On October 4, 2021, at a meeting of the University's Academic Council, a decision was made to establish the Educational and Scientific Institute of Atomic and Thermal Energy.

The activities of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Atomic and Thermal Energy will be carried out on the basis of the existing departments of the Faculty of Thermal Energy, as well as on the basis of new divisions:

• Training and research center for reliability and safety of nuclear power plants (jointly with NAEK "Energoatom" and DNTC NPP);
• Educational and Scientific Center for the Support of Nuclear Security (jointly with the IAD of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine);
• Research and experimental laboratory of processes in energy equipment;
• Educational and scientific laboratory of computer modeling in energy;
• Educational and scientific laboratory of methodical support of Internet technologies in energy.

The reorganization of the thermal energy faculty will contribute to the improvement of the quality of training and retraining of specialists for the energy industry and their integration into the European and global scientific and technical space; increasing the volume and quality of scientific research, scientific and innovative activities, deepening their connection with the solution of urgent and promising problems of the industry; the maximum increase in demand on the labor market for graduates of energy specialties, the increase in the level of popularity of energy specialties among potential applicants, and the growth of financial and other incomes to the university to improve its material and technical base.