🤝 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted a meeting with representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Paul Heslop, Senior Mine Action Adviser at the United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office in Ukraine, as well as representatives of the international organizations PCM and MAT Kosovo (Kosovo Mine Action Training Centre).
The Trade Union Committee of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, with the support of the Ukrainian-Japanese Center, organized the Japanese Summer School for Children for the second time. The cultural program was designed to introduce participants to Japanese culture, language, traditions, and arts.
Kyiv Polytechnic is expanding its cooperation in the field of cybersecurity: a delegation from the international company Nihon Cyber Defence Co., Ltd. (NCD), led by CEO Kartan Joseph McLaughlin, visited the university. NCD’s headquarters are located in Tokyo.
🇯🇵 🇺🇦 The Ukrainian-Japanese Center at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the qualifying round of the 2026 Japanese Ambassador’s Cup Open Shogi Tournament—an ancient Japanese intellectual game that combines logic, strategic thinking, and philosophy.
🇯🇵🇺🇦📃A memorandum of cooperation with a Japanese company that develops platforms for online courses ensures the development, implementation, and support of solutions for online learning, opening up new opportunities in the digital education sector.
Andriy Shysholin, Vice Rector for International Relations at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI); Oksana Vovk, Director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Energy Conservation and Energy Management at KPI; and Kateryna Lugovska, Director of the Ukrainian-Japanese Center at KPI, met on December 16 with Mykhailo Turyanytsia, a communications specialist at the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Mykhailo Turyanytsia, and a journalist from the Kyodo News Agency, Narumi Tateda (Japan).
An evening of gratitude, strength, and music. The Igor Sikorsky KPI Center for Culture and Arts hosted a charity concert by Japanese virtuoso pianist Tempei Nakamura, a musician who is visiting Ukraine and our university for the third time during the war.
Our university hosted a demonstration of the latest remote control systems from Japanese companies Soliton and KOBELCO, which allow construction equipment to be controlled remotely — from home, the office, or anywhere in the world.
Japan came to life at Kyiv Polytechnic University!
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.
