Transcript Kiev Polytechnical Institute

Kiev Polytechnical Institute
The main academic building
KPI was founded in 1898
The Kiev Polytechnical
Institute emblem of 1898
had four sectors that
symbolized the four
departments –
•mechanical
•engineering
•agricultural
•chemical
Kiev Polytechnical Institute
The monument to
the first rector of
KPI professor
Victor Kirpichov
Kiev Polytechnical Institute
Lives and activities of the renowned scientists:
Dmitriy Mendeleyev,
Igor Sicorsky,
Sergey Korolev,
Stepan Timoshenko,
Yevhen Paton,
Borys Paton
and others were linked with NTUU"KPI"
The outstanding chemist Dmitriy Ivanovitch Mendeleyev, the
author of the periodic law and periodic table of chemical
elements, was the Head of the State Examination Board in
1903 when the first engineers graduated from the Institute.
In accordance with the Decree of the President
of Ukraine L.Kuchma, issued April 8, 1995,
№289/95,
Kyiv Polytechnical Institute (KPI) was granted
the name of National Technical University of
Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnical Institute” (NTUU
“KPI”).
Now the university has:
• 20 educational faculties,
• 8 educational-research institutes,
• 13 research institutes,
• 10 engineering centers
The staff of the
University:
• 44 Academicians and Correspondent
Members of Academies of Sciences,
• over 2000 professors, associate professors,
assistants,
• 38800 students,
• 500 postgraduates.
Among them up to 900 foreign students and
about 80 postgraduates from 50 countries of the
world.
Diplomas and scientific
degrees that can be
granted at NTUU"KPI":
• Bachelor,
• Specialist,
• Master of Sciences,
• Candidate of Sciences (PhD equivalent),
• Doctor of Sciences.
Kiev Polytechnic is proud
of its graduates
Rector M.Zgurovsky hands in the Diploma of
Honorary Doctor of NTUU "KPI" in Beijing
to the outstanding university graduate of 1961,
Minister of Chinese People Republic, Lu
Tszenfen.
Up to date trends of
scientific research at the
University
 Monitoring and protection of environment;
 Liquidation of consequences of nuclear and technological
disasters;
 Development of up to date technologies;
 Information networks and development of information
telecommunications technologies;
 Improving of educational system, including development of
distance education;
Up to date trends of
scientific research at the
University
 Problems of energy saving and development of energy saving
technologies;
 Humanity measuring: exploration and use of human resources;
 and others.
National Technical
University of Ukraine
«Kiev Polytechnical
Institute»:
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES
AND LINKS
International links
 More than 6000 foreign citizens from many countries
have graduated from Kiev Polytechnical Institute and now
work in 112 countries. Among them there are ministers,
diplomats, cosmonauts, prominent scientists in different
spheres of science and technology, businessmen.
 The University has got an impact for more wide
international relations during the last 10-15 years with the
aim of integration to European information and
educational systems.
 The University has contacts with 82 technical universities
of the world.
International links
 Beginning from 1994 the branch of the Goethe-Institute
works for studying the German language, history,
science, culture, traditions of the German people.
 NTUU"KPI" together with the leading universities of
Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, participates in
projects of the program TEMPUS (TACIS) of European
Union.
 At the university the Center of European languages
functions, the Center of the Business French Language is
opened
URAN Project
 From 1998 under support of the European Union
experts and the Department of scientific programs
of NATO, the Network URAN (Ukrainian
Research & Academic Network) is developed.
 The basic center of the network is NTUU «KPI» –
the leader in the sphere of information technology.
URAN hierarchial
architecture
 central node in Kiev;
 regional nodes in 6 regions of Ukraine:
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North-West region (Kharkiv),
West region (Lviv),
South region (Odesa),
Prydniprovsky region (Dnipropetrovsk),
East region (Donetsk),
Autonomous republic Krym (Simferopol);
 nodes in regional centers and towns – large educationalscientific centers;
 local networks of users-organizations.
URAN: the backbone
Technical description of
URAN
• Average delay of exchange on URAN channels <0,1s.
• Width of channels in bearing network 64…2048kbit/s.
• Power of external channel ~ 33 Mbit/s.
• Average boundary of external stream 350kbit/s.
• Peak speed of exchange on external channels 650kbit/s upon
the average 0,5 hour.
• Raising of internal stream ~ 15% per month.
• Raising of external stream ~ 7% per month.
The main members of URAN
Users Association:
 National Technical University of Ukraine "Kiev Polytechnical Institute"
(Kiev);
 National Mining Academy of Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk);
 Odesa Polytechnic University;
 Kharkiv State Polytechnic Institute (Kharkiv);
 State University "Lviv Polytechnica" (Lviv);
 Donetsk State Polytechnic University (Donetsk);
 Tavriya National University (Simferopol);
 International Educational-Scientific Center of Information Technologies and
systems of NASU and Ministry of Education (Kiev)
– and also more than 50 universities, institutes, scientific establishments.
Ukrainian Center
of Distance Education
Ukrainian Center of
Distance
Education
created on June 7, 2000
due to the decree of
Ministry of Education
and Science of Ukraine
as structural subdivision
of the NTUU «KPI».
Main Directions
of Activity of UCDE
• Preparation of projects of standard and legal documents of Distance Education
System;
• Coordination of development and implement of distance education technologies
at the educational institutions;
• Development of distance courses due to the international standards in distance
education;
• Coordination of Distance Education Center's activity concerning interaction
with regional telecommunication centers of URAN which is the basic transport
system of Distance Education System data transmission;
• Development and implement of the largest effective information and
educational program means;
• Providing of education and retraining of the personnel for Distance Education
System;
• Participation in creation of the state library of distance courses (normative
disciplines).
International Projects Center
The goal of the International Projects Center at
the NTUU "KPI" is to focus scientific and
technical potential of NTUU “KPI” on new
scientific trends in education, basic and applied
research, carrying out international projects
and providing University subdivisions with
assistance in developing international scientific
and technical co-operation, promotion of the
University international activities.
The following units
are included into the
International Projects Center
up to now:
• UNESCO Chair in Higher Technical Education, Applied
System Analysis and Informatics;
• TEMPUS-office;
• Ukrainian Branch of International Association EDNES (Earth
Data Network for Education and Scientific Exchange);
• Focal Point of the UNESCO Institute for Information
Technologies in Education;
• Ukrainian Gender Education Center;
Ukrainian Branch of
International Association
• The Branch was established in
September 1999.
• Participation in EU projects coordinated by EDNES:
– STACCIS (1998-2000)
– WISTCIS (2001-2003)
– TELESOL
– TELECHEZ
• More information: Web-site
http://ednes.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua
Participation of EDNES
Ukrainian Branch in EU
projects
• WISTCIS: project is devoted to implementation of modern
methods of teleworking in the scientific and educational spheres,
especially application to Geology and Geophysics;
• TELESOL: project devoted to implementation of new methods
of cooperative working to increase the efficiency of business
projects between the countries of EU and CIS;
• TELECHEZ: project devoted to monitoring and prevention of
possible risks on the territories of Ukraine and Western European
countries in connection with Chernobyl problems.
Working for Information Society Technologies Programme
Promotion for Commonwealth of Independent States
• WISTCIS kick-off conference «Teleworking in research,
medicine and business» was held in NTUU «KPI» on 19-21
April 2001.
• NTUU “KPI” hosts Ukrainian WISTCIS Information
Dissemination Centre.
• More information can be found at the Web-site of the Centre:
http://wistcis.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua