Dear colleagues, delegates and students! I heartily wish you a Merry Christmas and happy New Year 2019! The expiring year was not easy but extremely important for our country. It enriched the Ukrainians with new experience, rallied them and gave new opportunities, aims and plans. Besides, this year was the 120th birthday of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The anniversary demonstrated again, that we have a lot to be proud of and to work on. We maintain a high level of training of specialists and traditionally take the highest positions in all ratings of the national universities. Meanwhile, we are working hard on augmentation of our scientific achievements. The university activities of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute such as Festival of Innovative Technologies ‘Sikorsky Challenge’, startup school ‘Sikorsky Challenge”, new All-Ukrainian Festival of Engineering Talents ‘Future of Ukraine’, Open International Students Olympics Programming named after O. Lebedev and V. Glushkov ‘KPI-OPEN’ etc. became popular not only in Ukrainian educational-scientific space, but in international one too. One of the most important areas of activity in the university is strengthening country’s defense. Nowadays we consider this area to be one of the main in our departments, so more than quarter of the scientific developments of the workers, post-graduate students, students of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has defensive or dual purpose. We need peace, so we have to be strong!
So let the next year bring you peace, welfare and confidence in the future.
From the bottom of my heart, I wish you family coziness, warm-heartedness and comfort. Let the year 2019 be lavish for you on interesting plans, new achievements and professional winnings. Let the magic of New Year holidays fill your hearts with faith, love and hope for a bright and happy future.