 ቀዳሚ የሩሲያ ሳይንቲስቶች ዲሚትሪ Mendeleev, ኒኮላይ Zhukovsky እና Kliment Arkadyevich Timiryazev ኢንስቲትዩቱ ከተመሠረተበት ውስጥ ጉልህ ሳይንሳዊ እና የድርጅት እርዳታ ሰጠ.
The leading Russian scientists Dmitri Mendeleev, Nikolai Zhukovsky and Kliment Arkadyevich Timiryazev gave substantial scientific and organizational assistance in the founding of the institute.Viktor Kyrpychov was the first rector of the KPI.