Silesian University of Technology explained

Silesian University of Technology
Native Name:	Politechnika Śląska
Native Name Lang:	pl
Latin Name:	Silesia Universitas Technologica
Image Alt:	Logo of the Silesian_University_of_Technology
Type:	Public
Rector:	Professor Arkadiusz Mężyk
Students:	15,790^[1] (12.2023)
City:	Gliwice
Province:	Silesia
Country:	Poland
Campus:	Urban campuses in 3 cities

Qs Eeca:	95
Qs Eeca Year:	2022
Qs Eeca Ref:	^[2]

The Silesian University of Technology (Polish name: Politechnika Śląska; pronounced as /pl/) is a university located in the Polish province of Silesia, with most of its facilities in the city of Gliwice. It was founded in 1945 by Polish professors of the Lwow Polytechnic, who were forced to leave their native city and move to the Recovered Territories (see also Kresy). In 2023, the prestigious Perspektywy Foundation ranked it as 6th best university of technology^[3] and 12th overall in Poland.^[4]

Organization

Silesian University of Technology is organized into 13 faculties and 1 research institute:^[5]

• Faculty of Architecture,
• Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science,
• Faculty of Civil Engineering,
• Faculty of Chemistry,
• Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
• Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation,
• Faculty of Biomedical Engineering
• Faculty of Materials Engineering,
• Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering,
• Faculty of Applied Mathematics,
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
• Faculty of Organization and Management,
• Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering,
• Institute of Physics - Centre for Science and Education

Ten of these are situated in Gliwice, two in Katowice and two in Zabrze.

Affiliations

The W:	1001+
The W Year:	2020
The W Ref:	^[6]

The university is affiliated with the following organizations:

• European University Association (EUA)
• European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
• The Innovation Cluster for Entrepreneurship Education of the Erasmus+ Programme
• Alliance of Universities for Democracy (AUDEM)
• Trans-European Mobility Programme for University Studies (TEMPUS)
• Erasmus Programme which evolved into the Socrates programme
• Leonardo da Vinci programme
• Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS)
• Index Copernicus
• European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
• The EUREKA intergovernmental organization

External links

• Silesian University of Technology homepage
• Official website (polish version)

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Higher education in the 2023/24 academic year . pl . 2024-06-30 . Statistics Poland .
2. Web site: QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia . 15 January 2023.
3. Web site: University Ranking Perspektywy 2023.
4. Web site: University Ranking Perspektywy 2023.
5. Web site: Faculties and Institutes. Silesian University of Technology . 2023-09-28.
6. Web site: World University Rankings. 20 August 2019.