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One of the most important events that took place at Igor Sikorsky KPI at the end of last month was the International Forum “Innovations in Medical Engineering.” It was held over two days, May 20 and 21, and brought together representatives of government agencies, Ukrainian and international participants in the Sikorsky Challenge Ukraine Innovation Ecosystem, international medical engineering specialists and experts, and representatives of foundations and companies. And, of course, scientists and developers of startup projects, because the forum participants not only discussed problems and identified pain points in the rapid implementation of innovative developments in medical engineering into production and further to patients, but also identified and highlighted the most promising startup projects on this topic at the competition. 

The leaders of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and a number of its subdivisions held negotiations on expanding cooperation with educational and research institutions and research centers of the Czech Republic with members of the representative delegation of this country.

Our university is working on an important project to introduce CAD/CAM technologies in orthopedics and rehabilitation engineering to help children affected by the military conflict.

We are incredibly glad that our university has even more people who are not indifferent to help in the rehabilitation, restoration and prosthetics of our veterans and victims of military aggression!

This is already the IV international scientific and practical conference organised by the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering (‘FBMI’) of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. This time, it brought together scientists, medical and engineering professionals from Ukraine, Australia, the USA, Italy and the Netherlands to discuss the prospects for the development of rehabilitation technologies and share best practices in training qualified rehabilitation specialists.

At the end of May, the international hackathons Smart City Challenge and BioHackathon were held in Warsaw. They were organized by the Student Government of the Warsaw University of Technology, the Herbion Biotechnology Research Group of the Warsaw University of Technology, the Center for International Cooperation, and the student research groups Ventures and Startups and Innovation of the Warsaw School of Economics.

At the initiative of the National Council of Sports Rehabilitation of Defenders of Ukraine, the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute is introducing a training course “Adaptive trainer-instructor for military personnel, war veterans and their families” as part of the work of the Training and Innovation Cent

A specialized center in the village of Zgurivka, Brovary district, which was opened and operates with the participation of a PhD student of the FBMI, provides free rehabilitation and physical comfort services to military personnel who have been injured in the upper and lower extremitie

On April 16, 2024, a regular meeting of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance (NAQA) was held. As a result of the meeting, it was decided to accredit three educational programs of our university. Namely: