National Technical University "Kiev Polytechnic Institute Ihor Sikorskyj"

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National Technical University "Kiev Polytechnic Institute Ihor Sikorskyj"
- KPI -
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founding 1898
Sponsorship state
place Kiev , Ukraine
Rector Mychailo Shurowskyj
Students approx. 40,000
Employee approx. 2,500
Website kpi.ua
Main entrance KPI
Main building KPI
Paton memorial

The National Technical University "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Ihor Sikorskyj" (KPI) ( Ukrainian Національний технічний університет України "Київський політехнічний інститут імені Ігоря Сікорського" , English: National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" ) is the leading technical university in Kiev , Ukraine . The common international name is National Technical University of Ukraine - KPI (NTUU "KPI") .

overview

The founding of the university in 1898 was made possible by funding from the sugar magnate and philanthropist Lasar Brodskyj . The first rector was the Russian engineer Viktor Lwowitsch Kirpitschow . At the time, university operations consisted of four departments: Mechanics , Chemistry , Agriculture, and Engineering . 360 students were enrolled in the first founding semester. Today the number of students is around 40,000, of which 1,000 are from abroad. Over 4500 students graduate each year. Full-time study takes five years and 6 months.

Well-known teachers and graduates of the university are or were:

In 1930 , the Kiev Institute of Construction, now the Kiev National University of Construction and Architecture (KNUCA), was founded by KPI and the Architecture Department of the Kiev Art Academy .

The university has a small polytechnic museum on campus, which can be visited by everyone on weekdays. Admission is free.

Faculties

  • Mechanical & Technological Faculty
  • Mechanical Engineering Faculty
  • Faculty for Power Plant Engineering
  • Faculty for Transportat Engineering Industry
  • Engineering & Physical Faculty
  • Faculty for Computer Science and Management
  • Economic Faculty
  • Faculty for Business and Finance
  • Physiotechnical Faculty
  • Electric Power Faculty
  • Electric Power Engineering Faculty
  • Faculty for Automatics and Instrument Making
  • Faculty for Computer and Information Technologies
  • Faculty for Technology of Inorganic Substances
  • Faculty for Technology of Organic Substances
  • Faculty for Chemical Machine Engineering
  • Sociology & Law Faculty
  • Faculty for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • Faculty for Business Management
  • Faculty for Instruction by Correspondence
  • Faculty for Distance and Pre-University Training
  • Guards Institute for Tank Troops

International university contacts

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. https://kpi.ua/en/node/16361
  2. ^ History of the KPI on the university's official website; accessed on July 4, 2018 (Ukrainian)
  3. Ласкаво просимо в Державному політехнічному музеї!
  4. Факультет біотехнології і біотехніки НТУУ "КПІ" Офіційний сайт ( memento of the original from February 12, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link has been set up automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / biotech.kpi.ua

Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 58 ″  N , 30 ° 27 ′ 39 ″  E