Once students graduate from university and start searching for a permanent position, many come to the painful realization that their skills don’t match companies’ requirements. Fortunately, this is not the case for graduates of the National Technical University of Ukraine Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (NTUU “Igor Sikorsky KPI”).

Since its foundation in 1898, the main objective of NTUU has been to teach its mechanical engineering students the right technical skills in applied mechanics and materials engineering. And this has been done very successfully:  NTUU is ranked in the top 4% of technical universities in the world. But how do they manage to stay on top of machine-building companies’ needs?

NTUU cooperates with many renowned machine-building companies and aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing and FESTO to understand the technical skills they seek in their employees. Many major aerospace companies have been using Dassault Systèmes’ applications for years to design, test and manufacture. So it was an easy decision for NTUU to feature the 3DEXPERIENCE platform in their mechanical engineering curriculum in order to support the needs of aircraft companies in Ukraine and abroad.

The coursework enables students to familiarize themselves with 3D modeling using CATIA and engineering analysis with SIMULIA. Theoretical training and practical design exercises are combined to ensure the students have a firm understanding of the concepts. As part of a master’s program, students and professors have the opportunity to participate in the development of an entire aircraft from concept and preliminary design to the completion of the digital model.

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