What the town will look like
The university complex will be located in the city center, on Prospekt Mira, 105 A, behind Freedom Square. Now the plot of about 3.5 hectares is empty. And already in 2022, all the infrastructure necessary for learning and a comfortable life for students will appear here - an educational building, a hostel, a sports complex and a park.
For this, the university received the necessary permits for the start of work. In particular, a land acquisition project was approved, a lease agreement for a land plot was signed, a permit for preparatory work and a positive conclusion of the construction expertise of the project were received, as well as documents were submitted for obtaining a permit for construction and installation work.
The design project of the educational building was developed by the Dutch bureau MASA Architects by architect Hiroki Matsuura.
In a 12-storey building with a total area of about 11 thousand sq. m will house 15 laboratories, a conference hall for 400 people, lecture halls, a modern technical library, auditoriums for studying computer science. The university building will be built using the most modern technologies from Metinvest steel.
A 6-storey dormitory for students with a total area of about 6 thousand square meters will appear on the same site. m. The project provides for a block system of rooms, where each block for two or three rooms will have its own kitchen-dining room and bathroom. The dorm also has a gym and fitness room, a medical room and a laundry room.
The campus will have its own sports complex and park, the concept of which is currently being developed. By the way, they will be open to all Mariupol residents.
General Director of Metinvest Group Yury Ryzhenkov:
- Metinvest Polytechnic is an ambitious educational and infrastructure project. For Mariupol it means attracting talented youth to the city, for the country - a new quality of education, for future students - demanded professions and a guarantee of employment. Nothing will prevent us from building a dream university, which has not yet existed in Ukraine. I am sure that the first bachelor's students, whose enrollment is planned for September 2022, will study in a new modern building.
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Serhiy Shkarlet:
- This is a very powerful business step, which shows that today the country should not be on the outskirts of the world, but should follow the advanced technologies of the sixth technological order - this is precisely the idea of the development of this university. This is a big step in public-private partnership, which shows that business is striving for education, for science, for the future, for filling all those positive processes and events that should take place in Ukraine with highly professional qualified personnel. I am very pleased that this historic event is taking place in Donbass, in cooperation with other institutions and with the support of such a powerful investor as Metinvest.
What's new at the Polytechnic
The university does not stop its work: it forms a staff, in which there are already 11 doctors and 22 candidates of sciences, develops educational programs, continues to receive licenses. Agree with international partners on the conditions for equipping laboratories, agree on their involvement in educational work.
Scientists and practitioners from Germany, Poland, Portugal, as well as Ukrainian teachers from other universities and specialists from Metinvest are involved in teaching at the university.
Metinvest Polytechnic creates collaborations with leading universities in Ukraine. In June, the university signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
Universities will train bachelors, masters and scientists in the field of metallurgy and mining. In particular, students of Metinvest Polytechnic will be able to study at KPI, and students of KPI will have the opportunity to undergo practical training at Metinvest enterprises in order to meet modern business requirements as much as possible. Industrial internships for KPI teachers will help them better understand modern technologies.
In the long term, the plans of universities include the formation of scientific schools, the creation of a scientific and practical hub, access to international scientific platforms and the implementation of double degree programs.
Metinvest Polytechnic is the university of the future, which provides new broad opportunities for young people. The University was founded in June 2020 by Metinvest Group. The key goals of the project are the emergence in Ukraine of higher education of the European level and the development of a new format of higher education in our country. People who have chosen technical specialties that are in demand on the labor market will be able to study at the university. Metinvest Group guarantees the best students the first job, financial and other motivations.
