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In the turbulent days of November 2022, when russian missile strikes caused the largest systemic failure in Ukraine's power grid and plunged the country into darkness, only clear coordination and quick decision-making helped energy workers to restore power to nuclear power plants and the entire power grid in record time by international standards. Among those who stood at the control panel of Ukraine's unified power grid, supplying power to substations, was Serdar Charyev, senior dispatcher of the centralized dispatch control center of NEC Ukrenergo and a graduate of KPI. 

The exhibition “Piezoelectric motors - created in KPI” was opened in the State Polytechnic Museum named after Borys Paton. The opportunity to organize it appeared last year, when the museum staff, while researching one particular exhibit of the museum collection - a piezoelectric motor - received a unique collection of samples of such motors to replenish the museum collection in addition to information material. 

🎥 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted a two-day International Forum “Innovations in Medical Engineering” and a startup competition

Top managers of the nuclear energy industry visited the Institute of IATS in mid-March, visited laboratories and the research center, got acquainted with innovative approaches to education, met with students, researchers and teaching staff of the Institute and discussed the importance of training highly qualified specialists for the energy industry. HR specialists of Energoatom noted the high level of knowledge and demand for graduates of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. 

Dr. Nathan Greenfield, a scholar and researcher in the field of literary theory and military conflict, author of many books, lives and works in Canada. For the second year in a row, he has been a volunteer at the FSP Sociology Department and regularly lectures to students, mainly undergraduate and graduate students. Pavlo Fedorchenko-Kutuev, Professor of the Department of Sociology at the FSP, spoke with him about his academic interests, his “discovery” of Ukraine, and his experience of communicating with Ukrainian colleagues and students. 

Currently, about 30% of top specialists in the field of microelectronics and circuit engineering working at Melexis-Ukraine are graduates of our university.

As part of cooperation with the Thermal Energy Cluster of Ukraine, teachers and students of the Department of Thermal and Alternative Energy of the Igor Sikorsky KPI Institute of Applied Chemistry visited the ARDENZ boiler equipment plant in Brovary.

The Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute cares not only for knowledge but also for the environment.

🏆 On May 28, 2025, the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance (NAHEQA) held its regular meeting, which resulted in the decision to accredit another educational program at Igor Sikorsky KPI.

Vladyslav Boyko, owner and executive director of KyivMedService, a national leader in the maintenance and repair of medical equipment, machinery, and instruments, is a graduate of the Department of Laser Engineering and Physical and Technical Technologies at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. A successful engineer and manager, he does not break ties with his alma mater. “We know everything about medical technology, and even a little bit more,” says the entrepreneur, "and we want to share our knowledge and experience with current students.