Poznań University of Technology
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Poznań University of Technology, PUT (
Faculties
There are nine faculties (since 2020):
- Architecture
- Automatic Control, Robotics and Electrical Engineering
- Chemical Technology
- Computing and Telecommunications
- Civil and Transport Engineering
- Materials Engineering and Technical Physics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Environmental Engineering and Energy
- Engineering Management
History
PUT was officially founded in 1955 and the first rector was Roman Kozak. But a state school had existed in Poznań since 1919, under name of the Higher State School of Machinery. After adding a second department in 1929, its name was changed to the Higher State School of Machinery and Electrotechnics. It was supposed to become the University of Technology in 1940, but its development was interrupted by World War II. In 1945 the school received the status of Higher Engineering School and in 1955 it became the University of Technology.
In 1999 Poznan University of Technology (PUT) celebrated 80 anniversary of the higher educational technical system in Poznan. It continues traditions of the State Higher School of Mechanical Engineering, which was opened in August 1919. The school remained open at the outbreak of the Second World War, during which time 716 graduates had completed their studies there. It was allocated in a building nowadays situated at
PUT is at present autonomous state institution consisting of nine faculties in which institutes and chairs over one thousand academic staff members do research and run educational tasks for over fourteen thousand students of full -time and part-time studies. PUT has been granted the right to confer doctorates in technical science. Moreover, it runs
In 1995 PUT, as the first Polish University of Technology, became a member of the
In the academic year 1999 / 2000
From the academic year 2006/2007, Poznan University of Technology also conducts its existing doctoral studies as third-cycle studies.[3]
Successes
Students from the Faculty of
Notable alumni
- Paweł Arndt (b. 1954), politician
- Jacek Błażewicz (b. 1951), computer scientist
- Janusz Centka (b. 1950), glider pilot, winner of three World Gliding Championships
- Witold Czarnecki (b. 1953), politician
- Aleksander Doba (b. 1946), explorer, traveller
- Waldy Dzikowski (b. 1959), politician
- Andrzej Jajszczyk (b. 1952), scientist, academic
- Fiann Paul (b. 1980), ocean rower
- Roman Słowiński (b. 1952), computer scientist, academic
- Jan Węglarz (b. 1947), computer scientist
List of rectors
- Roman Kozak (1955–1962)
- Zbigniew Jasicki (1962–1969)
- Wiktor Jankowski (1969–1972)
- Bolesław Wojciechowicz (1972–1981)
- Edmund Tuliszka (1981–1982)
- Czesław Królikowski (1982–1983)
- Wiktor Jankowski (1983–1984)
- Tadeusz Puchałka (1984–1985)
- Andrzej Ryżyński (1985–1990)
- Jarosław Stefaniak (1990–1993)
- Eugeniusz Mitkowski (1993–1999)
- Jerzy Dembczyński (1999–2005)
- Adam Hamrol (2005–2012)
- Tomasz Łodygowski (2012–2020)
- Teofil Jesionowski (2020–)
See also
- List of universities in Poland
- Universities in Poznan
References
- ^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Politechnika Poznańska". www.bip.gov.pl. Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Politechnika Poznańska" (in Polish). 11 September 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2024.