Science and Innovation at the University

From the speech of scientific work pro-rector of NTUU “KPI” M.U. Ilchenko at Academic Senate on the 14th january 2013 р.

In 2012 р. scientific and innovational activity of our university kept on developing. We have proved our reputation of the leading university of Ukraine, being on the list of world's best universities for the second year and having kept leadership in home rating of the universities.

In modern globalized world through the use of advanced telecommunications and information technologies are important problems timely exchange of information on scientific achievements regardless of their locations. These problems are not only technical, but also organizational, verbal, financial and other aspects. The need to solve them is obvious, because it depends on the success of social development in many areas, including during preparation and appraisal of scientific personnel.

The seminar called “The intellectual property right in the context of the national legislation” under the initiative of the Government intellectual property service of Ukraine at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” took place on the 14th of December, 2012.

On October 16, 2012 the president of the University of Kyoto (Japan), Professor Hiroshi Matsumoto with the assistance of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Ukraine Y.E.Mr. Toichi Sakata delivered а lecturer at NTUU”KPI”. The subject of the lecture was «Two paradoxes in Science and Economic Growth. Are we Heading in the Right Direction?»

The author of a new model of the innovation process, known as "triple helix" (university – business sector – an innovative development of the country), a professor of Stanford University and enterprise research centre of Business school of Edinburgh University, Henry Inkovits, regards the univers