Kyiv Polytechnic, ENSTA expand partnership

Collaboration between the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) and École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA ParisTech), the foremost French engineering institution, has been developing for over a decade. At present, this partnership is reaching a new level through the support of the EU-funded Programme Erasmus+ KA171 and Agence Erasmus+ France / Éducation Formation.

In spite of the sinister Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, Kyiv Polytechnic’s international academic cooperation is progressing well, opening up new opportunities for students, lecturers and researchers alike.

Since 2023, ENSTA ParisTech has welcomed more than 10 KPI students, as well as lecturers in applied mathematics and computer science and representatives of the university administration, for studies, internships, and academic exchanges.

The results of this partnership include the preparation of joint applications for funds from international grant funding programmes; the appointment of Antoine Manzanera, professor at ENSTA ParisTech, to the editorial board of the KPI Science News journal; the exchange of the experience to adapt educational programmes and integrate Ukrainian students into double degree programmes in France; and the delivery of the Advanced Multimedia module, as in-person sessions, to ENSTA ParisTech students by KPI Associate Professor Yevheniia Sulema.

For Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, this partnership forms part of methodical work aimed at integrating Ukrainian engineering education and science into the European Education Area, as well as at developing joint educational and research initiatives.