The current building of Kiev Polytechnic Institute was built in 1902 however the institute was found in 1898 by Emperor Alexander II. Before this building, the institute was being run on a rented building in Vorovsky Street for almost 4 years with 4 departments including Civil Engineering, Agricultural, Chemical and Mechanical. The first time the institute registered and enrolled 360 students who were groomed by some of the leading scientists of Russia. They also played an important role in institute’s organizational growth with their scientific knowledge. The scientists include Kliment Arkadyevich Timiryazev, Dmitri Mendeleev as well as Nikolai Zhukovsky.

In the year 1930, a major institute was established on the basis of factory of KPI and the architectural faculty of Kyiv Art Institute i.e. “Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (KNUCA)”

70% of the total KPI teachers have advanced scientific degrees. Among them are Academicians & Corresponding Members of the UAS (Ukrainian Academy of Sciences), Professors, and Merited Scientists. The main language of instruction is principally Ukrainian, however Russian and English is also available.

The Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) has overseas economic relations with 45 of the overseas partner institutions from 12 different countries of the world. As a result 29 agreements and 17 contracts have  been concluded in total whereas 77 protocols have also been signed: subsequently, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute received the certificate as a “Participant of Foreign Economic Relations”.