On February 26, 2020, the Department of Natural Sciences of the Faculty of International Education of the National Technical University “Kharkov Polytechnic Institute” held a round table on the theme “Great scientists of the world.”

The round table was attended by foreign students from the preparatory phase of study: Saad Mohamad (Lebanon), Uimaz Sinan (Turkey), Kassambara Anti-Amba (Mali), Bayonne Essee Enis Mari (Congo), Villa Ganga Luis Rajik vik (Congo), Omer Bonchuk (Turkey), Lara Shahin (Lebanon), Furkan Mustafa Solmaz (Turkey), Elashri Ahmed Mohamad (Egypt), Saiha Khilis (Turkey). All reports will be published in the scientific collection of the conference “Ukraine and the World 2020”.

The students and teachers present at the round table listened with great attention and interest to reports on the great scientists of the world: Ibn Sina, Niels Bohr, the Beketov family, Martin Luther King and other Nobel laureates. For the first time, all reports were made in English, which foreign students study at the pre-university stage of preparation. Each speaker spoke about the famous scientists of their country, their achievements in various fields of science, and how their activities changed the world. The reports were accompanied by colorful presentations made by students in computer science classes. Many foreign students expressed a desire to engage in scientific activities at NTU “KhPI” and become highly qualified specialists in their fields.