Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic at PolyTECH Summit 2026

On October 17, PolyTECH Summit 2026 was held in the Innovation Park «UNIT.City» with the assistance of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, which brought together students, business representatives, startups and young innovators from all over Ukraine.

Zaporizka Polytechnic National University was presented at the summit by Snizhana Vychuzhanina, head of the student research department, Oleksiy Hniezdovskyi, deputy head of the academic department, and higher education graduates Diana Artsybasheva (M-815m), Elizaveta Yerenburg (BK-813), Anastasiia Krasko (BK-914), Danylo Pletin (BK-913), Denys Rakochei (BK-913) and Olha Trubai (BTE-1113).

The participants of the summit were greeted by the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Mykola Trofymenko. Among the speakers, UNIT.City development director Pavlo Mykhailiuk, PolyTECH Project coordinator Tymofiy Bazhan, EU4InnovationEast project coordinator in Ukraine Mariia Krasnoshchok and others stood out. They talked about the engineering and technological potential of Ukraine, the interaction of higher education institutions and business, international support and career opportunities.

The summit was the finale of the PolyTECH Project, which this year brought together more than a thousand participants and included five-week PolyTECH EDU training, practical intensives in Lviv and Kyiv, as well as the online intensive PolyTECH Startup Intensive, where the 10 most promising student teams from all over Ukraine had the opportunity to present their startups.

Two startups of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic students successfully passed the selection at the PolyTECH Startup Intensive.

The Argus startup was worked on by a team consisting of Danylo Pletin (BK-913), Anastasiia Krasko (BK-914), Dmytro Kupin (BK-235), Maksym Perediriy (BK-616m), Vladyslava Patalakh (BK-614), accompanied by teachers of the Department of Radio Engineering and Telecommunications — Associate Professor Oleksiy Hniezdovskyi and Senior Lecturer Harry Frost.

Examify startup was presented by BC-813 student Elizaveta Yerenburg and M-815m student Diana Artsybasheva. For its activity at the intensive, «Examify» was selected among the top five and presented at the summit in front of a wide audience and respected experts. Elizaveta and Diana presented a platform that helps organize preparation for exams based on data about the student’s knowledge, schedule and circumstances.

PolyTECH Summit participants were offered various activities with prizes and gifts from the organizers and partners: Crédit Agricole Ukraine, Vodafone Ukraine, Bolt, EUNITED Digital Hub, WIN-WIN EDIH Ukraine and others. During the day, there were two stages – Business Stage and EDU & Startup Stage, as well as a job fair where you could get to know companies and find new opportunities for professional development.

According to the results of PolyTECH EDU, certificates for active participation and valuable prizes were awarded to Elizaveta Yerenburg, Denys Rakochey, Olha Trubai, Alina Lytvynenko (BTE-1113) and Snizhana Vychuzhanina.