Silesian University of Technology
Politechnika Śląska | |
 Building of the Department of Chemistry, Gliwice | |
| Type | Public |
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| Established | 24 May 1945 |
| Rector | Professor Arkadiusz Mężyk |
| Students | 22,923 (2015) |
| Address | Akademicka 2A, 44-100 Gliwice , , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | EUA, SEFI, ICEE, Alliance of Universities for Democracy (AUDEM), TEMPUS, Socrates-Erasmus, LEONARDO DA VINCI, CEEPUS, COPERNICUS, COST, EUREKA |
| Website | https://www.polsl.pl/en |
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Silesian University of Technology (Polish name: Politechnika Śląska IPA: [pɔliˈtɛxɲika ˈɕlɔ̃ska]) is a university located in Gliwice, Silesia, Poland. 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). The University consistently ranks among the top most prestigious technical universities in Poland.
Silesian University of Technology is divided into 15 faculties - including 1 college and 1 research institute:[1]
- 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 and Geology,
- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering
- Faculty of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy,
- Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering,
- Faculty of Applied Mathematics,
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
- Faculty of Organization and Management,
- Faculty of Transport,
- College of Social sciences and Foreign Philologies,
- Institute of Physics - Centre for Science and Education
Eleven units (faculties, college and institute) are situated in Gliwice, two in Katowice and two in Zabrze.
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