Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
Published on 23 September 2025
During the 69th Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference, a Practical Arrangement was concluded between the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The solemn signing ceremony of the Practical Arrangement between Kyiv Polytechnic and the IAEA took place in Vienna on 18 September 2025 on the sidelines of the 69th IAEA General Conference. The signing was made possible with the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, namely Deputy Minister Olexandr Mischenko.
Kyiv Polytechnic Rector Anatolii Melnychenko and IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi signed the document in the presence of Yuri Vitrenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine at Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the International Organisations in Vienna.
The Practical Arrangement provides a framework for cooperation in several key areas:
• nuclear safety and physical nuclear security;
• decommissioning of nuclear facilities and improving the safety of such operations;
• radioactive waste management;
• organisation of education programmes, training, and workshops to nurture a new generation of specialists.
The document about cooperation envisages the exchange of experience and the promotion of best international practices. It also creates conditions for the upskilling of Ukrainian specialists, as well as for undertaking joint educational and research initiatives.
Kyiv Polytechnic's participation in this format of cooperation with the IAEA offers new opportunities for the integration of Ukrainian science and education into global processes in the sphere of nuclear security. This will contribute to strengthening Ukraine's human resources, involving students and scientists in the Agency's international programmes, and creating an expert environment capable of ensuring a high level of safety in the use of nuclear technologies.
The signing of the Practical Arrangement provides further evidence of the international community's supreme confidence in the potential of Ukrainian higher education institutions and their ability to contribute to addressing global challenges in nuclear power engineering and security.
