On 29 May 1914 (all dates are old style), the second prototype of the Ilya Muromets aircraft, piloted by its chief designer Igor Sikorsky, who recently turned 25 on 25 May, took off for the first time from the Korpusnyi Aerodrom of St. Petersburg. It was much lighter than its predecessor and had more powerful engines.
In 2023, a comprehensive monitoring of drinking water quality across Ukraine, was conducted at the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, supported by WaterNet, the first All-Ukrainian professional public organization of specialists on water treatment.
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute will involve the best practices, innovations and expertise of the Ukrainian Deminers Association (UDA) to overcome one of the most pressing problems today - demining of Ukrainian territories.
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the final of the V All-Ukrainian competition of scientific works with international participation ‘Youth Intellect. Rational Nature Management and Modern Energy Efficient Technologies’, which brings together talented young people around issues of energy efficiency, environmental safety, biosecurity of society and efficient use of energy of the future, sustainable development technologies in general.
The Educational and Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering (Institute of MMI) of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has successfully completed participation in the project ‘Renovation of Education in the field of aircraft construction’ (uCAREER) and showed high results in creating innovative, employer-oriented, certified educational programmes for the training of creative and competent graduate engineers to meet the requirements of the labour market.
What security challenges await Ukraine in the future, relations between Ukraine and NATO and how the American experience can help Ukraine win this war - a number of topical issues were discussed by representatives of the Defence Forces and world and Ukrainian scientific institutions at the seminar ‘Strategic level of national security and defence’, which was held for the second time in Kyiv Polytechnic.
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute is intensifying the creation of educational and research initiatives with a focus on social responsibility, civic engagement and political awareness of students.
Representatives of Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the world's most powerful and widespread cloud providers, government officials, leading entrepreneurs and businesses visited Kyiv Polytechnic to discuss joint actions to develop cloud technologies, digital transformation and innovation at the university.
The IGUAR 3 is a vehicle with a high level of protection: it can withstand armour-piercing bullets, shells and anti-tank mine explosions; it is designed to NATO standards and adapted to the conditions of the Ukrainian frontline; it is capable of protecting and saving the lives of our soldiers. This is a unique development of former students of Kyiv Polytechnic.
On 1 October 2024, the Kyiv Basketball Championship started. This year's competition involves 12 men's university teams, including the team of Kyiv Polytechnic.
