In 2000 the status of the National Technical University "Kharkiv Politechnical Institute (NTU "KhPI") has been given to the University according to the decree of the President of Ukraine.

NTU "KhPI" has been accredited as a university of the supreme IV level. It gives training to full time students in 73 specialties and offers 40 specialties for students.

Today NTU "KhPI" has the highest amount of the licensed matriculation of students in the eastern and southern Ukraine (4377 places for full time students and over 4104 places for students instructed by correspondence). In 2002 the government placed an order with the university for 1920 full-time places and 220 places at the department for instruction by correspondence.

Today the university has 21 full-time faculty, faculty for instruction by correspondence, faculty for training the university entrants, center for training the foreign citizens, inter-branch institute for advanced studies.

University is widely acknowledged for its outstanding research and development facilities (three research and design institutes) and contribution to scientific advancement in various industries.