Summary
Name: National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"
Founded in 1898.
Property form: State
Status: National
Level of accreditation: IV

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Contact information:
 37, Prospect Peremohy, 03056, Kyiv-56, Ukraine
Tel: +380 (44) 236-79-89
Fax: +380 (44) 236-69-13; 236-59-32 
e-mail:post@ntu-kpi.kiev.ua
Web: www.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua

Rector:

Mykhailo Zgurovsky
Rector of National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", Academician of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Director of the Institute of Applied Systems Analysis of NASU, Head of UNESCO Chair "Technical Higher School, Applied System Analysis and Information Technology"  

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History:
On August 31, 1898, the Chief of the Trade and Manufacturing Department proclaimed the establishment of our institution. At that time KPI had 4 departments.

The idea of establishing a technical college appeared on February 18, 1880. It was the time when owners of sugar factories of the Russian South-West "...in honour of the 25th anniversary of the reign of Alexander II, the Liberator, decided to collect the necessary funds for the erection of a higher technical school".

For this purpose, voluntary donations of 1 000 374 (1898) roubles were raised.

Examination Board at the head of D.I. Mendeleyev when the first engineers graduated from the Institute (1902).
 
Essential scientific and organisational assistance was rendered by the then leading Russian sci­entists:
Professor D.I.Mendeleyev;
Professor M.Ye.Zhukovsky;
Professor K.A.Timiryazev;
Professor D.I. Mendeleyev be­came the first Head of the State Examination Commission of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 1903. Professor Victor Kyrpychov, a famous specialist in mechanics, strength of materials and graphic statics, was appointed the first Director of KPI.

From 1908 to 1910, under the guidance of Professor M.B. Delonet several disciples of Professor M.Ye. Zhukovsky organized an aircraft construction laboratory at KPI, where many famous aircraft designers began their careers.

During its development the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute became the basis for broadening and rein­forcing the higher education net­work in Kyiv and Ukraine . Thus, in 1922–1933 and later, departments and chairs of KPI have transformed into the following institutions:

Institute of Railroad Engineers in Dnipropetrovsk;
Institute of Marine Engineering in Odessa ;
Textile Institute in Kharkiv (with several branch institutes);
Institute of Civil Aviation Engi­neers in Kyiv;
Ukrainian Academy of Agricul­ture;
Road-Transport Institute in Kyiv;
Technology Institute of Light Industry in Kyiv;
Vinnytsa Polytechnic Institute;
Institute of Industrial Engine­ering in Cherkasy;
Technology Institute in Chernihiv.

At present, the National Tech­nical University "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" is one of the largest higher education establishments in Ukraine .