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🕯 Maria Bigun (Leut), a graduate of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, was killed in the war (August 28, 2000 — February 21, 2026)

The State Academic Scholarships named after the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred honor the heroic deeds of the youngest members of the Heavenly Hundred. Each scholarship is named after one of the heroes and is awarded to students majoring in the same field as that person. "The Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred Scholarship is both a way to support talented youth and to honor our recent history. We thank the universities for their transparent selection process and guarantee adequate funding for the program. I believe that these students will carry the values of freedom and dignity into their professions and communities,” said Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Several teams from Kyiv Polytechnic University were among the leaders in the All-Ukrainian women's CTF competition SHE DEFENDS: CYBER & OSINT. The tournament aims to develop women's practical skills in cybersecurity and OSINT and to strengthen the cyber resilience of the national security and defense sector.

🏆 Congratulations to the women's team of the dcua-school club on their victory in CTF for Women, a cyber competition held as part of the National Cybersecurity Coordination Center's national initiative “Women's Path in Cybersecurity: Stories, Challenges, Success” to strengthen the role of women i

Nataliia Fandikova, the Head of the Laboratory at the Department of Graphic Arts of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and a renowned Ukrainian artist, won the International Coin Design Competition, staged by the Japan Mint.

The annual “Talents of KPI” competition is a notable event in the artistic life of Igor Sikorsky KPI. The works presented here are usually distinguished by their perfection and excellence. Sometimes, when looking at them, you would never think that they were created not by professional artists, masters of decorative and applied arts, or photographers, but by talented amateurs—students, scientists, and university employees. There are many authors whose names appear in the list of competition winners year after year. This testifies to their growing skill, desire to improve, and delight connoisseurs and fans with new creations.

Recently, information appeared on the Internet that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had created the position of advisor on gender issues and that Oksana Volodymyrivna Grygorieva had been appointed to it.

The development strategy of Igor Sikorsky KPI provides for increasing the level of academic mobility of students and teachers through international exchange programs, summer schools, internships, etc. This is one of the university's priority areas of activity aimed at deepening the internationalization and integration of participants in the educational process into the international educational and scientific space, improving the quality of education and the effectiveness of scientific research, as well as ensuring competitiveness in the educational services market. 

The legend of Ukrainian mathematics and a woman who became one of the symbols of the indomitable Ukrainian spirit, Nina Opanasivna Virchenko, turned 95 on May 5.

One of UNESCO's priorities is to promote gender equality in all spheres of human activity. UNESCO chairs established at leading Ukrainian universities pay considerable attention to this issue. The UNESCO Department of Higher Technical Education, Applied Systems Analysis and Informatics has been operating at the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute for over a quarter of a century.