🇧🇬 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) welcomed an important guest—Kiril Petkov, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, politician, economist, and entrepreneur.
Intellectual games are becoming increasingly popular at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. University-wide and city chess tournaments hosted on campus have attracted growing participation, with Polytechnic students consistently achieving outstanding results. More recently, tournaments in Go and Shogi have also been added, promoted by the Ukrainian-Japanese Center. These Japanese strategy games can be considered close relatives of chess, offering even broader strategic possibilities.
The results of one of the world’s most influential university rankings have been released—and Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has once again confirmed its status as a leader in technical education in Ukraine.
Modern industry is undergoing an active transformation, with traditional manufacturing methods increasingly being supplemented or replaced by additive technologies. The layer-by-layer production of objects based on three-dimensional digital models opens up new technological opportunities, including the manufacturing of parts with highly complex geometries, structural weight optimization, and shorter prototyping and production cycles.
University media have already reported that last September, on the sidelines of the 69th session of the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, KPI Rector Anatoliy Melnychenko signed a joint document with Rafael Grossi, Director General of this leading international organization on atomic energy, outlining practical agreements between the organization and the university regarding cooperation in the field of nuclear and physical safety and technologies, as well as the development of educational programs in these areas, etc. It should be added that during the conference, the rector also met with the heads of a number of international organizations in the field of nuclear energy, in particular the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS). And on February 16, a new meeting took place with one of WINS’ leaders—its Executive Director Lars van Dassen, who headed the World Institute’s delegation that visited Igor Sikorsky KPI that day.
The university hosted a meeting with representatives of the Ukrainian Mine Action Center and the non-profit organization Copenhagen Hazard Mapping (🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark).
The first working meeting was held at KPI with Sonya Ishchenko—Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Regional Cooperation of the State of Israel—and representatives of the Embassy of the State of Israel in Ukraine.
🇯🇵🇺🇦📃A memorandum of cooperation with a Japanese company that develops platforms for online courses ensures the development, implementation, and support of solutions for online learning, opening up new opportunities in the digital education sector.
A delegation from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, led by Rector Anatolii Melnychenko, visited École Centrale de Lyon (ÉCL)—one of France’s leading engineering institutions 🇫🇷 and a partner of the university since 2006.
🤩 Twelve KPI students—among 29 Ukrainian students majoring in technical fields—attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 in Las Vegas (USA), one of the world’s largest consumer technology exhibitions.
