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KPI as the cradle of science and engineering minds.



THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE
KYIV POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

The Kyiv Polytechnic Institute was founded in 1898. The idea of its creation united such outstanding scientists of that time as V. L. Kirpichov, M. Y. Zhukovsky, K. O. Timiryazyev. The President of the First Examining Board at chemistry faculty was Dmitry Mendeleyev. The Institute had only four departments then, among them: mechanical, chemical, engineering and agricultural. A great number of prominent people worked and studied there: Y.P. Paton, the founder of electric welding, I. Sikorsky, the inventor of helicopters, S.P. Korolyov, the designer of the first satellites and spaceships in the world.

Academician Stepan Timoshenko, one of the founders of the Ukrainian Academy of sciences, the elected member of the academies of sciences in Ukraine, Russia, Poland, France, the USA, Italy, American Philosopher's society, Royal society of London and the honorary doctorate of the Universities of Michigan, Zurich, Glasgow, Munich, Bologna, Zagreb, Turin, the holder of the most prestigious awards in science was one of the most brilliant lecturers and professors at the strength of materials faculty of the KPI. Timoshenko's article published in the Kiev Polytechnic News Bulletin found a wide application in shipbuilding. In fact, the steel plates used in the ships, were tested for tensile strength based on Timoshenko formulae. Timoshenko's textbook on the strength of materials was translated into many foreign languages and many engineers used it and will use it in their studies. In 1911 Timoshenko was awarded the Zhuravskii Award, which was awarded only once every decade for the best work in construction mechanics. In 1922 Timoshenko was awarded the Lever medal by Franklin Institute for his work on suspension bridges in New York.

 

The teaching staff of the KPI consists of highly qualified teachers, professors and scientists. They do their best to provide the students with all-round scientific and technical education.
Scientific and innovatory activity of the university is inseparable part of its educational activity that gives possibility to train specialists on the basis of the latest achievements in science and technology, to develop new technical means of education according to the results of scientific investigations, to involve students into scientific and research work of basic departments and engineering centres, to carry out fundamental and applied scientific investigations to create new techniques, innovatory technologies and new materials, to co-operate with academic and branch scientific organizations to solve important technical and scientific tasks, to produce experimental samples, equipment and appliances for different purposes, to provide scientific and technical expertise in the market, etc.
Following the best traditions of the higher education, the teaching staff of our university is seeking advanced methods of training, inviting as lecturers the well-known scientists of Ukraine as well as professors of leading foreign universities working with NTUU "KPI".
The University provides students with almost everything necessary for better studies and happier life. In a word we can state that KPI is a cradle of science and engineering minds.

 







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