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Kyiv Polytechnic Institute 
Seal of the Kiev Polytechnic InstituteEstablished 1898 Type National university Rector Mychailo Zgurovsky Admin. staff 2500 Students 41700 Location Kiev, Ukraine Campus 395 acres (1.60 km2) Website http://kpi.ua/ The National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute[1]” (NTUU "KPI") (Ukrainian: Національний технічний університет України “Київський політехнічний інститут”) is a major university in Kiev, Ukraine.
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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 substantial scientific and organizational assistance in the founding of the institute.
Viktor Kyrpychov was the first rector of the KPI. It was largely due to Kyrpychov's efforts that such professors like V.P. Yermakov, S.M. Reformatsky, M.I. Konovalov or Vladimir Zworykin became members of the first faculty.
In 1930, the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (KNUCA) was established on the basis of factory and communal construction branch of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) and the Architectural faculty of the Kyiv Art Institute.
Organisation
The Kyiv polytechnic's main building
An early-20th century Russian postcard with the photo of the institutes main building.Institutes
- Institute of Applied System Analysis (IASA) (connected with EPAM Systems, SAP AG, and SAS Institute)
- Institute of Physics and Technology (connected with Sun Microsystems and IBM)
- 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
Departments
- Applied Mathematics[2] (connected with Freescale)
- Informatics and Computer Engineering[3] (connected with Cisco Systems)
- Physics and Mathematics
- Electronics
- Welding[4]
- Engineering & Physics
- Engineering & Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering
- Inter-university Medical Engineering Faculty (IMEF)
- Instrument-Making
- Radioengineering
- Heat-and-power Engineering
- Aviation and Space
- Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering[5]
- Electricity and Energy Engineering
- Linguistics
- Management and Marketing
- Law
- Sociology
- Physical Training and Sports
KPI - Building №1.Facilities
The university has three campuses the central one being located in Kiev, and the other two in towns Slavutych, and Simferopol.
The Kiev campus of the university is located near the city centre in a park named after the university.
Here almost 9,000 of non-Kievite students are accommodated in 21 dormitories, 3 of them for married students. The life conditions at the university domes is a matter of numerous complaints of their inhabitants usually living in a 18 square meters rooms by 4 people in the room.
The institute has an outpatient medical department for employers and students.
KPI - Technical Library.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 is connected to one of the main city streets - Peremoha (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 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. The language of instruction is predominantly English.
The UNESCO CEPES (European Centre for Higher Education) ranked Kyiv Polytechnic Institute as the best university in Ukraine.[6]
KPI - The Square of KnowledgeStudents
At present the number of students at the KPI exceeds 40,000. Approximately 1,000 of them are international students. In this way students, especially those who live in a hostel, have a social life with their foreign fellow students. Also they have a chance to learn more about other cultures, people and ideas. Over 4,500 students graduate from the KPI every year. The diploma is accepted by the European Union. The KPI has a preparatory department for foreigners. There is a possibility to study English and at the same time learn Russian.
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, Powder Metallurgy, and others.
Notable alumni
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 Sergey Korolyov; creator of Sikorsky Helicopters, the well-known inventor Igor Sikorsky, well-known scientist in the field of fuel combustion and protection of the atmosphere from industrial pollution Isaak Sigal. President of the First Exam Board in chemistry faculty was Dmitri Mendeleev.
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, Oleg Tozoni, the head of the Department of Electrodynamics at the Cybernetics Institute of the Academy of Science.
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.
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)
Scientific journals
- International scientific journal "Radioelectronics and Communications Systems" (English version), "Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii. Radioelektronika" (Russian version)
- International scientific journal "System Research and Information Technologies"
- "Naukovi visti NTUU КPI"
- "Visnyk NTUU KPІ : Informatics, operation and computer science"
References
- ^ http://inter.kpi.ua/ See official English page Archived 11 February 2011 at WebCite
- ^ Інформаційний портал Факультету Прикладної Математики НТУУ "КПІ" Archived 11 February 2011 at WebCite
- ^ ФІОТ | Національний технічний університет України Archived 11 February 2011 at WebCite
- ^ Зварювальний факультет НТУУ "КПІ" Офіційний сайт Archived 11 February 2011 at WebCite
- ^ Факультет біотехнології і біотехніки НТУУ "КПІ" Офіційний сайт Archived 8 April 2011 at WebCite
- ^ "Best university in Ukraine". MIGnews.com.ua. http://mignews.com.ua/en/articles/29051.html.
External links
- Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
- Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in Ukrainian
- Blog KPI
- Student Council Campus in Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in Ukrainian
Categories:- Universities in Ukraine
- Education in Kiev
- Technical universities and colleges
- National universities
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