In August 2001 according to Ukrainian President’s Decree ZSTU was awarded the status of a National institution . sa panahon ng 2006-2007 separate structural units: Berdyansk machine construction college, Tokmak mechanical school, Zaporizhzhya college of radioelectronics, Zaporizhzhyaelectrotechnical college and Humanitarian college entered the university .
Ang unang rektor ng institute ay isang kilalang siyentipiko V.L. Kyrpychov, at ang unang Head ng Estado Examination Commission sa 1903 ay D.I.Mendelyeyev. Tagapagtatag ng KPI katawanin ang pinakamahusay na tradisyon ng mga sikat na European mas mataas na teknikal na mga paaralan: Paris Ecole Polytechnic, Aachen, Byena, Technical University of Magdeburg.