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Hryhorii Luparenko, Head of the Research Department for Exhibition and Museum Activities at the Borys Paton State Polytechnic Museum and a war veteran, has been awarded the Honorary Distinction of the Academic Council of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute for his outstanding contribution to strengthening Ukrainian statehood, his courage and selfless service in defending Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and his dedicated professional service.

🎥 After a several-year break, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute once again hosted one of the largest international student programming competitions in an in-person format—the 17th International Open Programming Olympiad KPI-OPEN 2026.

International engineering and manufacturing company RSE has opened the Energy Resilience Lab at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) — a unique training and research facility dedicated to strengthening Ukraine’s energy resilience. The laboratory will enable energy engineering students from across Ukraine to work with modern energy equipment, explore distributed generation technologies, and gain hands-on experience with solutions already deployed at real-world energy facilities implemented by RSE throughout the country.

Lockheed Martin is one of the world’s largest aerospace and defense companies, operating in aviation, space, and other high-technology fields. The visit holds particular significance for Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute — a university with a strong engineering and scientific tradition and expertise across many of these fields.

🤝 Congratulations to Vitalii Semenovych Didkovskyi, Professor of the Department of Acoustic and Multimedia Electronic Systems at the Faculty of Electronics of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, on being awarded the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Scholarship for Outstanding Contributions to Higher Education.

📌 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute presented its experience in the international accreditation of academic programs at the international seminar "Quality Without Borders: Internationalization and Cross-Border Quality Assurance in Higher Education."

☑️ Twenty-year-old Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute student Yurii Yurchuk, together with his team, is developing the SOLER unmanned aerial vehicle to help Ukrainian demining specialists survey potentially mined areas.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute consistently pursues a zero-tolerance policy toward corruption and is committed to conducting the 2026 admission campaign in accordance with the principles of legality, transparency, integrity, equal rights for applicants, and impartial decision-making.

On June 12, the Ukrainian-Japanese Center of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute opened the exhibition Warriors and Flowers, featuring classical Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints alongside works by contemporary Ukrainian artists.

🇮🇹 🤝 New Erasmus+ programs, study visits, internships, and joint international projects were discussed during a meeting with the founder and CEO of the Italian company Alphard.