| Częstochowa University of Technology | |
| Native Name: | Politechnika Częstochowska |
| Established: | 1949 |
| Rector: | Professor Norbert Sczygiol |
| Students: | 5,430[1] (12.2023) |
| City: | Częstochowa |
| Country: | Poland |
| Affiliation: | Socrates-Erasmus |
| Website: | www.pcz.pl |
| Address: | ul. J.H. Dąbrowskiego 69, 42-200 Częstochowa |
Częstochowa University of Technology (pl|Politechnika Częstochowska, PCz) is the largest and oldest institution of higher education in Częstochowa, Poland. All faculties of the university have the right to grant doctoral degrees (currently over 300 post-graduate students), and three of them also offer PhD habilitation.[2]
The university was founded in 1949 as the School of Engineering (Polish: Szkoła Inżynierska). In 1955, the name was changed to the current Polish: Politechnika Częstochowska. The university employs over 1,400 staff, including 840 academic teachers, out of whom 165 are independent scientific researchers. There are around 12,000 students, studying 90 courses within 19 fields of study, full-time and part-time.
For over 9 years the university is home to an academic choir Collegium Cantorum and an Academic Sports Association (Polish: Akademicki Związek Sportowy) with 13 different sports divisions.
Currently there are 6 faculties (Polish: wydział):