About University
The Kyiv Polytechnic Institute was founded at the end of the nineteenth century in 1898. At that time, KPI included only four faculties: Mechanical, Engineering, Agricultural and Chemical
Over the 120-year history of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, more than 260 thousand specialists have been trained.
Today, the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" (Igor Sikorsky KPI) is the largest technical university in Ukraine of the research type, one of the leading universities in Europe and the world.
The educational process is conducted by experienced teachers and well-known scientists of Ukraine, including academicians and corresponding members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, professors, doctors of sciences, associate professors, and candidates of sciences.
Centre for International Education
The National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" has been training specialists from among foreign citizens since its foundation in 1898, and has been keeping a database of foreign graduates since 1945.
In August 2012, by reorganising the International Faculty, the University Rector's order №4-237 of 17.08.12 created the Centre for International Education of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, which, along with other services, structurally included the Preparatory Department for foreign citizens.
The Centre for International Education also organises and provides advanced training courses, retraining, workshops, and internships for foreigners and stateless persons at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute's structural units. Upon completion of studies at the university, it issues a diploma or certificate according to the European standard.
All educational activities of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in relation to foreign students are carried out on the basis of existing regulatory documents that regulate the entry of foreigners into Ukraine for the purpose of study, their stay in Ukraine and departure to their home country. The admission of foreign citizens for study is carried out on the basis of international agreements of Ukraine, national programmes, contracts between the university and legal entities and individuals, which ensures that foreigners and stateless persons stay in Ukraine on a legal basis.