Wrocław University of Science and Technology ( pl, Politechnika Wrocławska, founded as german: link=no, Technische Hochschule Breslau) is a technological university in

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, Poland. With buildings and infrastructures dispersed throughout the city, its main facilities are gathered at a central location near Plac Grunwaldzki, alongside the

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river. It operates three regional branches in

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, and

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. Huffington Post UK named Wrocław University of Science and Technology in the top 15 of the World’s Most Beautiful Universities Rankings.

Students and staff

Currently the university educates almost 26,000 students in over 50

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, 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.

Rankings

In 2021, Wrocław University of Science and Technology was among the best universities in the world - according to The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), i.e. the Shanghai ranking. The university was classified in places 901-1000, at the same time taking third place among Polish technical universities. Three areas are included in th
Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2021
among the fields of science that are conducted at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Mathematics was classified in places 201-300, and energy (Energy Science and Engineering) and Mechanical Engineering in places 301-400. In the prestigious QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021, Wrocław University of Science and Technology has been classified in seven scientific fields: Material Sciences (places between 301-350), Engineering-Mechanical (places between 301-350), Engineering-Electrical and Electronic (places between 351 -400), Mathematics (places range 351-400), Chemistry (places range 401-450), Physics & Astronomy (places range 501-550, Computer Sciences and Information Systems (places range 501-550). In th
Regional Rankings Emerging Europe and Central Asia 2020
as part of the

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, in which universities in Eastern, Central and Central Asia are classified, Wrocław University of Science and Technology was ranked 43rd, and among national universities - 4th. In the most important Polish ranking of universities, "Perspektywy", Wrocław University of Science and Technology took 3rd place among technical universities in 2021 and 6th place among all academic universities in Poland. File:Politechnika Wroclawska - budynek glowny.jpg, Main Building File:2148viki Politechnika Wrocławska ul. Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego. Foto Barbara Maliszewska.jpg, C13 Building. File:Wroclaw University of Technology D20 Building.JPG, D20 Building - Faculty of Electrical Engineering. File:Wroclaw-budynek Wydzialu Architektury Politechniki.jpg, E1 Building - Faculty of Architecture. File:Wrocław, Politechnika Wrocławska budynek A-2 Wydział Chemiczny - fotopolska.eu (100533).jpg, A2 Building - Faculty of Chemistry. File:6928viki Politechnika Wrocławska - budynki od ul. Smoluchowskiego. Foto Barbara Maliszewska.jpg, Faculty of Mechanics.

History

The Technische Hochschule Breslau was founded in 1910 with

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scientists and engineers, with the support of

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of the

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. It was renowned for its accomplishments and innovation and inventions. In May 1945, the

Festung Breslau The siege of Breslau, also known as the Battle of Breslau, was a three-month-long siege of the city of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), lasting to the end of World War II in Europe. From 13 February 1945 to 6 May 19 ...

was overrun by the

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of the

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and the Technical University of Breslau along with the city was ceded to the

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. The Polish Wrocław University of Technology was founded 24 August 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. 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 programmes such as SSETI Program – developing communication systems and steering for a satellite launched 5 October 2005. The university is one of the founder of the International University of Logistics and Transport in Wrocław, with the city of

and the French university École supérieure internationale de commerce in

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Organization

Wrocław University of Science and Technology is managed by a

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and five vice-rectors: for research, education, students' affairs, general affairs and development. Rectors and vice-rectors, as well as deans and directors of the departments are elected by the staff for five-year terms and may be re-elected once. The highest governing body within the university is the Senate, which consists of 75 members: rector, 5 vice-rectors, 12 deans, 12 students and 45 eligible staff representatives.

Faculties

The university offers education in 13 faculties:

Faculty of Architecture (W1)

* Architecture and Urban Planning * Spatial Planning

Faculty of Civil Engineering (W2)

* Civil Engineering

Faculty of Chemistry (W3)

* Biotechnology *Chemistry and Industrial Analytics *Chemical and Process Engineering *Materials Science and Engineering *Chemical Technology

Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunication (W4N)

*Cybersecurity *IT Automation Systems *Algorithmical Computer Science *Applied Computer Science *Applied Computer Science in English *Technical Computer Science *Systems Engineering *Teleinformatics *Telecommunication

Faculty of Electrical Engineering (W5)

* Industrial Automation * Electrical Mechatronics * Electromobility * Electrical Engineering

Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology (W6)

* Mining and Geology * Geodesy and Cartography * Geographical Computer Science * Geoographical Energy Technology * Natural Resources Engineering

Faculty of Environmental Engineering (W7)

* Environmental Engineering * Closed Cycle Economy and Climate Protection

Faculty of and Management (W8)

* Management * Management Engineering * Management in English

Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering (W9)

* Mechanical Engineering and Machine Building * Energy Engineering * Aerospace Engineering * Renewable Energy Sources

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (W10)

* Control Engineering and Robotics * Mechanical Engineering * Transport * Production Engineering and Management * Mechatronics * Biomechanical Engineering * Mechanics and Machine Building

Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology (W11)

* Technical Physics * Biomedical Engineering * Optics * Quantum Engineering

Faculty of Electronics, Microsystems and Photonics (W12)

* Automation and Robotics * Electronic and Computer Engineering * Electronics * Electronics and Telecommunication * Intelligent Electronics * Mechatronic Microsystems Engineering

Faculty of Pure and Applied Mathematics (W13)

* Mathematics * Applied mathematics

Research

12195 publications in journals on the ISI Master Journal List. 11345 publications in JCRI indexed journals. 5495 registered inventions, including utility models.

Scientific Journals

1. ''Optica Applicata'' 2. ''Material Science'' 3. ''Systems Science''

Rectors

* Rudolf Schenck (1910–1914) *

Gerhard Hessenberg Gerhard Hessenberg (16 August 1874 – 16 November 1925) was a German mathematician who worked in projective geometry, differential geometry, and set theory. Career Hessenberg received his Ph.D. from the University of Berlin in 1899 under the gu ...

(1914–1916) * Carl Heinel (1916–1918) * Friedrich Wilhelm Semmler (1918–1920) * Ludwig Mann (1920–1924) * Werner Schmeidler (1924–1926) * Wilhelm Tafel (1926–1928) * Karl Gottwein (1928–1930) * Erich Waetzmann (1930–1932) *

Bernhard Neumann Bernhard Hermann Neumann (15 October 1909 – 21 October 2002) was a German-born British-Australian mathematician, who was a leader in the study of group theory. Early life and education After gaining a D.Phil. from Friedrich-Wilhelms Universit ...

(1932–1933) *

Wilhelm Rein Wilhelm Rein (10 August 1847 in Eisenach – 19 February 1929 in Jena) was a German educational theorist. He was a late representative of the Herbartian school. Biography After graduating from the Eisenach gymnasium in 1866, Rein studied theo ...

(1933–1937) * Erwin Ferber (1937–1944) * Heinrich Blecken (1944–1945) * Stanisław Kulczyński (1945–1951) * Dionizy Smoleński (1951–1960) * Zygmunt Szparkowski (1960–1969) * Tadeusz Porębski (1969–1980) * Bogusław Kędzia (1 XII 1980–31 VIII 1981) * Tadeusz Zipser (1 IX–29 XII 1981) * Jerzy Schroeder (6 I–31 VII 1982) * Wacław Kasprzak (1982–1984) * Jan Kmita (1984–1990) * Andrzej Wiszniewski (1990–1996) * Andrzej Mulak (1996–2002) * Tadeusz Luty (2002–2008) * Tadeusz Więckowski (2008–2016) * Cezary Madryas (2016–2020) * Arkadiusz Wójs (2020–)

Student life

Students have their own self-government, which controls most of their affairs. At the university works also the Career Office which helps students in transition process from education to work.

Student organizations

Active organizations *ASI – University Computer Science Association *AZS – University Sport Association *

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– International Association of the Economy and Commerce Students' * ESN – Erasmus Student Network *

IAESTE The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience commonly referred to as IAESTE (pronounced i-a-es-te or ai-es-te) is an international organization exchanging students for technical work experience abroad. Stude ...

– The International Association for the Exchange of Students for the Technical Experience * IACES – International Association of Civil Engineering Students * NZS – Independent Students' Union * AKM Apanonar – Academic Motors Club

European cooperation networks

* Neisse University: 2001, in cooperation with the

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in Czech Republic and the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Goerlitz in Germany, the

Neisse University The Neisse University is a trinational academic network held by the cooperating partners University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Technical University of Liberec and Wroclaw University of Technology. The places of study are located in th ...

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. *

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

International cooperation

* Power Engineering Graduate Program – Double master's degree with

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* Joint Master-Program "Information Technology] with

Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences The Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (abbreviated: TH OWL, English: OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts) is a state tech university in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe area in Lemgo, which is part of North Rhine-Westphalia. Additional ca ...

, Halmstad University and Aalborg University.

Centres

* Wroclaw Centre for Networking and Supercomputing: Networking and Supercomputing services for local universities * Wroclaw Centre for Technology Transfer: to increase the efficiency and the competitiveness of industry through innovation * Lower Silesia Centre for Advanced Technology: promotion of clean technologies, hydrogen and fuel cells, food safety * Centre of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology :

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devices, delta-doped structures, scanning probe microscopy, polymers * Centre of Biomedical Engineering *

Hugo Steinhaus Hugo Dyonizy Steinhaus ( ; ; January 14, 1887 – February 25, 1972) was a Polish mathematician and educator. Steinhaus obtained his PhD under David Hilbert at Göttingen University in 1911 and later became a professor at the Jan Kazimierz Unive ...

Center : to organize, encourage and support research on and education in stochastic techniques as applied in science and technology * Centre of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (CAMT) * Center of Biomonitoring, Biotechnology and Ecosystems Protection in Lower Silesia

Conferences

* The 7th European Meeting coinciding with the 1st World Meeting in Visual and Physiological Optics, VPOptics 2014 * Modern Electric Power Systems MEPS * International Conference "Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures" – EVACES * Energy Efficiency and Air Pollutants Control Conference

Notable faculty and alumni

* Krzysztof Baranowski –

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, sailor *

Constantin Carathéodory Constantin Carathéodory ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Καραθεοδωρή, Konstantinos Karatheodori; 13 September 1873 – 2 February 1950) was a Greek mathematician who spent most of his professional career in Germany. He made significant ...

– Greek

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

Klaus Clusius Klaus Paul Alfred Clusius (19 March 1903 – 28 May 1963) was a German physical chemist from Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia. During World War II, he worked on the German nuclear energy project, also known as the Uranium Club; he worked on isotope s ...

– physical

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...

Leszek Czarnecki Leszek Janusz Czarnecki (born 9 May 1962 in Wrocław) is a Polish billionaire. His main business activity is banking. He is an engineer by education and a doctor of economics. Graduate of Harvard Business School (AMP). Since 2006 he lives in Ma ...

– businessman, billionaire and world record holder in diving * Rafał Dutkiewicz – former president of the City of

Arnold Eucken Arnold Thomas Eucken (3 July 1884 – 16 June 1950) was a German chemist and physicist. He examined the energy states of the Hydrogen atom and contributed to knowledge of the atomic structure. He also contributed to chemical engineering and proce ...

–

Erwin Fues Erwin Richard Fues (17 January 1893 in Stuttgart, Germany – 17 January 1970, Germany), was a German theoretical physicist who made contributions to atomic physics and molecular physics, quantum wave mechanics, and solid-state physics. Educat ...

– theoretical

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* Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak –

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Wojciech Kurtyka Wojciech Kurtyka (also ''Voytek'' Kurtyka, born 25 July 1947, in Skrzynka near Kłodzko) is a Polish mountaineer and rock climber, one of the pioneers of the alpine style of climbing the biggest walls in the Greater Ranges. He lived in Wrocław up ...

– climber * Jan Paweł Nowacki –

electrical engineer Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Ferdinand Albin Pax Ferdinand Albin Pax (26 July 1858 – 1 March 1942) was a German botanist specializing in spermatophytes. A collaborator of Adolf Engler, he wrote several monographs and described several species of plants and animals from Silesia and the Carpat ...

–

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and

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. * Eugen Piwowarsky –

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Wanda Rutkiewicz Wanda Rutkiewicz (née Błaszkiewicz) ( 4 February 1943 – 12–13 May 1992) was a Polish mountain climber and computer engineer. She was the first woman to reach the summit of K2 and the third woman (first European woman) to summit Mount Ev ...

–

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–

Władysław Ślebodziński Władysław Ślebodziński () (February 6, 1884 – January 3, 1972) was a Polish mathematician. Władysław Ślebodziński was born in Pysznica, Poland and educated at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (1903-1908) where he subsequently he ...

–

Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski (; 7 October 1926 – 18 September 2015) was a Polish mathematician. Born in Wilno, Second Polish Republic (now Vilnius, Lithuania), he was a student of Hugo Steinhaus. At the age of 26 he became professor at Warsaw Univ ...

–

Włodzimierz Trzebiatowski Włodzimierz Trzebiatowski (February 25, 1906 in Grodzisk Wielkopolski – November 13, 1982) was a Polish chemist, physicist and mathematician. An institute in Wrocław, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a countr ...

–

and

* Stanisław Tołpa –

* Stanisław Trybuła –

Krzysztof Wielicki Krzysztof Jerzy Wielicki (born 5 January 1950) is a Polish alpine and high-altitude climber, regarded as one of the greatest Polish climbers in history. He is the fifth man to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders and the first ever to climb Mount ...

–

, the fifth man to climb all fourteen

eight-thousanders The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) recognises eight-thousanders as the 14 mountains that are more than in height above sea level, and are considered to be sufficiently independent of neighbouring peaks. There is no ...

Maja Włoszczowska Maja Martyna Włoszczowska (Polish pronunciation: ; born 9 November 1983 in Warsaw) is a Polish mountain biker. She is the 2008 and 2016 Olympic silver medalist in cross-country cycling. She is a member of the International Olympic Committee ( ...

– World Champion in

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References

External links

Wrocław University of Science and Technology home page (polish version)

SSETI Programme at the Wroclaw University of Technology
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