Wrocław University of Technology

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Wrocław University of Technology (pl. Politechnika Wrocławska) is an autonomous technical university in Wrocław, Poland. With buildings dispersed throughout the city, its main facilities are gathered at a central location near Plac Grunwaldzki, alongside the Oder River. It is considered one of the best, if not the best of Polish technical universities, often placed in opposition to AGH University of Science and Technology, and operates three regional branches in Jelenia Góra, Legnica, and Wałbrzych, although not every faculty can be studied there.

1 Facts & figures
2 History
3 Faculties
4 Neisse University
5 Centres
6 External links

[edit] Facts & figures

Currently the University educates over 32,000 students in almost 50 different Bachelor, Master, and PhD programs. Every year over 4,000 degrees are conferred, with over 80,000 graduates since its foundation. The university staff consists of over 2000 academic employees and another 2,000 administration workers.

[edit] History

Entry to the main building of the Technical University in Wrocław.

Wrocław University of Technology was founded August 24, 1945. A group of 27 professors, originating from the University and Technical University of Lwów, arrived in Wrocław and started the Polish academic society in the destroyed buildings of the former Technische Hochschule Breslau. The first lecture was given by Kazimierz Idaszewski on 15th November, 1945, and since then that day has been celebrated as Wrocław Science Day.

In 1951 the university was divided into two institutions. The first rector of the newly established Wrocław University of Technology was Dionizy Smoleński. From this moment, the Polytechnic developed quickly and underwent numerous organisational changes.

Nowadays Students of this university take part in several Science-programms such as for example SSETI Program - developing communication systems and stearing for a satellite launched 5 October 2005.

[edit] Faculties

The University offers education in a diverse range of fields at 12 different faculties:

Faculty of Architecture

Architecture and Town Planning, Spatial Economy

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering

Faculty of Chemistry

Biotechnology, Chemistry, Chemical and Process Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemical Technology

Faculty of Electronics

Control Engineering and Robotics, Electronics and Telecommunications, Computer Science, Teleinformatics

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Control Engineering and Robotics, Electrical Engineering

Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology

Mining and Geology

Faculty of Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering, Environmental Protection

Faculty of Computer Science and Management

Computer Science, Management and Marketing

Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering

Mechanical Engineering and Machine Building, Power Engineering

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Control Engineering and Robotics, Mechanical Engineering and Machine Building, Transport, Management and Manufacturing Engineering

Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology

Mathematics, Physics, Materials Engineering, Technical Physics, Computer Science

Faculty of Microsystem Electronics and Photonics

Electronics and Telecommunications

[edit] Neisse University

2001, in cooperation with the Technical University of Liberec in Czech Republic and the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Goerlitz in Germany, the Neisse University was established. The academic network provides own study courses using the resources of the partner institutes. In that way students study in three countries and acquire intercultural and interdisciplinary knowledge and experiences.