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About 15 military personnel and war veterans, some of them are students and graduates of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI), participated in the recovery programme implemented by the Kyiv Polytechnic’s Veteran Development Centre, the “Veterans – the Path Home” movement, and a team of the British-Ukrainian project “Hopeful Future” – the innovative peer-to-peer psychological recovery programme for veterans.

 

Over the course of three days, the group engaged in a series of activities:

• classes at a social ranch and horse riding providing psychological and emotional relief;

• open discussions with a psychologist held in a safe and supportive space;

• question-and-answer session where participants could talk about vital issues and hear from others who have had similar experiences.

 

This recovery programme was designed by Simon Edwards, a British Army veteran and internationally recognised expert in veteran rehabilitation and trauma recovery with more than 12 years of experience working with veterans in many countries. Currently, the programme is carried out in Ukraine in consideration of the grim realities of war conflicts and their repercussions.

 

It is important to note that Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute systematically supports military personnel and veterans, creating an environment for their reintegration, new opportunities, and renewed development.

 

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Every year, the International Student Research Competition in Artificial Intelligence brings together young researchers who come up with innovative solutions and new ideas while exploring the latest trends in artificial intelligence, ranging from computer vision to natural language processing.

 

Among 15 projects that reached the finals this year, three winners came from the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI).

 

Danil Brovko, a Kyiv Polytechnic student at the Institute for Applied System Analysis (IASA), took first place and received a cash certificate in the amount of 30,000 Ukrainian hryvnias from the general sponsor of the competition, Credit Agricole Bank, for his project “SpectralCA: Bi-Direction Cross-Attention for Next-Generation UAV Hyperspectral Vision”.

 

Svitlana Mykhailenko at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering earned third place for the project “Identification of predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis based on the parameters of BOLD signal connectivity models of brain structures.” Another sponsor, the DataArt AI software development company, presented gifts to her.

 

IASA student Artem Golovachov also won third place for the project “Aircraft Trajectory Generation Method Based on Visual Transformer,” receiving gifts from DataArt.

 

Congratulations to the winners from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, with best wishes for their new successes and for many more inspiring projects.

 

Special thanks are due to the sponsors – Credit Agricole, DataArt, EvoLogics GmbH, the SoftServe software development and consulting company, the Solidgate payment processing and orchestration platform, and the Unicorn company – as well as to the competition’s partner, Sikorsky Challenge Innovation Ecosystem, for supporting innovation and student research.

A delegation of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) has participated in a series of events within the framework of the “Mechatronics, Energy, Robotics, and Innovation Technologies with Ukraine” (MERIT-Ukraine) project, supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) from the funds of the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space.

 

The project is carried out in collaboration with Germany’s Leibniz University Hannover and the Lviv Polytechnic National University. It is intended to establish a sustainable German-Ukrainian academic collaboration in the fields of energy technology, power engineering, mechatronics, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

 

Representatives of Kyiv Polytechnic’s International Collaboration Department discussed the development and systematic expansion of academic mobility and exchanges, the prospects for new joint projects, and the organisation of shared courses.

 

In addition, the representatives of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute took part in the Night of Science 2025 events, the largest scientific forum in Hannover, where they showcased their technological developments, generating great interest among the German academic and industrial communities.

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.

On 22 September 2025, Anatolii Melnichenko, Rector of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and Andrii Shysholin, Vice-Rector for International Relations, visited ENSTA, the National Higher School of Advanced Techniques, which is affiliated to the Institut Polytechnique de Paris.

 

During the visit, Rector Anatolii Melnychenko and ENSTA Director General Estelle Iacona signed an agreement to renew their cooperation for the next five years.

 

ENSTA has been collaborating with Kyiv Polytechnic for over a decade, particularly through a double degree programme and the Erasmus+ KA171 academic mobility programme.

 

“Big thanks, Estelle Iacona, to you and your team, namely Director of International Relations Sébastien Raymond, for your unwavering support of Ukraine and for strengthening the partnership between ENSTA and Kyiv Polytechnic,” said Anatolii Melnychenko. “Our joint programmes – from double degrees to Erasmus+ mobility – open up opportunities for young Ukrainian engineers to progress, and contribute to the recovery and modernisation of Ukraine. We very much appreciate ENSTA’s commitment to supporting us at this challenging time and believe that united we are building a sustainable future for our countries and for Europe at large.”

 

Currently, six students from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute are pursuing their studies at ENSTA.

On 24 September 2025, the Ajax Systems tech company inaugurated the Mechanical Design & Robotics Lab in cooperation with the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

 

Located at the Kyiv Polytechnic’s Faculty of Instrumentation Engineering, the lab has 20 workstations, a design area outfitted with computer equipment for on-site work, and a workshop for developing models.

 

With equipment ranging from lathes and milling machines to robotic systems and measuring instruments, students will be able to master design and robotics, while acquiring practical skills in demand on the market. Students’ design developments from previous internships are also available for training, such as a robot manipulator capable of moving objects along a programmed trajectory.

 

A dedicated team of teachers, engineers and administrators will work in the laboratory. They will maintain constant contact with company’s specialists to ensure proper use of the equipment and support the ongoing development of student projects.

 

The lab is open to all university students eager to develop their own engineering projects or conduct research, using its benches. It will also host master classes in robotics, automation, metrology, and optics, as well as workshops and internship programmes organised by Ajax Systems. In November 2025, students will have the opportunity to join the first programme in Mechanical Engineering.

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.

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Andreas Dreisiebner, member of the board of directors at Solarspar, the Swiss Solar Energy Association, together with representatives of the NGO Ukraine2Power visited the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) to discuss prospects for further cooperation in the energy sector.

 

Discussions focused on:

• International exchange of knowledge and innovations in energy, particularly in the operation of conventional and vertical solar power plants;

• Expansion of Kyiv Polytechnic’s cooperation in power engineering with Swiss universities;

• Organisation of trips to introduce a Kyiv Polytechnic delegation to Solarspar’s activities;

• Collaborative research and educational initiatives.

 

During the visit, the guests made a tour of one of the solar power plants at the university, which ensures the uninterrupted operation of the Centre for Collective Use of Scientific Equipment “Materials Science of Refractory Compounds and Composites,” the solar energy laboratory, and the wind energy lecture hall.

 

There are new steps and challenges ahead for the partners in the realm of green energy, energy efficiency, and rebuilding Ukraine’s energy system.

 

Solarspar, a member of the Climate Alliance Switzerland, has long been active in the renewable energy sector, supporting projects on energy, climate action, and other related areas.

 

Ukraine2Power is a Ukrainian non-profit organization founded in response to Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy system.

The 16th International Scientific and Technical Conference of Young Scientists and Students, Innovations of Youth in Mechanical Engineering, was held in a hybrid format – both in person and online – in the State Polytechnic Museum at the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI). The event featured a wide range of reports.

 

The organisers of this forum, the staff of the Kyiv Polytechnic’s Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IME), believe that this conference has established itself as a platform for communication among young scientists. It provided space for discussing topical issues in the area of mechanical engineering and supported participants in developing and applying innovative technologies in the manufacture and operation of modern machinery.

 

The scientific and technical tasks currently tackled by young mechanical engineers include design, technical calculations, technologies for manufacturing engineering products, testing and operation of parts, and units. Young scientists from Kyiv Polytechnic, Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, Sweden’s Karlstad University, the Kyiv Junior Academy of Sciences, and the Polytechnic and Technical Lyceums affiliated to Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute took part in the sessions. The themes of the sessions speak for themselves: “Dynamics and Strength of Machines,” “Mechanical Engineering Technologies,” “Processes and Equipment for Plastic Forming of Structures in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,” “Machine Design,” and “Engineering of Welding, Laser and Related Technologies.” These themes reflect the broad spectrum of research areas engaging young scientists, students, and high school students alike.

 

At the plenary session, Prof Vitalii Pasichnyk, Chairman of the IME Academic Council, said: “Kyiv Polytechnic is an institution where education, science and innovation are directed toward the further development of Ukraine as a state. I would like to thank the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the opportunity to host such events at our university, where education and science serve the future – for the sake of our Victory over the enemy.”

 

IME’s business partners also participated in the conference. These included representatives from such companies as Boeing Ukraine LLC, Progresstech Ukraine LLC, Bureau of Special Technical Engineering Standard.T LLC, 3D Metal Tech, SkyFall, Ukrop, and Zbroyar Group. In their addresses, representatives of machine-building and tech implementation companies encouraged young scientists and students to join them in advancing promising areas within their engineering specialisations.

 

Among schoolchildren participating in the event were pupils from the Kyiv Junior Academy of Sciences: Oleksandr Bihun, Bohdan Koval, Oleksandr Polinchyk, Maksym Prykhodko, Danylo Shtovbonko, and Yehor Matveiev. The scientific interests of the high school students, who gave presentations at the sessions and received relevant certificates, ranged from the modernisation of a mobile depot, research on the friction properties of ball and roller bearings, a train on magnetic cushions, to a system of adaptive spikes for car wheels, and an advance on a technology for building Metro tunnels.

 

“This event will contribute to the restoration and revival of engineering education,” stated Ihor Hryshko, Chairman of the Conference Organising Committee and IME Director. “In the presentations delivered by young scientists and schoolchildren, I observed many personalities who will lead Ukrainian engineering to new technological heights.”