Wrocław University of Technology

Wrocław University of Technology ( _pl. Politechnika Wrocławska, founded as _de. Technische Hochschule Breslau) 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.

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.

History

The "Technische Hochschule Breslau" was founded in 1910 with German scientists and engineers, with the support of Emperor Wilhelm II of the German Empire. It was renowned for its accomplishments and innovation and inventions.

In May, 1945 the Festung Breslau was overrun by the Red Army of the Soviet Union and the Technical University of Breslau along with the city was ceded to the People's Republic of Poland.

The Polish 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 or severely damaged buildings of the Technische Hochschule Breslau. The first lecture was given by Kazimierz Idaszewski on 15 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.

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 Science & 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

European cooperation networks

* Neisse University2001, 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.

* Top Industrial Managers for EuropeThe university participate to student mobility and research cooperations with European technology universities through the Top Industrial Managers for Europe (TIME) network.

Centres

* Wroclaw Centre for Networking and Supercomputing: Networking and Supercomputing services for local universities : http://www.wcss.wroc.pl/english/

* Wroclaw Centre for Technology Transfer:to increase the efficiency and the competitiveness of industry through innovation: http://www.wctt.wroc.pl/

External links

* [http://www.pwr.wroc.pl/en_main.xml Wrocław University of Technology home page (english version)]