Classes at the institute began September 1, 1898 [6, p. 4] in a room built for commercial school (st. Vorovsky, 24), which in the year was rented by Institute. By the beginning of the next school year chemical pavilion and mechanical workshops have already been built.
Traditionally it is believed that the level of national education in the natural sciences and in applied fields, until recently, was extremely high.
Everyone knows the statements of the head of the first examination committee KPI - world-renowned scientist D.I. Mendeleev about the high level of training of graduates of the institute. These words were written in a memorandum to the Minister of Finance S.Y. Witte.
Address of KPI residential buildings №1 and №2: Prospect Peremohy, 37
The beginning of the 30s of last century was the period of industrialization in the Soviet Union. The main classical construction and building materials - metal, metal alloys, brick, wood, etc - no longer met the needs of the economy under conditions of rapid technological progress.
The national economy of Ukraine as a whole was restored on the old technical basis. For its reconstruction it was necessary to create and restore a number of industries: engineering, machine-tool, automotive, chemical, defense, tractor, metallurgical et al., to renovated old and to build new businesses, technically upgrade them.
The singer Alexander Fedorenko graduated from Kiev Conservatory with specialization in "the soloist of the operetta" in 1985. He played main roles in performances of the Kiev, Sverdlovsk Theater of musical comedy of Rostov-on-Don, the Sumy drama theater and the musical comedy.
Considerable attention was paid to independent work of students, developing their skills of active mastery of knowledge, as well as determining the optimal ratio between mandatory classroom and independent work.
Vivat, crescat, floreat! Gracious sovereigns! ... The Polytechnic Institute is a higher educational institution assigned for the training of engineers, that is, as the name itself indicates, people of genius capable of inventing and arranging a new one.
It is known that first director of KPI V.L.Kirpichov paid great attention to the selection of qualified personnel.
