Fields of study

Programme and training

G4 Energy Production — Nuclear Power Engineering. Nuclear Power Plants programme: bachelor’s, master’s and PhD study, full-time.

The programme focuses on nuclear energy. Students develop a strong grounding in physics, mathematics, computing and engineering, foreign-language skills and the ability to use specialist software. They learn to operate nuclear power installations, model neutronic and thermal-hydraulic processes in power plant equipment, and address reliability and safety challenges. Software and programming tools include AutoCAD, Inventor, Mathcad, ANSYS Fluent, SolidWorks, Python and C++. Practical training takes place at Energoatom enterprises and on a multifunctional VVER reactor simulator provided to the department by the US Department of Energy.

Cooperation with Argonne National Laboratory creates opportunities for study and internships in US energy organisations, with funding subject to the terms of the relevant programme. Career destinations described by the department include Energoatom, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine, the IAEA, WANO and other nuclear-energy organisations.

Programme and training

Physical Protection, Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials: a master’s programme, with full-time and part-time study.

The master’s programme is in nuclear power engineering. Teaching staff have undertaken training at the University of Texas, Sandia National Laboratories in the United States and IAEA courses. Practical training uses the George Kuzmycz Training Centre for Physical Protection, Control and Accounting of Nuclear Material at the Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, together with laboratories equipped with IAEA support.

Students gain knowledge and practical skills in nuclear security; international and Ukrainian legislation on the use, accounting, control and physical protection of nuclear materials; radioactive waste management; and related subjects.

Programme and training

G4 Energy Production — Thermal Power Engineering. Engineering of Power-Generating Equipment and Thermal Stabilisation Systems: bachelor’s and master’s programmes, full-time study.

Students study heat and steam generation, the design and operation of power equipment, efficient and environmentally sound fuel-use technologies, and computer methods for process analysis and design. Software includes AutoCAD, Inventor, Mathcad, SolidWorks, ANSYS Fluent and 3ds Max.

Graduates are prepared to design, operate, manufacture, install, commission, maintain and repair power equipment. Their knowledge applies to nuclear power installations, industrial and domestic boilers, industrial furnaces, and steam and gas turbines. Placements at thermal and nuclear power plants, power-equipment manufacturers and research institutions introduce students to engineering developments and scientific results. Career opportunities include engineering and management roles in energy companies, power plants, design and research organisations and equipment manufacturers such as Vaillant, Viessmann and Buderus.

Professional work includes introducing energy-efficient technologies and replacing natural gas with other energy sources.

Programme and training

F2 Software Engineering. Software Engineering for Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems in Energy. Bachelor’s and master’s study: full-time or part-time; PhD study: full-time, part-time or evening.

The Department of Software Engineering in Energy trains specialists to build control systems for complex technical and organisational systems, including energy systems; develop intelligent technologies; and improve system efficiency using artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, the Internet of Things, edge and cloud analytics, and web and mobile applications. Students explore data-mining technologies, parallel computing and adaptive distributed real-time systems. Core subjects cover algorithms and programming, computer modelling of complex systems, databases and knowledge bases, compiler development and IT project management.

Specialist subjects include parallel and cloud computing, asynchronous programming, DevOps, cross-platform development, intelligent application design and testing, mobile software, IoT and web programming. Programming languages include C#, C++, Java, PHP, JavaScript, Prolog, Lisp, Erlang and Python; structured-data languages include SQL, PL/SQL and ObjectScript. Database systems include MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Caché, SQLite, MongoDB, IRIS and PostgreSQL. Software-development methods cover AI, virtual and augmented reality, computer vision, design patterns and architectures including MVC and MVP.

The Department of Software Engineering in Energy was established in 2022 through the division of the Department of Automation of Design of Energy Processes and Systems. Its predecessor was founded in 1984 within the Faculty of Heat and Power Engineering, bringing together staff from the university’s computing department and the research laboratory for automated design of dynamic objects and systems to strengthen the use of computing in engineering education.

The predecessor department began training specialists in Design Information Technologies in 1986 and opened admissions to Software for Automated Systems in 1990. Curricula are regularly updated to reflect software-industry needs. Teaching involves industry professionals and researchers from universities abroad. The department’s academic-mobility activities include Erasmus+ opportunities in Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Türkiye, France, Croatia and Czechia.

Programme and training

Visual Computing Technologies · 2026 programmes

F3 Computer Science, within the field of F Information Technology. The programmes are delivered by IATE’s Department of Digital Technologies in Energy. KPI’s official catalogue publishes 2026 descriptions for both the bachelor’s and professional master’s programmes in Visual Computing Technologies.

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Other published department programmes

Programme materials for Digital Technologies in Energy Industry and Computer Science remain available for current students and further study. Select the programme description and curriculum for your admission year and degree level.

• Digital Technologies in Energy Industry — bachelor’s degree
• Digital Technologies in Energy Industry — professional master’s degree
• Computer Science — research master’s degree
• Computer Science — PhD

Curriculum and technologies

The department trains software developers. Its curriculum and teaching staff provide fundamental and applied skills for designing, developing, testing, deploying and maintaining software systems with different architectures and purposes. Core professional subjects include:

• Programming fundamentals and algorithmic languages: C, C++, Java and C#.
• Object-oriented programming and software design patterns.
• Database organisation, cloud and GRID technologies.
• Programming artificial intelligence systems.
• Distributed high-performance computing.
• Large-scale data analytics.
• Post-relational databases.
• Design of web systems with distributed databases.
• Cross-platform technologies for distributed systems.
• High-load web systems.
• 3D modelling and visualisation.
• Web user interfaces and frontend layout.
• Information security, cryptography and encryption.

Programming languages include C#, C++, Java, PHP, JavaScript, Prolog, Lisp, Erlang and Python; structured-data languages include SQL, PL/SQL and ObjectScript. Database systems include MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Caché, SQLite, MongoDB, IRIS and PostgreSQL. Development methods cover AI, virtual and augmented reality, computer vision, design patterns and MVC/MVP architectures. Design and development environments include Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans, PowerDesigner, PhpStorm, Android Studio, MATLAB, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Sketch.

Tools and technologies include Android SDK, Node.js, ODBC, ADO.NET, JDBC, Native DB, WCF, GRID, OpenMP and MPI. Courses evolve with information technology, and teaching combines experienced researchers with younger specialists in computer science and software engineering.

Programme and training

Department of Automation of Energy Processes. G7 Automation, Computer-Integrated Technologies and Robotics. Bachelor’s and master’s study: full-time and part-time. Programmes include Automation and Computer-Integrated Technologies of Cyber-Energy Systems and the research master’s programme Automation and Computer-Integrated Technologies.

The department also contributes to PhD training in automation and computer-integrated technologies, with full-time, part-time and evening study. Its educational strategy focuses on automated control systems and programming cyber-physical systems. Classical industrial automation is combined with modern operational-technology management and Industry 4.0. Throughout their studies, students cover:

• Programming technologies and languages.
• Mathematical foundations of automation.
• Process and manufacturing automation.
• Automation hardware and software.
• Modern technologies for enterprise digitalisation.

An automation and computer-integrated technologies specialist can work as:

• An analyst who understands technological processes and knows how to automate them.
• A software engineer who understands modern programming, real-time systems and innovative hardware–software solutions.
• A systems integrator who implements efficient automatic control of production and business processes.

The department develops research and practical expertise across the technological foundations of modern digital manufacturing. These areas address both engineering challenges and business problems that can be solved through automatic control:

• Devices and Networks: smart devices and sensors; data interfaces and protocols; modern PLCs; edge-device hardware and system software; IIoT prototyping; and cybersecurity.
• Industrial Frameworks: IIoT programming methods and tools; IIoT development environments, CAD/CAM and SCADA; local-device software integration; software gateways and data processing; modern process-control algorithms; and cybersecurity.
• Cloud Solutions: principles of cloud computing; industrial cloud services, including machine learning; cloud development environments and industrial enterprise platforms; practical industrial use cases; and cybersecurity.
• Digital Twins: principles, components and technologies; development, simulation and industrial integration; predictive analytics; modern control methods; and cybersecurity.
• Digital Factory: the role and value of IIoT in industrial business; manufacturing standards; automation and integration; MES/BPMS/ERP; performance indicators and business cases; customer value; cyber-energy systems; and enterprise cybersecurity.

Practical training runs throughout the programme, using the department’s laboratories and equipment from international manufacturers. Pre-graduation placements allow students to apply their theoretical knowledge at Ukrainian enterprises.

Programme and training

G4 Energy Production — Thermal Power Engineering. Bachelor’s and master’s programme: Thermal Power Engineering and Power Plant Installations. Master’s programme: Energy Efficiency Management and Thermal Power Systems Engineering. PhD programme: Thermal Power Engineering.

The department trains thermal power engineers for thermal and nuclear power plants, industrial and municipal enterprises, installation and commissioning companies, maintenance businesses, energy organisations, and design, research and educational institutions. Teaching emphasises clean and efficient energy-saving technologies for electricity and heat production, computer technologies, gas-turbine and combined-cycle installations, international experience in energy technology, and the reconstruction and modernisation of energy facilities.

The department describes cooperation and double-degree arrangements with Warsaw University of Technology and Opole University of Technology in Poland, L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University, the University of La Laguna in Spain, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology in Hangzhou, and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology in Seoul. Erasmus+ opportunities include Germany, Poland, Spain and France. International students have included students from China, Ecuador and Venezuela; graduates work in research and design institutions in Ukraine and abroad.

The department uses computer laboratories, teaching and test facilities, and the KPI–Bosch education and research centre with energy-efficient equipment such as heat pumps, solar collectors, contact-type heat generators and biomass systems. Research areas include:

• Theoretical and experimental studies of fluid dynamics and heat and mass transfer in two-phase closed thermosyphons.
• Development of industrial heat-transfer equipment and devices based on these processes.
• Thermal water-desalination technologies and enhancement of heat and mass transfer.
• Clean gaseous-fuel combustion technologies for gas turbines, boilers, furnaces and contact-type heat generators.
• New energy systems, including the Vodolii type, contact-type heat generators, and biofuel and hydrogen systems.
• Development, research and commissioning of concentrated pulverised-coal feed systems for power boilers.
• Efficient low-emission gaseous-fuel burners for boilers, furnaces, high-temperature gas turbines and air heaters, with reduced nitrogen-oxide emissions.
• Technologies and burners for using secondary plant-based energy resources.
• Assessment of equipment service life and methods for extending operation.

Graduates can operate, modernise and design equipment for thermal and nuclear power plants. Modelling and research tools such as SolidWorks, ANSYS, AutoCAD and Mathcad support complex investigations. Career paths include chief engineer, departmental manager and energy-supply director at industrial, municipal and agricultural enterprises, equipment manufacturers, energy companies, research institutes, district-heating networks, maintenance and commissioning businesses, design institutes and dispatch centres. The department describes graduate careers with international equipment brands and Ukrainian energy organisations.

Graduates in Thermal Power Engineering and Power Plant Installations, and Energy Efficiency Management and Thermal Power Systems Engineering, design and operate power facilities, manage installations and undertake equipment installation, maintenance and commissioning.

Programme and training

G4+G7 interdisciplinary bachelor’s programme: Computerised Technologies and Engineering of Thermal Power Systems.

The interdisciplinary bachelor’s programme combines the competencies and learning outcomes of G4.02 Energy Production — Thermal Power Engineering and G7 Automation, Computer-Integrated Technologies and Robotics.

The programme is delivered jointly by two departments of IATE: the Department of Thermal and Alternative Energy and the Department of Automation of Energy Processes.

• Department of Thermal and Alternative Energy
• Department of Automation of Energy Processes

The combination of thermal engineering, information technology, automation and energy efficiency gives graduates opportunities across related professional fields and a broad set of complementary knowledge and practical skills.

A distinctive feature is the inclusion of energy-efficiency courses developed with international experts by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ):

• Photovoltaic system design.
• Heat-pump system design.
• Building heating and ventilation system design.
• Quality control in energy-efficient construction.
• Energy-efficient heat supply and smart-building technology.

Career opportunities include:

Energy-generating companies

• Energy engineer.
• Automatic control system operator.
• Energy-efficiency implementation specialist.

Industrial enterprises

• Automation engineer.
• Energy-efficient systems designer.
• Energy-management specialist.

IT companies working with Industry 4.0, smart grids, IoT and automated control systems

• SCADA software developer.
• Engineer implementing digital technologies in energy.

National and local authorities responsible for energy, energy management, the environment and construction

• Energy-saving consultant engineer.
• Environmental-monitoring specialist.
• Energy-management specialist.

Research institutions and educational establishments

Students study digital solutions for thermal power engineering and acquire energy-data analytics skills. The programme focuses on energy-efficiency management using energy modelling, automated control and digital twins. Specialists from other universities, industry stakeholders and sector experts contribute to teaching. Placements with partner enterprises and participation in commissioned projects help students turn theory into practical skills.

Students may join specialist summer schools in energy and student research groups. International educational cooperation has included the Erasmus+ projects UniCities and COIL-CERENADE. Current calls, semester mobility opportunities and participation requirements are published in the international cooperation section.

Core subjects

• Computer graphics.
• Information and measurement systems.
• Fundamentals of automation and robotics.
• Automatic control theory.
• Automation of energy facilities.
• Automation system design.
• Automation hardware and software systems.
• Engineering thermodynamics.
• Heat and mass transfer.
• Heat and electricity generation technologies.
• Energy systems using renewable and alternative sources.
• Engineering of intelligent thermal power systems.
• Energy modelling of engineering networks and systems.
• Energy-efficiency management of thermal power systems.

The programme also offers more than 60 elective courses.

Knowledge and skills

• Design and operation of heating and cooling systems.
• Use of cogeneration, heat pumps and solar-thermal systems.
• Energy auditing and development of energy-management systems.
• Work with SCADA, BEMS, digital twins and robotic systems.
• PLC programming and development of intelligent energy-control and energy-monitoring systems.
• Mathematical modelling and simulation of thermal power facilities.

Programme stakeholders

• Association of Energy Auditors
• KPI Energy Decarbonisation Centre — Energy Innovation Hub
• ADVANSYS
• Energy Efficiency Fund
• DTEK
• Viessmann
• Bosch
• HERZ Ukraine
• Danfoss
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) · Facebook
• School of Energy Efficiency NGO
• International Development Foundation NGO
• Thermal Power Cluster of Ukraine
• State Research Institute of Building Constructions
• State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine
• Building Envelope Engineering Consulting LLC
• IC-consulenten
• Centre for Efficient Energy Use LLC
• Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre
• European-Ukrainian Energy Agency
• Education and research centre for the design and study of nearly zero-energy buildings

Students receive interdisciplinary professional training for practical work in production automation and cyber-physical systems in thermal power engineering. Specialist placements develop modern engineering approaches to decarbonisation and energy efficiency.