University press service, would like to inform everyone that starting from the middle of April, 2025 the official jury and organization committee of our competition have started working hard to process all project submitted by the participants.  During the last two weeks the jury had been scoring all of the projects. Next week (May 19th through 22nd) the final meetings will take place, where the jury will choose the winner of the STU International Architectural Competition. The competition results will be announced later at the official press conference at “UKRINFORM” information agency in Kyiv on May 28th at 11:00 (local time).

Why we started this competition?

The city of Irpin, 20 km from the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv, and State Tax University were “on the frontlines” of the first weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a result, they incurred much destruction. The University plays a central role in life in the Bucha region. It is an educational, scientific, cultural, and sports hub for Irpin and the Kyiv region. While temporary repairs have allowed students to attend classes today, the University’s Main Campus needs to be restored urgently.

On November 28, 2024, the State Tax University (STU) administration officially announced the launch of the International Architectural Competition to redesign the University’s Main Campus building.

About the Competition:

1. This is the first International Competition of its kind among Ukrainian universities by the reach and number of participants
2. Moreover, the jury includes international architects from U.S. universities: Wendy Hillis, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Campus Architect at UC Berkeley, and David Lenox, Chief architect at Stanford University.
3. In total, 497 applicants from 86 countries registered for the Competition, and 49 projects were submitted from 18 countries.

 Our global audience as well as all competition participants can watch the livebroadcast of the winner announcement via a link, and a recording will also be available afterward on the State Tax University YouTube Channel. 

Due to a high interest in STU International Architectural Competition from participants all over the world (we already have over 400 candidates registered) and our intent to make this competition open to as many qualified architects as possible, the Competition Organizing Committee has made a decision to extend our competition’s deadlines.

Deadline for registration – extended till Feb. 15th, 2025

Deadline for submiting “Project Proposals” – extended till March 31st, 2025

“We believe such deadline extension would be beneficial to the competition overall and will allow more time for already registered competition participants to work on their project proposals. Also, more individual architects and archietctural firms, who haven’t registered yet – will have a chance to register” – said the Organizing Committee Chairman Dmytro Serebryanskiy, the acting Rector of the State Tax University.

All other Terms and Conditions of the competition remain the same. Should you have any additional questions about this deadline extention or about details of your “project proposal” preparation – do not hesitate to contact us at: competition@dpu.edu.ua

We are glad to announce that on January 28 at 17:30 CET (11:30 EST, 8:30 PST) our team and Organizing Committee will host a LIVE webinar for all registered members of the competition in order to get aquatinted with each other and answer all remaining questions you might have about your “project proposals”. We will have a panel of wonderful speakers, who will be online with us and who can answer those questions.

The webinar panelists will be:

Ivan Kipish, Chief Architect of Irpin

Margie O’Driscoll, Honorary Org. Committee Member

David Wessell, Honorary Org. Committee Member

Orest Mashtalyar, Org. Committee Secretary

Inna Miniailo, Org. Committee Member (Architecture expert)

In order to participate in the webinar you need to register following the link we’ve already sent to all the registered participants of the competition. ONLY registered competition participants can participate!!

November 28, 2024, the administration of the State Tax University (STU) has officially announced about the launch of the International Architectural Competition to redesign the Main Campus building of the University, which was almost completely destroyed in March 2024, when the city of Irpin’ was partially occupied by russian military. At that time our city has become one of the key “battle grounds” in the “Batttle of Kyiv” – a legendary time when russian invasion has been heroically stopped by local militia later supported by the Armed For of Ukraine (AFU) and special forces operatives.

Competition organizers (STU administration and partners) invite participants from all over the world! Participation is completely free of charge and is open to all design bureaus, architectural firms and individual architects from every corner of the globe. We believe that opening this competition internationally will allow a truly multicultural exchange of ideas in the field of architecture and design.

The State Tax University, a higher education institution under the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, plays a key role in training specialists for the field of public finance. Over the years of its existence, the university has trained thousands of specialists, including statesmen, scientists, tax and customs service employees, lawyers, economists and other highly qualified specialists of public services. For over a hundred years, the university has been an educational and scientific calling card of the Hero City of Irpin, where the Central Building was the “heart” of the higher education institution, equipped with modern teaching facilities. It housed research institutes, postgraduate studies, a college, the administration, accounting, personnel department and other important structural units. However, this building was almost destroyed in the first days of the war. It is worth noting that the State Tax University suffered the greatest destruction among educational institutions in the Kyiv region.

The university team, together with partners, decided to launch an open competition for a modern concept for the best architectural solution for the design of the new Central Building of the university, destroyed in the first days of the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2022. The goal is to create a project for a university building of dreams: an innovative, progressive and comfortable place for learning, research and student leisure based on innovative educational standards. We invite architects, planners and designers from all over the world to join the charitable initiative, sharing their vision of a 21st century educational building that will inspire a new generation of public finance professionals. Participation is free and open to all design bureaus, architectural firms and individual architects.

How to participate?

To participate in the competition, you must fill out the form: https://competition.dpu.edu.ua/registration.html
The deadline for submitting applications is February 1, 2025. The deadline for submitting “Project Proposals” is February 28, 2025.
You can find out more about the competition on the website: https://competition.dpu.edu.ua/
The competition is a great opportunity to demonstrate your talent on the world stage by proposing a design for a new building for the “Dream University”.

Jury members

Kasper Heiberg Frandsen – Design Principal, Schmitt Hammer Lassen Architects
Wendy Hillis — Assistant Vice Chancellor and Campus Architect, UC Berkeley
Antonina Kaplya — Architect and Founder, TSEH Architectural Group
Ivan Kipish – Chief Architect of Irpin
Vitalii Melnyk – President, UDP
David Lenox — University Architect / Director of Campus Planning, Stanford University
Sergii Marchenko — Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Andrii Pashenko – Managing Director and Founder, Pashenko Architects
Steve Wiesenthal — Principal Architect, Campus Environments, Studio Gang
Szymon Wojciechowski — CEO, Partner Architect, APA Wojciechowski Architect

Competition partners

Contact information

E-mail: competition@dpu.edu.ua