Kyiv Aviation Institute has launched a pilot educational model in Germany that allows Ukrainian graduates to study remotely with community-based face-to-face sessions in Munich.
Kyiv Aviation Institute has launched a pilot educational model in Germany that allows Ukrainian graduates to study remotely with community-based face-to-face sessions in Munich.
As reported by the Telegram channel Aerodivan Chernyshova, KAI has opened its first foreign representative office in the EU. The new format is designed for Ukrainian schoolchildren who are temporarily in Germany and seek to obtain a technical higher education without breaking ties with Ukraine. The pilot was implemented on the basis of the Ukrainian community in Munich.
The training is organized on a mixed principle: five times a year, KAI teachers come to Munich for 10-day face-to-face sessions. In the periods between sessions, students study online in a full-time format. The contract, curriculum and control fully comply with the standards of education in Kyiv. The diploma, as in most universities, is of the state model.
To implement the program, the institute adapted the curriculum from the Information Systems and Technologies department of the Faculty of Computer Science. Most subjects are taught in Ukrainian, but some courses are taught in English to better integrate students into the international environment.
The Ukrainian community provides classroom space, logistics, and housing for teachers. They have signed relevant memorandums with the university. Currently, the first group of 15 students has already been formed in Munich, and recruitment is ongoing.
The admission requirements remain standard: you must have a Ukrainian certificate of complete general secondary education and a certificate of NMT. After that, documents are submitted to KAI as in the regular admission process. Studies start immediately after enrollment.
This initiative is part of KAI’s strategy to bring Ukrainian technical education closer to young people who have found themselves abroad due to the war. According to the organizers, the model can be scaled up: if the pilot in Munich shows stable results, the institute plans to launch similar offices in other European countries starting in the fall of 2025.
We would like to remind you that we also published material about how the Kyiv Aviation Institute (formerly the National Aviation University), where 15,000 students currently study, actively cooperates with Ukrainian and foreign businesses on the development of new educational programs and the opening of new laboratories and centers.
