- Cracow University of Technology
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Cracow University of Technology Politechnika Krakowska Established 6 October 1946 Type Public university Rector Professor Kazimierz Furtak Academic staff 7 Admin. staff 1232 Students ca. 17,400 Location Kraków, Poland Campus Urban Affiliations SOCRATES, EUA, EAIE Website http://www.pk.edu.pl Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology (Polish name: Politechnika Krakowska) is a university located in downtown Kraków, Poland, established in 1946 and, as an institution of higher learning granted full autonomy in 1954.
Over 37,000 students graduated from the Polytechnic to this day with degrees. Doctorate degrees were granted to 1200 persons and Habilitated degrees - to additional 300. The number of students admitted each year reaches 4500.
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Organizational structure
- Faculty of Architecture,
- Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Faculty of Civil Engineering
- Faculty of Environmental Engineering
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science
Ranking
In a survey conducted by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2008, Cracow University of Technlogy was selected as the best technical university in Poland and the best among all Polish universities.[1]
Notable alumni
- Marek Grechuta
- Zdzisław Beksiński
- Tadeusz Parpan
- Michał Życzkowski
- Anna Majkowska
- Michael Peter Wnuk
- Andrzej Mleczko
See also
References
- (English) Cracow University of Technology, homepage
- (Polish) Politechnika Krakowska, homepage
Coordinates: 50°04′18″N 19°56′39″E / 50.07167°N 19.94417°E
Categories:- Universities and colleges in Kraków
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