теплоенергетичний факультет - Офіційний сайт Теплоенергетичного факультету (ТЕФ), НТУУ "КПІ' |url=https://tef.kpi.ua/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=tef.kpi.ua}}</ref>
* Informatics and Computer Engineering (FIOT);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/fiot|title=Faculty of Informatics and Computer Engineering &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fiot.kpi.ua/|title=Факультет інформатики та обчислювальної техніки|website=fiot.kpi.ua}}</ref>
* Instrumentation Engineering (PBF);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/pbf|title=Faculty of Instrumentation Engineering &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-06 |title=European NDT & Condition Monitoring Days, October 2021, Czech Republic |url=https://pbf.kpi.ua/en/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=pbf.kpi.ua}}</ref>
* Linguistics (FL);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/fl|title=Faculty of Linguistics &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fl.kpi.ua/|title=Факультет Лінгвістики НТУУ "КПІ"|website=fl.kpi.ua}}</ref>
* Management and Marketing (FMM);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/fmm|title=Faculty of Management and Marketing &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Faculty of Management and Marketing Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |url=https://fmm.kpi.ua/en/головна-сторінка-english/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=Faculty of Management and Marketing |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* Physics and Mathematics (FMF);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/fmf|title=Faculty of Physics and Mathematics &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Фізико Математичний Факультет |url=http://fmf.kpi.ua/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=fmf.kpi.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
* Radio Engineering (RTF);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/rtf|title=Radioengineering Faculty &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Радіотехнічний факультет КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського |url=https://rtf.kpi.ua/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=rtf.kpi.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
* Sociology and Law (FSP).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/fsp|title=Faculty of Sociology and Law &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fsp.kpi.ua/ua/|title=Факультет соціології і права КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського|website=fsp.kpi.ua}}</ref>

===Facilities===
The university has two campuses, the central one being located in Kyiv, and the other in town of [[Slavutych]].

The Kyiv campus of the university is located near the city centre in a park named after the university.

Almost 9,000 students from outside Kyiv are accommodated in 21 dormitories, 3 of them for married students. The living conditions at the dormitories is a matter of numerous complaints of their inhabitants, with four people sharing a single room measuring 18 square-meters.

The institute has an outpatient medical department for employers and students.

[[File:KPI-library.jpg|thumb|KPI – Technical Library]]
[[File:Менделєєв у КПІ.JPG|thumb|Monument to [[chemist]] [[Dmitri Mendeleev]], who was the first chairman of the examination committee]]
[[File:Krawtschik Denkmal.jpg|thumb|Monument to [[Mikhail Kravchuk|Mykhailo Kravchuk]] at KPI]]
[[File:KPI-Paton-monument.jpg|thumb|Monument to Paton]]
[[File:NTUU KPI Building 18.jpg|thumb|Building 18, information technology and computing devices]]
[[File:Парк КПІ 14.jpg|thumb|Monument to Soviet soldiers that perished in [[World War II]] ]]
[[File:Парк КПІ IMG 3979.jpg|thumb|KPI park]]
[[File:80-389-0032 Kyiv DSC 7347.jpg|thumb|KPI dormitory building 1]]

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&nbsp;meters. The Knowledge Square is connected to one of the city's main thoroughfare, [[Prospect Peremohy (roadway)|Prospect Peremohy]] (Victory Avenue). Meetings, 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 1984.

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

===Other labs and organisations===
* Scientific Society of Students and Post-graduates
* Scientific-industrial laboratory DIDAKTIK
* UNESCO Chair in Higher Technical Education, Applied System Analysis and Informatics
* [[Polytechnic Museum at Ukrainian National Technical University "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"|State Polytechnic Museum]]
* University Interclub
* University Library

===Summer school===
The Summer school ''Achievements and Applications of Contemporary Informatics, Mathematics and Physics'' (Summer School AACIMP) is an annual international scientific-educational project of volunteers from the university's Student Science Association.<ref name="ssa">{{Cite web|url=http://summerschool.ssa.org.ua/|title=Home - X Summer School AACIMP 2015|website=summerschool.ssa.org.ua}}</ref> It is aimed at an international audience of advanced students, postgraduates and young scientists. There are usually about 100 participants.<ref name="ifors_a">{{Cite web |year=2010 |title=The article about the Summer School AACIMP in IFORS-2010 |url=https://ifors.org/newsletter/IFORS_dec2010.pdf |website=ifors.org}}</ref>

It has been traditionally held each August since 2006. As a rule, the duration of the project is two weeks.

==Community==
===Student life===
At present the number of students at KPI is more than 36,000. Approximately 400 of them are [[international student]]s. In this way students, especially those who live in a [[hostel]], have a social life with their foreign fellow students and a chance to learn more about other cultures, people and ideas. Over 4,500 students graduate from KPI every year. The diploma is accepted by the European Union. KPI has a preparatory department for foreigners. There is a possibility to study in English and at the same time learn Ukrainian.

Full-time students attend the school for 5 years and 6 months; part-time – 5 years and 10 months.

The school offers 68 majors and 70 minors at its 3 branches. There are 16 departments and a college, including the following:
* Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering that offer courses on Electron Instrument Engineering, Cybernetics, and Control engineering and Computer engineering, among others.
* Electric Power Engineering Automation department that offers courses Electrical Networks and Electric Systems, Central Power Plants, High Voltage Technique, and Cybernetics of Electrical Systems.
* Electro-Acoustic Faculty offering courses in Hydroacoustics Sound Recording, Measuring Techniques, and Microprocessors.
* Faculty of Radioengineering
* Physical engineering department offering courses on Metallurgy, Metals and Alloys, Powder Metallurgy, and others.

===Faculty and Academician community===
About 70% of KPI teachers have scientific degrees. Among them there are Academicians and Corresponding Members of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Professors, and Merited Scientists. The language of instruction is predominantly Ukrainian, with options of Russian and English also available.

A number of the university's rectors served as ministers of education, including former rector [[Mykhailo Zghurovskyi]].

The [[UNESCO]] CEPES (European Centre for Higher Education) ranked Kyiv Polytechnic Institute as the best university in Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |date=2010-06-14 |title=Best university in Ukraine |url=http://mignews.com.ua/en/articles/29051.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220195946/https://mignews.com.ua/en/articles/29051.html |archive-date=2013-12-20 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=MIGnews.com.ua |publisher=}}</ref>

==Recreation at KPI==
[[File:Kyiv NTUU KPI Minor Sports Arena3.jpg|thumb|Soccer field]]
The university has a well developed infrastructure of recreation and leisure, including sports, entertainment, arts, and others.

The university has a sports complex with an indoor swimming pool, a multi-hall building, and a soccer field.

The Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has been an important center of sports life in the city. Its football team "Politechniki" was one of the first football teams founded in the Russian Empire in 1906–1917.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kopanyi-Myach.info - Літопис українського футболу |url=http://www.kopanyi-myach.info/index.aspx?page=ua_clubvis&nc=40 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.kopanyi-myach.info |language=uk}}</ref>

The university has several recreational resorts throughout the country. Two resorts are located near Kyiv, one is located in [[Carpathian Mountains]], and another near the [[Black Sea]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Бази відпочинку |url=https://relax.kpi.ua/baza/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=KPI Relax |language=uk}}</ref>

The university has its own arts center located in Center of Culture and Arts, better known by its Soviet standard name "Palace of Culture".<ref>{{Cite web |title=ПАЛАЦ КУЛЬТУРИ КПІ ІМ. ІГОРЯ СІКОРСЬКОГО: АФІША І КВИТКИ |url=https://concert.ua/uk/venue/dvorec-kultury-kpi |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=concert.ua |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ЦЕНТР КУЛЬТУРИ ТА МИСТЕЦТВ |url=https://ckm.kpi.ua/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=ckm.kpi.ua |language=uk}}</ref> The concert hall of KPI Center Culture and Arts is the main venue of the Ukrainian national qualification for continental song contest [[Eurovision Song Contest|Eurovision]].

There is a park in the grounds of the university.

==International relations==
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The Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has foreign economic relationship 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 relationship.

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 relationship with China, United States, Italy, [[Vietnam]] and Spain have become more active. The institute carries out the exchange of students according to the agreement on cooperation with the [[University of Oregon]], United States.

''KPI'' was the first university of Ukraine that joined the community of the European Universities, and signed the [[Magna Charta Universitatum]] in September 2003.

===Friendly schools===
<small>Selected Co-operations</small>
* [[University of Klagenfurt]] (Austria)
* [[University of Antwerp]] (Belgium)
* [[Anhui University of Technology]] (China)
* [[Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg]] (Germany)
* [[University of Miskolc]] (Hungary)
* [[University of Manchester]] (United Kingdom)
* [[Iowa State University]] (United States)
* [[University of Oregon]] (United States)
* [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] (United States)

==Rectors==
During its history the university has been headed by 23 rectors:
[[File:Таланчук Петро Михайлович vmurol.jpg|thumb|Petro Talanchuk]]
[[File:Mykhailo Zgurovskyi.jpg|thumb|Mykhailo Zghurovskyi]]
[[File:Мельниченко_(1).jpg|thumb|Anatolii Melnychenko]]
* 1898–1902 [[Viktor Kirpichov]]
* 1902–1904 [[Mikhail Konovalov]]
* 1904–1905 [[Konstantin Zvorykin]]
* 1905–1906 [[Mykola Chyrvynskyi]]
* 1906–1908 [[Volodymyr Tymofeyev]]
* 1908–1911 [[Konstantin Dementiev]]
* 1911–1917 [[Ivan Zhukov (professor)|Ivan Zhukov]]
* 1917–1919 [[Petro Yerchenko]]
* 1919–1920 [[George De Metz]]
* 1920–1921 [[Serhiy Veselovskyi]]
* 1921–1921 [[Ivan Kukharenko]]
* 1921–1929 [[Viktorin Bobrov]]
* 1929–1930 [[Dmitriy Melnikov (professor)|Dmitriy Melnikov]]
* 1930–1934 ''unknown''
* 1934–1936 [[Mykola Yefimov]]
* 1936–1937 [[Pavlo Zhykharev]]
* 1937–1941 [[Mykola Shpylko]]
* 1941–1942 [[Mykola Velychkivskyi]]
* 1942–1944 ''unknown''
* 1944–1952 [[Oleksandr Plyhunov]]
* 1952–1955 [[Vitaliy Gridnyev]]
* 1955–1955 [[Ivan Shvets]]
* 1955–1971 [[Oleksandr Plyhunov]]
* 1971–1987 [[Hryhoriy Denysenko]]
* 1987–1992 [[Petro Talanchuk]]
* 1992–2024 [[Mykhailo Zghurovskyi]]
* 2024–present [[Anatolii Melnychenko]]

==Rankings==
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National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" positions in national and international ratings of the best Ukrainian educational institutions, employers ratings, etc.:

* Ukrainian university academic rating "TOP – 200 Ukraine" (2022)- 2nd place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Рейтинг університетів України "Топ-200 Україна 2022" « Новини « Євро Освіта |url=http://www.euroosvita.net/index.php/?category=1&id=7420 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.euroosvita.net |language=uk}}</ref>
* Ukrainian employers rating "Compass" - 1st place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Рейтинг вузов Украины Компас |url=http://www.yourcompass.org/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.yourcompass.org |language=uk}}</ref>
* World universities ranking "Webometrics" – 713rd place (2012), 510th (2013), 1538th (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Central Eastern Europe {{!}} Ranking Web of Universities: Webometrics ranks 30000 institutions |url=https://www.webometrics.info/en/Ranking_Europe/Central_Eastern_Europe |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.webometrics.info}}</ref>
* QS World University Ranking – 701+<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/|title=QS World University Rankings, Events & Careers Advice at TopUniversities.com|website=www.topuniversities.com}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
* [[Ivan Bardin]], [[metallurgist]]
* [[Saadoun Brahim]], a Kyiv Polytechnic Institute student who joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a fighter-volunteer
* [[Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev]], mathematicianknown for his works in complex functions, differential equations, and non-Euclidean geometry
* [[Vladimir Chelomei]], Soviet [[mechanics]] scientist and [[rocket]] engineer
* [[Valeriia Hontareva]], Chairman of the [[National Bank of Ukraine]]<ref name="Top 10 facts Hontareva">{{Cite web |title=ТОП-10 фактів про нову очільницю НБУ – Валерію Гонтарєву |url=https://24tv.ua/top10_faktiv_pro_novu_ochilnitsyu_nbu__valeriyu_gontaryevu_n455740 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=24 Канал |language=uk}}</ref>
* {{Ill|Mikhail Konovalov|uk|Коновалов Михайло Іванович}}, chemist
* [[Sergey Korolyov]], rocket scientist
* [[Arkhip Lyulka]], USSR's premier designer of jet engines
* [[Alexander Mikulin|Aleksandr Mikulin]], Soviet aircraft engine designer and chief designer in the Mikulin OKB
* [[Nadiia Omelchenko]], entrepreneur, and Vice President of the IT-Integrator company.
* [[Evgeny Paton|Evgeny O. Paton]], inventor of electric welding
* [[Isaak Sigal]], scientist
* [[Igor Sikorsky]], creator of Sikorsky Helicopters
* [[Stephen Timoshenko]], reputed to be the father of modern [[engineering mechanics]]
* [[Oleg Tozoni]], the head of the Department of Electrodynamics at the Cybernetics Institute of the Academy of Science.
* [[Yury Gogotsi]], professor of materials science at [[Drexel University]] and co-discoverer of [[MXenes]]
* [[Karlis Zalts]], mathematician

==Scientific journals==
* ''[[Radioelectronics and Communications Systems]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/publication-re|title=Radioelectronics and Communications Systems &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Radioelectronics and Communications Systems |url=http://radioelektronika.org/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=radioelektronika.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Radioelectronics and Communications Systems |url=https://www.springer.com/journal/11976 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=Springer |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[http://journal.iasa.kpi.ua/ System Research and Information Technologies]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/publication-sd|title=The journal "System research and information technologies" &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=System research and information technologies |url=http://journal.iasa.kpi.ua/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=journal.iasa.kpi.ua}}</ref>
* ''KPI Science News'' (''Naukovi visti NTUU KPI'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpi.ua/en/nv|title=Science News &#124; Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|website=kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scinews.kpi.ua/|title=KPI Science News|website=scinews.kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Research Bulletin of the National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Politechnic Institute" |url=http://bulletin.kpi.ua/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=bulletin.kpi.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oaji.net/journal-detail.html?number=4508|title=Journal: Naukovi Visti NTUU KPI|website=oaji.net}}</ref>
* ''Visnyk NTUU KPI: Informatics, operation and computer science''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://it-visnyk.kpi.ua/?lang=en|title=Visnyk NTUU "KPI" : Informatics, operation and computer science|website=it-visnyk.kpi.ua|access-date=2011-05-22|archive-date=2021-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201155446/http://it-visnyk.kpi.ua/?lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Scholar site:it-visnyk.kpi.ua |url=https://scholar.google.com.ua/scholar?hl=en&q=site:it-visnyk.kpi.ua |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=scholar.google.com.ua}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://kpi.ua/en/almamater The history of KPI]
* [https://sc.kpi.ua KPI Student Council]
* [https://kpi.ua/en/kart Campus Map]

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