You know you're a grad student when...(joke)

- you can identify universities by their internet domains. - you are constantly looking for a thesis in novels. - you have difficulty reading anything that doesn't have footnotes.
- the concept of free time scares you.
- you consider caffeine to be a major food group.
- you've ever brought books with you on vacation and actually studied.
- Saturday nights spent studying no longer seem weird.
- the professor doesn't show up to class and you discuss the readings anyway.
- you appreciate the fact that you get to choose which twenty hours out of the day you have to work.
- you can read course books and cook at the same time.
- you hope it snows during spring break so you can get more studying in.

MASTER DEGREE

NTUU KPI educational system makes graduate study a truly unique experience Almost 90% of faculty and staff have scientific degrees. The mix of cultural diversity and intellectual rigor together with the wide array of other activities, in which graduates take part, is an essential part of NTUU KPI.

Master Degree is a graduate academic degree awarded for completed courses of special professional knowledge and innovative skills, ability to use these knowledge and skills to produce new ideas, and to fulfill innovative professional tasks in the certain branch of economy, science, and engineering.

The credit based modular learning system has been implemented at NTUU KPI. Credit is a conditional unit to measure the study intensity of the certain part of university curriculum. The credit score contains 35 academic hours of student’s study.

Each academic week corresponds to 54 hours of student’s study, or to 1.5 credits.

The term of Master Degree study is 1 year and 10 months that is equal to 120 credits.

All international students who come to study at NTUU KPI are offered one academic year of intensive study of Ukrainian or Russian Language, which will be the main language of teaching, as well as a possibility to improve their knowledge of main subjects according to the future Degree, e.g. Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Economics, etc., at the Preparatory School of NTUU KPI.

International students can get Master Degree studying in Ukrainian or Russian within any Academic Program.

International students can get their Degree studying in English only within following academic programs: 2.1. Aircrafts and Helicopters; 10.1. Aircraft Control Systems; 15.1. Computer Systems and Networks; 16.1. Intelligent Decision Making Systems, 29.2. Electronic Systems; 30.1. Mechanical Engineering Technology; 70.1. Control and Automation Systems; and 72.2. Telecommunication Systems and Networks.

Admission to the Master Degree program requires Bachelor Degree with sufficiently high grades. An applicant is supposed to have 2 tests in one of the languages either Ukrainian, Russian, or English, and in the core subject of specialization with sufficiently high grades.

All applicants shall submit an Application, and copies of Passport, Diploma/Certificate, and Transcript translated either in Ukrainian, Russian, or English.