concluded and 77 protocols have been signed: KPI received the certificate as a participant of foreign economic relationship. The most active international scientific and technological cooperation is carried out by the chairs of the institute with the partners from Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark and Lebanon. Lately the relationship with China, United States, Italy, Vietnam and Spain have become more active. The institute carries out the exchange of students according to the agreement on cooperation with the University of Oregon, United States. KPI was the first university of Ukraine that joined the community of the European Universities, and signed the Magna Charta Universitatum in September 2003. Friendly schools Selected Co-operations University of Klagenfurt (Austria) University of Antwerp (Belgium) Anhui University of Technology (China) Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg (Germany) University of Miskolc (Hungary) University of Manchester (United Kingdom) Iowa State University (United States) University of Oregon (United States) University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States) Rectors 1898 — 1902 Viktor Kirpichov 1902 — 1904 Mikhail Konovalov 1904 — 1905 Konstantin Zvorykin 1905 — 1906 Mykola Chyrvynskyi 1906 — 1908 Volodymyr Tymofeyev 1908 — 1911 Konstantin Dementiev 1911 — 1917 Ivan Zhukov 1917 — 1919 Petro Yerchenko 1919 — 1920 George De Metz 1920 — 1921 Serhiy Veselovskyi 1921 — 1921 Ivan Kukharenko 1921 — 1929 Viktorin Bobrov 1929 — 1930 Dmitriy Melnikov 1930 — 1934 unknown 1934 — 1936 Mykola Yefimov 1936 — 1937 Pavlo Zhykharev 1937 — 1941 Mykola Shpylko 1941 — 1942 Mykola Velychkivskyi 1942 — 1944 unknown 1944 — 1952 Oleksandr Plyhunov 1952 — 1955 Vitaliy Gridnyev 1955 — 1955 Ivan Shvets 1955 — 1971 Oleksandr Plyhunov 1971 — 1987 Hryhoriy Denysenko 1987 — 1992 Petro Talanchuk 1992 — present Mykhailo Zghurovskyi Rating National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" positions in national and international ratings of the best Ukrainian educational institutions, employers ratings, etc.: Ukrainian university academic rating "TOP – 200 Ukraine" (2022)- 2nd place. Ukrainian employers rating "Compass" - 1st place. World universities ranking "Webometrics" – 713rd place (2012), 510th (2013), 1538th (2022) QS World University Ranking – 701+ Scientific journals Radioelectronics and Communications Systems System Research and Information Technologies KPI Science News (Naukovi visti NTUU KPI) Visnyk NTUU KPI: Informatics, operation and computer science References External links Ukrayna Ulusal Teknik Üniversitesi Kiev Politeknik Enstitüsü KPI history Blog KPI Student Council Campus in Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in Ukrainian Campus Map Universities and colleges in Kyiv Technical