On February 20, Ukraine honors the participants of the Revolution of Dignity, who, at the cost of their own lives, changed the course of recent history and demonstrated the power of human dignity and freedom.
♟ The first tournament of the season took place at Igor Sikorsky KPI—it was dedicated to the anniversary of Smart Shelter CLUST SPACE. A space that has become a true home for the KPI chess club “Tabiya.”
📢 In accordance with the decision of the Academic Council of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute,” Protocol No.
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.
📓 The presentation of the manga “The Flutter of a Butterfly’s Wings” is dedicated to all Ukrainians who are holding on and resisting under the reality of occupation and, of course, to the manga’s hero—political prisoner, artist, and activist Bohdan Ziza.
🇯🇵🇺🇦📃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.
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has long since ceased to be merely a space of lecture halls where knowledge is transferred from teacher to student. Today, the university is a living laboratory of ideas, where a new generation of specialists is being shaped at the intersection of science, engineering, and responsibility. So it makes sense that this is where the finals of the 5th All-Ukrainian Engineering Hackathon SmaRTF took place—an event that was not just another competition, but a true symbol of our times, in which technical thinking takes on strategic importance.
🤩 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.
