Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute

National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"
Національний технічний університет "Харківський політехнічний інститут"
MottoUnition of education, science and business
TypePublic university
Established1885
Academic affiliations
IAU
RectorDr.T.Sc., Prof. Yevgen Ivanovych Sokol
Administrative staff
3,700
Students24,000 (as of 2006)
Location,
CampusUrban
AffiliationsMinistry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Websitewww.kpi.kharkov.ua/eng/
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia105 (2022)

The Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute (abbr. KhPI, officially titled National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute", Ukrainian: Національний технічний університет «Харківський політехнічний інститут», abbr. НТУ "ХПІ") is a public technical university in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Founded in 1885, it is the second-oldest technical university in the former Russian Empire (after Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology). Also it is the second-oldest technical university in the modern Ukraine territory (after Lviv Polytechnic).