At the end of last year, the Ministry of Education and Science issued an order on the awarding of the President of Ukraine’s academic scholarships to graduate students for the 2025/2026 academic year. These scholarships will be awarded to candidates with outstanding scientific or academic achievements as an incentive for their work and motivation to achieve high results. Among the recipients is Andriy Makarchuk, an assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering in Energy at the Institute of IATE.

At the end of last year, our university hosted the All-Ukrainian Creative Works Competition for the second time, dedicated to fostering a culture of integrity and combating corruption. This project, organized by the Authorized Officer for the Prevention and Detection of Corruption at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in collaboration with the Faculty of Sociology and Law, ran from October 10 to December 9, 2025, and was open to students from higher education institutions across Ukraine.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has entered the TOP 350 best universities in Europe in the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2026, ranking 342nd in Europe and 2nd in Ukraine.

Scientists of the university organize a number of scientific and practical conferences and seminars. Scientific activities are an important part of a comprehensive, systematic approach to creative learning and intensive scientific research.

When prolonged anxiety forces us to stay in cold basements, parking lots, and stairwells, hypothermia sets in faster than we can feel it — especially when the temperature drops. These tips are also relevant when staying in rooms without heating.

Starting next semester, Igor Sikorsky KPI will introduce a training course on cogeneration, integrated into the educational programs for training power engineers. The training course was developed in partnership with the engineering company RSE and will be implemented at the Energy Resilience Lab, a laboratory for autonomous and sustainable energy supply.

Yuriy Yavorsky, Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Materials Science and Heat Treatment (FMTO) at the E.O. Paton Institute of Materials Science and Welding (IMZ), received the Ukrainian Parliament Award for Young Scientists, one of the most prestigious state awards for young scientists.

Igor Sikorsky KPI and the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise (KNDISE) held a working meeting to strengthen their partnership and take scientific and educational cooperation to a new strategic level.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has introduced an important tool that promotes transparency at the university: a corruption risk checklist.

In late fall, as part of agreements with the “Ukraine Energy Autark” association aimed at promoting innovative research projects and their implementation to achieve Ukraine’s energy self-sufficiency, Olga Vlasenko, senior lecturer at the Institute of IATE at the Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, and Dina Koltysheva, assistant at the Department of Bioenergy, Bioinformatics and Ecobiotechnology at the FBT Dina Koltysheva, successfully completed an internship in Germany on the topic “Biogas and Energy Biomass Utilization” (pictured).