🇯🇵 🇺🇦 The Ukrainian-Japanese Center at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the qualifying round of the 2026 Japanese Ambassador’s Cup Open Shogi Tournament—an ancient Japanese intellectual game that combines logic, strategic thinking, and philosophy.
🤩 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.
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has entered the TOP 350 best universities in Europe in the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2026, ranking 342nd in Europe and 2nd in Ukraine.
When prolonged anxiety forces us to stay in cold basements, parking lots, and stairwells, hypothermia sets in faster than we can feel it — especially when the temperature drops. These tips are also relevant when staying in rooms without heating.
Starting next semester, Igor Sikorsky KPI will introduce a training course on cogeneration, integrated into the educational programs for training power engineers. The training course was developed in partnership with the engineering company RSE and will be implemented at the Energy Resilience Lab, a laboratory for autonomous and sustainable energy supply.
Yuriy Yavorsky, Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Materials Science and Heat Treatment (FMTO) at the E.O. Paton Institute of Materials Science and Welding (IMZ), received the Ukrainian Parliament Award for Young Scientists, one of the most prestigious state awards for young scientists.
Igor Sikorsky KPI and the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise (KNDISE) held a working meeting to strengthen their partnership and take scientific and educational cooperation to a new strategic level.
Several teams from Kyiv Polytechnic University were among the leaders in the All-Ukrainian women's CTF competition SHE DEFENDS: CYBER & OSINT. The tournament aims to develop women's practical skills in cybersecurity and OSINT and to strengthen the cyber resilience of the national security and defense sector.
A cooperation agreement signed between Igor Sikorsky KPI and Ukrainian engineering and product company Dwarf Engineering in the field of DefTech opens up new educational opportunities for the university, such as the launch of a new interdisciplinary educational program, “Computer Vision for Robots.”
“A year of stability and strategic transformation” — this was the title given by Igor Sikorsky KPI Rector Anatoliy Melnichenko to his report at the Igor Sikorsky KPI Staff Conference. The conference was held on January 26, 2026, in the University Academic Council Hall.
