Expansion of the training scale of specialists exacerbated personnel problem, required to improve the work of the teaching staff. At that time at the Institute there were worked such outstanding scientists: academicians K.K. Hrenov, N.N. Dobrokhotov, F.P. Belyankin, B.S.
In the mid-80s on the FCT it was functioned radiochemistry laboratory headed by prof. Yu.Ya.Fialkov with modern equipment and a cohort of young scientists, who have had experience with open sources of ionizing radiation "hot" radionuclides. In the laboratory, a theoretical study of non-aqueous and aqueous solutions, as well as practical developments were carried out, for example, methods of industrial wastewater of various contaminants including radioactivity.
Department of Instrumentation was established in February 1961.
During the first post-revolutionary years and during the Civil War, despite the political changes in Ukraine, the KPI remained higher school of the old type.
In recent years, both in our and neighboring countries are hotly debated the rules of an enrollment students in higher education institutions. At the same time it is discussed an improvement of the training quality.
The estate of the original light-yellow brick church building of Mary Magdalene bordered (at approximately the site of metro "Polytechnic Institute" now) with the university.
In the period 1981-1985 there was completed the first stage in the development of material and technical base of the institute.
In the second half of the 70s in the KPI, there were more than 30 thousand students, 7 thousand employees. More than half the departments (63%) were headed by scientists of higher qualification - doctors and professors. From all 1745 teachers 86 have doctoral degrees, 851 - candidates of sciences, 14 teachers were awarded the Lenin, state, federal and republican prizes. In 1980, there were branches of remote education: 21 in Kiev, 4 in Chernigov, 3 - in Zhitomir, 2 in Cherkassy second branches [17, p. 13].
From the first days of the war, many teachers and staff, alumni and students of the institute voluntarily and through mobilization joined the Red Army. M.F. Shpilko (Director of the Institute in 1937-1941) and A.S. Melnikov (Deputy Director in 1933-1941) who shortly before the outbreak of war led the Polytechnic Institute in Lvov participated in the fighting.
Tashkent Institute was located on the base of Central Asian Industrial Institute (SAII) and began to exist as an independent institution. In its structure 4 faculty and 12 departments functioned, where 31 students of the second up to the fifth course studied.
