This year marks a significant date - 60 years since the rugby team of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute "Polytechnic" was the first Ukrainian team to take part in official all-Union competitions: from August 2 to 10, 1963, the championship of the former USSR among the teams of the State Stat
On August 19, in the meeting hall of the Academic Council of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, our graduates, rugby founders in Ukraine Anatoliy Makeyev and Yevhen Ignatov were honoured to mark the celebration of their 80th anniversary.
Oleksandr Svertoka, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Politechnic Rugby Club, Master of Sports of the USSR in Rugby, a graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, got awarded the Gold Medal of Honor for Youth, Sports, and Associative Engagements!
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has close partnerships with higher education institutions in France and with the Embassy of the French Republic in Ukraine.
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has broad international ties, in particular with the South African Republic. Oddly enough, rugby is one of the promising directions for the development of relations between Kyiv Polytechnic and South African universities and enterprises.
According to the United Nations decision, on May 25th the whole world celebrates Africa Day.
Sports season 2016 for the university rugby team "Polytechnic" come to a close.
The Kiev polytechnic institute from the date of the basis always was the first in different spheres: to science and technology, culture and sport.
Team KPI Rugby "Polytechnic" was created in 1962 by Valentin Hannem (student of 2nd course of the faculty of automation and instrumentation), who was a talented Sprinter.
