War always means pain, tears and losses. What is it like to live during a war? In different ways. On the one hand, life goes on, we go about our daily routine, work, study, take care of our loved ones. On the other hand, we change every day, every hour, every explosion.
In 2024, it will be 60 years since the chairman of the Academic Council of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Mykhailo Ilchenko received a diploma in radio engineering from KPI.
On 29 August, the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine who died in the struggle for independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, a memorial plaque was unveiled in building 18 in honour of Oleksandr Lavreniuk, a student of the Faculty of Physical Education and Technolo
The best representatives of the capital's youth for their scientific and creative achievements, as well as for their contribution to the development of the youth movement, were awarded the Kyiv Mayor's Prize for special achievements in the development of the capital of Ukraine - the hero city of Kyiv.
Zhanna Ostapenko is one of a cohort of engineers educated by Kyiv Polytechnic, who, according to KPI Rector Anatoliy Melnychenko, ‘should create, design, be inventors and innovators.’
On 27 August, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of India Oleksandr Polishchuk visited Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Rector of the University Anatoliy Melnychenko, Vice-Rector for International Relations Andriy Shysholin, and Director of the Centre for International Education Serhiy Maulik met with him.
The memorial plaque was unveiled on 28 August in the 22nd building, which houses the Educational and Research Institute of Energy Saving and Energy Management. It perpetuates the memory of Volodymyr Onufrienko, a graduate of this institute, who died in the battles against the Nazis at the end of December 2023.
According to a long-standing tradition, on the eve of the start of the new academic year, a special event took place at the National Technical University of Ukraine ‘Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute’ - the Freshman Day.
The annual session of the university faculty took place on 29 August. This year, for security reasons, it was held in a mixed format: deans of faculties and directors of institutes, heads of departments, heads of other departments, some teachers and researchers filled the hall of the Academic Council of the University, other employees were able to watch the meeting in real time or recorded on university networks. The session was attended by the guest of honour and former KPI graduate, and now the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Kornienko.
