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Cracow University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki) is a public
university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...
located in central
Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 159 ...
,
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...
, established in 1946 and, as an institution of higher learning granted full autonomy in 1954. Over 37,000 students graduated from the university 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.


Organizational structure

*Faculty of
Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...
, *Faculty of
Electrical Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described ...
and
Computer Engineering Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of electrical engineering and computer science that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. Computer enginee ...
*Faculty of
Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...
*Faculty of
Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and ...
*Faculty of
Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials in ...
and Technology *Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, ...
*Faculty of
Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which rel ...
, Mathematics and
Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includin ...


Ranking

In a survey conducted by the Polish edition of
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in 2008, Cracow University of Technology was selected as the best university in Poland. Another magazine, ''
Wprost ''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish-language weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland.
'', ranked it 8th in 2015. In 2017 ''Perspektywy'' ranked it 43rd among all Polish academic institutions. Another magazine, ''
Wprost ''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish-language weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland.
'', ranked it 8th in 2015. According to
Webometrics The science of webometrics (also cybermetrics) tries to measure the World Wide Web to get knowledge about the number and types of hyperlinks, structure of the World Wide Web and using patterns. According to Björneborn and Ingwersen, the definitio ...
, it is ranked 14th best in Poland.


Notable alumni

* Nguyễn Thế Thảo * Marek Grechuta *
Zdzisław Beksiński Zdzisław Beksiński (; 24 February 192921 February 2005) was a Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor, specializing in the field of dystopian surrealism. Beksiński made his paintings and drawings in what he called either a Baroque or a G ...
* Marta Ingarden * Tadeusz Parpan *
Michał Życzkowski Michał Życzkowski (12 April 1930 – 24 May 2006) was a Polish mechanical engineer. Career Życzkowski was born in Kraków. In 1954 he graduated at the Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology, and in 1958 he received a diploma at the Impe ...
*
Andrzej Mleczko Andrzej Mleczko (born 5 January 1949) is a Polish illustrator, mostly known for his satirical activities. He is also connected with painting, book illustrations, adverts, scenography and posters. He has worked with Polish and foreign magazines, ...
* Jan Korzeniowski *
Krzysztof Węgrzyn Krzysztof Ludwik Węgrzyn (born 1950) is a Polish businessman, engineer and civil servant who served as the Deputy Defense Minister between 1996–1997. Life and career In 1974, he graduated with a degree in organic engineering at the Tadeusz ...
*
Ryszard Jurkowski Ryszard Piotr Jurkowski (born 28 May 1945) is a Polish architect and urban planner noted for his contemporary and embracing minimalism design of residential, commercial, educational, industrial and civic buildings, and for his fight against ...


Rectors

* Izydor Stella-Sawicki (1945–1948) * Ludomir Sleńdziński (1954–1956) * Bronisław Kopyciński (1956–1965) * Kazimierz Sokalski (1965–1968) * Jan Kaczmarek (1968) * Jan Wątorski (1968–1972) * Władysław Muszyński (1972–1975) * Bolesław Kordas (1975–1981) * Roman Ciesielski (1981–1982) * Tadeusz Środulski (1982–1987) * Władysław Muszyński (1987–1990) * Józef Nizioł (1990–1996) * Kazimierz Flaga (1996–2002) * Marcin Chrzanowski (2002–2005) * Józef Gawlik (2005–2008) * Kazimierz Furtak (2008–2016) * Jan Kazior (2016–2020) * Andrzej Białkiewicz (2020-)


See also

*
List of universities in Poland This is a list of universities in Poland. In total, there are approximately 457 universities and collegiate-level institutions of higher education in Poland, including 131 government-funded and 326 privately owned universities, with almost 2 millio ...
*
Science and technology in Poland Education has been of prime interest to Poland's rulers since the early 12th century. The catalog of the library of the Cathedral Chapter in Kraków dating from 1110 shows that Polish scholars already then had access to western European literature. ...


References


External links


Cracow University of Technology, home page

Politechnika Krakowska, home page
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