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Gdansk University
of Technology
over
100
Years of
Tradition
Gdansk 2010
Gdansk – a charming city
Thousand-year old settlement
Known as World capital of
Amber
Gdansk - hometown
of Hevelius, Farenheit,
Schopenhauer, Grass, Walesa
Visited every year by half
a million foreign tourists
23 km of sandy beaches
Neptune`s Fountain
Dlugi targ Street
Gdansk – a charming city
The city`s most popular
sights are
 Neptune`s Fountain
 Gothic St Mary`s Basilica
known as Gdansk Crown
 Medieval Crane
on Motlawa river
Church of the Blessed
Virgin Mary
Gdansk Town hall
A view of the Main Building
today
A brief look at the
history…
1904 – first Inauguration
Ceremony of Royal University
of Technology (Königlische
Technische Hochschule)
1945
reconstruction works of edifices
damaged in World War II
May ’45
based on decree of provisional
government Gdansk University
of Technology became a public
university
September ’45
Prof. Stanisław Łukasiewicz
elected as first Rector
of University of Technology
A view of the Main Building
in 1904
A brief look at the
history…
October '45
1 647 students began studies at the
following six departments
Architecture
Shipbuilding
Chemistry
Mechanical
Electric
Civil Engineering
The university employed 112
scientific workers
(including 8 professors)
22 October ’45
Prof. Ignacy Adamczewski gave the
first lecture at the Polish technical
university
April ’46
1947, laboratory E-21,
Czeslaw Wojcilowicz
The first Inauguration Ceremony
of the academic year at Gdansk
University of Technology
Machine laboratory
Faculty of Electric al Engineering
From the very beginning
there was
The library which offered
8 thousand volumes, which
formed the basis of the new
library
Self-governing student
organization `Brotherhood Help`
was reactivated
Student canteen
Old books – a copy
of a photograph from 1746
Achievements of GUT
research workers
Prof. Aleksander Rylke
developed sideways ship launching
technology
Prof. Jerzy Doerffer
author of half shipbuilding method
Prof. Władysław Czerny
author of one of the first post-war
concepts of city reconstruction and
development of coastal zones
Prof. Marian Osinski
reconstruction of the Main Town
in Gdansk
Prof. Adolf Polak
first Polish engine installed on the first
Polish ship `s/s Sołdek`
Prof. Waclaw Tomaszewski
port facilities projects
Side launching of the ship
First marine engine,
type ML-8A
Achievements of GUT
research workers
Prof. Witold Urbanowicz
worked on organization of Polish
shipyards and developed ship
architecture
Prof. Kazimierz Kopecki
initiated school of complex energy
science
Prof. Mieczysław Debicki
constructed the first Polish lorry
`Star 20`
Prof. Robert Szewalski
first Polish steam turbine
Prof. Edward T. Geisler
first Polish metal-working machine
Prof. Lech Kobylinski
first Polish hydrofoil boat `Zryw`
idea of creating Experimental Centre
in Ilawa
Experimental Centre in Ilawa
The mission of GUT
education for the needs
of dynamic development
of the economy and society
based on knowledge and
scientific research at the
highest international level
in a globalized world,
in order to participate in the
transformation of civilization
and enrich the culture of the
country, particularly in the
areas of science and
technology
Architectural detail in the main
gate of University of Technology
Courtyard in the Main Building
Our Goal
striving to be a modern
university of technology,
a reputable and renowned
centre, as well as the initiator
and executor of many
innovative projects and tasks
Gdansk University
of Technology should meet the
demands of competition and
take advantage of development
opportunities available on the
global market
it should function smoothly and
efficiently to realize our goals
consistently in correlation with
the ambitions of the scientific
staff and the best aspirations
of students
Foucault Pendulum
Flag in front of the Main Building
GUT Today offers
First, Second and Third level
studies
9 departments
31 courses, including
3 interdepartmental courses
1 interacademic course
(in cooperation with Medical
University of Gdansk)
study modes
full-time and part-time
A view of the GUT main entrance
Gabriela Narutowicza Street
engineering
undergraduate
Masters
PhD
MBA
postgraduate
Courses and Faculties
Faculty of Architecture
Architecture and urban planning
Chemical Faculty
Biomedical engineering
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Building chemistry
Materials engineering
Environmental protection technology
Chemical technology
Environmental protection and
management
Faculty of Electronics, Telecomm.
and Informatics
Automation control and robotics
Electronics and Telecommunications
Informatics
Future architects
Faculty of Electrical and Control
Engineering
Automatic control and robotics
Electrical engineering
Energetics
The model of molecular
structure in hand
Courses and Faculties
Faculty of Applied Physics and
Mathematics
Technical physics
Mathematics
Materials engineering
Nanotechnology
Faculty of Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Geodesy and Cartography
Transport
Laboratory, Faculty of Electrical
and Control Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Energetics
Mechanical Engineering
Materials Engineering
Nanotechnology
Power Engineering
Mechatronics
Management and production
engineering
Medical and mechanical engineering
Transport
Student at Environmental
Engineering department
Courses and Faculties
Faculty of Ocean
Engineering and Ship
Technology
Ocean engineering
Power engineering
Transport
Faculty of Management
and Economics
Management and marketing
Management
European studies
Lectures at Faculty
of Management and Economics
Teaching laboratory in Faculty
of Mechanical Engineering
Didactics
Doctoral Studies provided by
listed Faculties :
Chemistry
Electronics, Telecommunications
and Informatics
Electrical and Control Engineering
Applied Physics and Mathematics
Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Management and Economics
Mechanical Engineering
Ocean Engineering and Ship
Technology
Laboratory in Chemical Faculty
Didactics
ca. 60 postgraduate study
courses:
■ City Spatial Development
Management
■ Biofuels
■ Fiber-optic Telecommunications
■ Occupational Health and Safety
■ Computer System Diagnostics
and Monitoring on Technical
■ Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)
■ ISO Standards and Quality
Management (TQM)
MBA Studies at the Faculty of
Management and Economics
Three learning paths:
■ Strategic Management, Programs
and Projects
■ Sports Management
■ Health Care Management
Number of students
and participants
Numbers speak for themselves:
Number of students and participants
total
25 164
Full-time studies
19 017
Part-time studies
3 829
Postgraduate studies and MBA
1 885
Doctoral Studies
Number of didactic
and scientific staff
Diagrams presenting number
of students, participants and
didactic staff
429
Number of didactic and scientific staff
Total
1 190
Professors
113
Assistant professors
156
Doctors
618
Other teachers
303
Teaching Facilities
in figures
nearly 60 ha of land
one of the few compact
campuses in Poland
More than 80 buildings
Over 116 thousand square
metres of teaching and
research
about 160 lecture-seminar
rooms including 20
auditoriums
approximately 200 teaching
laboratories
approximately 65 computer
laboratories
where there are about 1,453
work stations with Internet
access for students
Computer laboratory
Teaching laboratory
Student Dormitories
There are 12 dormitories
located in the GUT campus
area
Dormitory facilities:
Students` Clubs and Pubs
Small shops and buffets
Copy points
More than 2900 places for
students
single, double, and triple
rooms
High standard guaranteed:
Internet connection in every
room
Student Dormitory nr 8
Wyspianskiego Street
Telephone line connecting all
of the dorms, university
facilities
Feels like home!
Student Activities
Student Parliament
Started in 1957, it was the first
Student Parliament in Poland
34 Scientific Clubs
Faculties:
■ Biotechnology Students` Club
■ Automatics Students` Club
SKALP
■ Computer Network PING Club
■ Physics Students` Club
■ CTO Students Club KORAB
Interdepartmental:
■ Project Management
■ Sociological
■ Mechatronics
14 Student Organizations
■ The GUT Students` Choir
`The Potato Day`
Festival of the Chemical Faculty
The Forum of Student
Organizations and Scientific
Circles (FOKA)
■ BEST Gdansk
■ Erasmus Student Network
■ Student Radio Agency SAR
We are proud of:
Foreign Languages
Department
Students are able to choose from
9 foreign languages
Mathematics Teaching and
Distance Learning Center
Offers additional classes
Visiting Professors
Delivering lectures for GUT
Students
Wireless Internet
Connection available in many
areas of the university
Foucault Pendulum
Classes at Foreign Languages
Department
Foucault's pendulum was the first
laboratory demonstration of the
Earth's spin on its axis!
Mathematics Teaching Center
Ministerial Report
Second highest number
of candidates per place in 2009 and
2010 (Ministry of Science and
Higher Education)
Warsaw University
of Technology
8.0
Gdansk University of
Technology
6.7
Warsaw University
First Year is about to begin!!!
6.1
The GUT Library
The largest and the oldest,
but at the same time the
most modern technical
library in Pomerania:
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10 departments
17 reading-rooms
425 seats
198 computers with access
to the Internet
1 million 200 thousand volumes
Databases
E-journals: access to 30,000 titles
Internet-based readers service
of University Digital Library
The library is a part of
■ Pomeranian Digital Library
as Project Coordinator
Scanner used to create the
Digital Library
■ Universal Library - World stocks
Digital Library
Main Reading Room of the GUT
Library
International cooperation
Educational programs:
LLP Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus, CEEPUS
Scholarship and Training Fund
Over 1 Mln Euro for the academic
year 2011/20120
More than 350 cooperation
agreements with foreign universities
Around 260 students leaving
to study or work every year
Every year 150 teachers and
employees leave for lectures and
internships
Bilateral Framework Agreements
up to 80 cooperation agreements
between universities
at the level of research
and education
Dual and multiple diploma
programs: with universities
Inauguration of the academic
year for students from China
in Karlsruhe, Brest, Stralsund, L'Aquila,
Hildesheim, Camerino, Nice, Barcelona
and Hamburg
Machine Laboratory
GUT open for
initiatives:
Events:
Student Culture Festival
`Technikalia`
Baltic Festival of Science
Tri-city Job Fairs
the largest in Poland
Student Organization Forum
Blood donation
University Open Days
Open lectures
Exhibitions
Concerts
Charity actions
Conferences
GUT Students are giving blood
during the `Wampiriada`
Baltic Festival of Science
Student successes
(2009)
3x20 Tournament
solar-powered catamaran designed
by the members of the scientific circle
KORAB announced as a Pomeranian
Creator, Eco-Innovation
Medal Innovation 2009
For `Mechanic` Science Club awarded
for cooling device `PeltiCold`
Academic Championships
of Poland covering 40
disciplines
1st place among Technical Universities
2nd place overall
Prof. Romuald Szczesny Prize
I Prize for the graduates of the Faculty
of Mechanical Engineering:
for the costruction of Quad
(in the picture)
Polish Championships
in Omega Sport Class
GUT Sailing Team took 3rd place
during the Championships
City-quad constructed as a result
of master thesis
Student successes (2009)
International Waterbike Regatta
Second place in the international human
powered boat race taken by GUT
Students from the Faculty of Ocean
Engineering and Ship Technology
Arturbain.FR, international
architectural competition
Second place was taken by a GUT team:
Isabella Burda, Ph.D. in Faculty of Civil
and Environmental Engineering
and Leszek Lieder and Erik Novokonskij,
students of the Faculty of Architecture
Red Bull Paper Wings in Salzburg
Polish team took the first place,
member of the winning team was
a student of Chemical Faculty, Witold
Badkowski
Automation Scholarship
Polish representatives during the 2009
Red Bull Paper Wings. GUT Student
Witold Bądkowski on the left
Sebastian Gizewski, student of the
Faculty of Electrical and Control
Engineering took first prize in the
competition organized by Mitsubishi
Electric
Projects and publications
Polish Ministry of Science and
Higher Education funds:
153 research projects
(exluding internal GUT research projects)
European Union funds:
■ 33 projects – Structural Fund
■ 4 projects – Norwegian Financial
Mechanism
■ 4 projects – European Territorial
Cooperation
■ 2 projects– 6th Framework Programme
■ 10 projects – 7th Framework
Programme
■ 2 projects – COST – European
Cooperation in Science and Technology
■ 1 project – EUREKA initiative
Publications :
■ 370 published in Journal Citation Reports
Intelligent building of the
Faculty of Electronics,
Telecommunications and
Informatics
■ 75 placed in Master Journal List
■ 3 332 in other magazines
Summer School
Cooperation with the
national economy
through:
Center of Knowledge and
Entrepreneurship
Pomeranian Cluster ICT / ETI
Science and Technology Parks
Agreements with companies
and institutions on research
grants and knowledge
exchange, i.e.:
Lotos Group, Young Digital Planet,
Polpharma, Intel, ENERGA, GPEC,
DGT, Jabil Circuit, Medical
University of Gdansk
Prof. Henryk Krawczyk
GUT Rector
Technical University has signed
letters of intent on the
construction of the Pomeranian
Metropolis of Knowledge and
creating the Cluster of the
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Universities
Innovation Fair `Technicon`
Unique teaching
facilities!
The Tri-city Academic Computer
Network (TASK)
One of the largest urban internet
networks in Poland.
Is one of the five supercomputer
centers in Poland. It provides the
scientific community with processing
resources in the form of high speed
computers and software.
GALERA is a Computer Cluster with the
theoretical computing power of 50
Tflops.
Experimental Centre in
Ilawa
Faculty of Ocean Engineering and
Ship Technology
Offers:
• Sailing courses for GUT Students
`Galera` Supercomputer
in the TASK Computer Centre
• International Scientific Student
Camps
• Studies on models of floating objects
Experimental Centre
in Ilawa
Scientific Achievements
(2009)
69 inventions reported to the Patent
Office
16 received the title of patent
inventions
1 innovation protected by law
Smart selected inventions:
Smart Pen,
Innovation Fair in Paris
PeltiCold, cooling device
presented by GUT students Fair
■ Pen to aid in the
treatment of the symptoms
of dyslexia
■ Lip-Mouse to enable the
manipulation of a mouse using the
mouth and tongue
■ Cyber-eye to enable communication
with a computer using sight
■ fruit jellies in chocolate
enriched with anti-cancer properties
■ Meats with anti-cancer properties
■ rate of thawing food
■ cleaning system for fishing nets
■ PeltiCold cooling device, mini cooling
counter
■ Wireless system for monitoring
cargo container ships and threats
to public safety
Current projects
and investments
(founded by U.E.)
Gdansk University of Technology
Nanotechnology Centre
10 Mln Euro
Pomeranian Advanced Technology
Centre
European Union project
6 Mln Euro
Modern Auditorium, Gdansk
University of Technology
including Construction of Spatial
Visualization submerged Laboratory;
6 Mln Euro
LINTE^2 - Laboratory
of Innovative Technologies
for Electricity and the Integration
of Renewable Energy
11 Mln Euro
Gdansk University of Technology
Nanotechnology Centre
Planned investments
and projects:
Interactive Technical
Information Centre
New building for the Faculty
of Management and Economics
Teaching and administration
building
Development of the Academic
Sport Centre
Complex computerization of the
university
Nanotechnology Center
Our best graduates:
Marek Borzestowski
Founder of the first Polish internet
portal `Wirtualna Polska`
Roksana Ciurysek
Vice-president and director
JP Morgan Bank/London
Janusz Daszczyński
Responsible for organizing the
Polish part of the world exhibition
EXPO 2010 in China
Jacek Karnowski
President of Sopot
Michał Kaszczuk
i Łukasz Ossowski
Creators of one of the world's best
speech synthesizers `Ivona`
Tomasz Kołakowski
CEO of Europrojekt Gdansk, Road
investments in Poland and Germany
Roksana Ciurysek, vicepresident and director
JP Morgan Bank/London
Creators of one of the world's
best speech synthesizers
`Ivona`
Our best graduates:
Adrian Kosowski
the youngest, now 23-year-old GUT
teacher with the degree of doctor
of technical sciences - the degree
obtained at the age of 20 years!
Waldemar Kucharski
Founder of Young Digital Planet
Jan Kozlowski
Eurodeputy
Janusz Liberkowski
The winner of the 1st edition
of American Inventor TV
Competition on ABC
Ryszard Trykosko
CEO of the European Investment
Office Gdansk 2012, responsible
for the construction of the stadium
for EURO 2012 in Gdansk
Jan Kozlowski,
Eurodeputy
Janusz Liberkowski,
Polish millionaire in the United
States of America
Photographs:
Krzysztof Krzempek
and
Mirosław Milogrodzki
Adam Mlodzikowski
Tomasz Niziolek
from the collection of:
GUT History Laboratory
from the archives of:
Gdansk University of Technology
Red Bull
Marshall`s Office / by:
Tomasz Konopacki
Visualization of the GUT
Nanotechnology Centre:
PPBEKOBUD s.c.
Graphic design:
Adam Kaminski
Presentation prepared by:
Gdansk University of Technology
Promotion Department
Data collected:
January/February 2010