Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) is the no.1 technical university in Ukraine as per the uniRank ranking system. The university is officially accredited by the Ministry of Science and Education, Ukraine offering the courses at bachelor, master and doctoral levels.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute is the Public higher education institution in Ukraine that educates more than 25,000 students including foreigners and local students.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute was established on August 31st, 1898. The institute was started with 4 departments including mechanical, engineering, chemical and agricultural with the enrollment around 350+ students.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute is one of the top-ranked polytechnic institutes in Ukraine. With the 18 faculties and 9 educational & research institutions, the university trains the bachelors, specialists and masters throughout the year.

It is the National technical university in Ukraine that occupies the area of 120 hectares where study, sports, cultural, scientific and intellectual developments are carried out under the moderation of thousands of staff of combined departments.

Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (First Author of World Aviation Industry) was the world-famous aircraft designer, creator of the helicopters and airplanes since 1889. In 1908 he designed his first helicopter that did not rise into the air. With the help of his friends, he built the aircraft BiS-1 and BiS-2 at the institute of Fedor Bylinkin and Basil Jordan breaking the world record of 111km/h.

In 1912, Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky was awarded by the post of chief designer of aircraft department Russian-Baltic carriage Factory in St.

Later, the multiengined airplanes ”Grand” and “Russian Knight”, were constructed and became the best aircraft of the First World war. After the revolution of 1917, he went abroad and In 1923 he has developed the company of Sikorsky Aeroengineering Corporation in the United States. Throughout the 30s, due to the lack of airports and runways, he created a flying boat that could carry the passengers of the capacity around 40 passengers which could acquire the distance of about 1500km.

After the First World War, the company Sikorsky has become a renowned leader not only in the United States also in the world. During the succeeding period, the company has developed the S-55 and S-58 helicopters that operated in almost fifty countries.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has collaborations with worldwide and international organizations like UNO, UNESCO, WIPO, CODATA, ICSU, UNIDO etc. The institute actively participates in the international, scientific, educational and social projects.