Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

Established	1898
Type	National university
Staff	2500
Rector	Mychailo Zgurovsky
Students	41700
Location	Kiev, Ukraine
Campus	395 acres (1.6 km²)
Website	ntu-kpi.kiev.ua

The National Technical University "Kiev Polytechnic Institute (KPI)" (Ukrainian: Національний технічний університет України "Київський політехнічний інститут") is a major university in Kiev, Ukraine. Image File history File links National_Technical_University_of_Ukraine. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... A national university is a university created or run by a national government. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... A monument to St. ... An acre is an English unit of area, which is also frequently used in the United States and some Commonwealth countries. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctor) in a variety of subjects. ... A monument to St. ...

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.

In 1930 on the basis of factory and communal construction branch of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute (KPI) and the Architectural faculty of the Kiev Art Institute had etablished the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (KNUCA). The Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (KNUCA) still better known under it former name Kiev Civil Engineering Institute is the largest and most important building and architectural university of Ukraine located in the nations capital Kiev (Kyiv). ...

Organisation

Schools

Institutes

• Institute of Applied System Analysis (IASA)
• Faculty of Publishing and Polygraphy
• Military Institute of Telecommunication and Informatization
• Institute of Pre-admissiom education and Vocational Guidance
• Institute of Energy Saving and Energy Management
• Telecommunication Systems Institute
• Mechanical & Machine-building Institute
• Inter-branch Institute of Post-graduate Education
• Physiotechnical Institute (connected with Sun Microsystems)

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Faculties

• Welding
• Engineering & Physics
• Engineering & Chemistry
• Inter-university Medical Engineering Faculty (IMEF)
• Instrument-Making
• Radioengineering
• Heat-and-power Engineering
• Aviation and Space
• Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering
• Electricity and Energy Engineering
• Electronics
• Informatics and Computational Technics (connected with Cisco Systems)
• Linguistics
• Management and Marketing
• Law
• Applied Mathematics (connected with Motorola)
• Sociology
• Phisical Training and Sports
• Physics and Mathematics
• Chemical Engineering

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Facilities

The institute has three branches in the towns of Zhytomyr, Chernihiv and Cherkasy. Zhytomyr (Ukrainian, Russian Житомир, Polish: Żytomierz) is the capital of the Zhytomyrska oblast in Ukraine. ... Chernihiv or Chernigov is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the capital of Chernihiv Oblast (province). ... Cherkasy (Ukrainian Черкаси, Rus. ...

The Institute's Kiev branch is located near the city centre in a park, at which almost 9,000 of the University's students are accommodated in 21 dormitories, 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 graudation 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.

Other Labs & Organisations

• Scientific Society of Students and Post-graduates
• Scientific-industrial laboratory DIDAKTIK
• UNESCO Chair in Higher Technical Education, Applied System Analysis and Informatics
• State Polytechnic Museum
• University Interclub
• University Library

Academics

70% of the KPI teachers have scientific degrees. Among them there are Academicians and Corresponding Members of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Professors, and Merited Scientists.

Students

KPI: The Square of Knowledge

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. Image File history File links Kpi_library. ... Image File history File links Kpi_library. ...

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 dept 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, Power Metallurgy, and others.

Notable alums

The student Sikorsky I.I. in the plane of his own design.

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; and rocket scientist S. P. Korolyov. 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. Image File history File links Kpi_history_sikorsky. ... Image File history File links Kpi_history_sikorsky. ... Professor Evgeny Oscarovich Paton (Russian: ; Ukrainian: ) was a Soviet Ukrainian engineer who established the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kiev. ... Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov (a. ... Portrait of Dmitri Mendeleev by Ilya Repin Dmitri Mendeleev (Russian: , Dmitriy Ivanovich Mendeleyev ) (8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1834 in Tobolsk – 2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1907 in Saint Petersburg), was a Russian chemist. ... Igor Sikorsky Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (Russian: Игорь Иванович Сикорский, Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Сікорський) Igor Sikorsky (25 May 1889 – 26 October 1972) was a (Ukrainian-)Russian-American pioneer of aviation who designed the first four-engine aeroplanes and the first successful helicopter of the most common configuration (single main rotor with tail rotor). ...

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. Stepan (Stephen) Prokofyevich Timoshenko (December 23, 1878 – May 29, 1972), is reputed to be the father of modern engineering mechanics. ... Engineering mechanics is a branch of the physical sciences which looks to understand the actions and reactions of bodies at rest or in motion. ... Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomei (Влади́мир Никола́евич Челоме́й) (June 30, 1914—December 8, 1984) was a Soviet mechanics scientist and rocket engineer. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... Mechanics refers to: a craft relating to machinery (from the Latin mechanicus, from the Greek mechanikos, meaning one skilled in machines), or a range of disciplines in science and engineering. ... A Redstone rocket, part of the Mercury program A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust gas from within a rocket engine. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikulin (Александр Александрович Микулин) (1895-1985) was a Soviet aircraft engine designer and chief designer in the Mikulin OKB. His achivements include the first Soviet liquid-cooled piston aircraft engine Mikulin AM-34 and the Mikulin AM-3 turbojet engine for Soviet Unions first jet airliner Tupolev Tu-104. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... An OKB (Russian: Опытное конструкторское бюро - Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro - Experimental Design Bureau) was, during the Soviet era, an engineering design team. ...

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). The University of Oregon (UO) is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. ...

Friendly schools

Selected Co-operations

• Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg (Germany)
• University of Klagenfurt (Austria)
• University of Miskolc (Hungary)
• University of Antwerp (Belgium)
• Iowa State University (USA)
• University of Manchester (Great Britain)
• Anhui University of Technology (China)
• University of Oregon (USA)

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References

External links

• Kiev Polytechnic Institute
• Kiev Polytechnic Institute in Ukrainian