KPI representatives meet academic diaspora

In Vienna, representatives of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) met with members of the Ukrainian academic diaspora in Austria.

Kyiv Polytechnic Rector Anatolii Melnychenko, and the Vice-Rector for International Relations, Andrii Shysholin, introduced the audience to the university and emphasised that the academic diaspora plays a vital role as a bridge for expanding international cooperation. They highlighted that these are people who not only care deeply for Ukraine but also stand ready to foster partnerships between Austrian colleagues and Ukrainian universities.

Discussions during the meeting centred on:

• areas of cooperation, including joint projects, the involvement of Ukrainian researchers abroad in projects with Kyiv Polytechnic scientists, and lectures;

• feasible options of university's participation in maintaining refugee children’s links with Ukraine. In particular, through the enrolment of the Ukrainian children, who relocated to Austria because of the full-scale Russian invasion, in preparatory courses at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

Special thanks are due to the Ukrainian academic diaspora in Austria for the open dialogue, and to the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Austria for its support of Ukrainian science and for facilitating this meeting.