Gdansk University of Technology is one of the oldest universities in Poland
University Ranking:
According to THEWorld, it was ranked 7th in Poland, and 1001st in the world for the year 2020.
According to QS, it was ranked 7th in Poland, and 801st in the world for the year 2020.
According to SJR, it was ranked 21st in Poland, and 491st in the world for the year 2021.
University history
The foundation stone of the university building was laid on June 7, 1900. Within the next four years, buildings with a total volume of more than 200,000 cubic meters were constructed on an area of 6.4 hectares. At that time, the university was divided into six faculties: architecture, chemistry, construction, machine engineering and electrical technology, shipbuilding and ship machinery engineering and general sciences.
Teaching staff:
Staff: It employs about 3000 employees, including more than 1,400 academic teachers.
Students: There are about 20,000 students studying there.
Fields of study: It has 41 fields of study.
Campus
The campus consists of many buildings constructed in different architectural styles over the past 100 years.
The monumental main building designed at the beginning of the twentieth century during the neo-Renaissance in the style of the architect and university professor Albert Sirstein, is the symbol of the university.
The campus of the Gdansk University of Technology is constantly being developed. Stylish, modern and eco-friendly buildings coexist with charming and opulent edifices. Classes take place in modern halls and well-equipped specialized laboratories.
There are modern educational and research centers in addition to the supporting units within the university campus:
Nanotechnology The center contains 25 laboratories equipped with testing devices and atomic level LINTE ^ 2 laboratory for innovative electric energy technologies and the integration of renewable energy sources.
The Mathematics and Distance Education Center uses modern ICT techniques and tools for mathematical modeling and data visualization.
Center for Information and Communication Technology, Education and Research.
Academic Sports Center: Sports facilities include swimming pools, a soccer field, a gym, a volleyball court, outdoor tennis courts, a fitness hall, bodybuilding halls, a rowing hall, and a judo gym.
The Gdansk University of Technology has twelve dormitories located in three residential complexes
DS1, DS2, DS3, DS4, DS12 – Traugutt property; DS5, DS6, DS7, DS8, DS9, DS10 – Wyspiański Residential Estates; DS11 – Bresno.
Faculties:
The university campus includes 9 faculties:
College of Architecture / College of Chemistry / Faculty of Electronics, Communications and Informatics / Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Control / Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics / Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering / Faculty of Mechanical Engineering / College of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology / Faculty of Administration and Economics
University’s library :
The Gdansk University of Technology Library is the oldest and largest technical library in northern Poland. The library contains: more than 1,200,000 thousand volumes, mostly textbooks and study guides, scientific books, scientific and technical journals, manuals of standards and metrology, technology and economics books and online databases.
The classification of the Gdansk University of Technology Library as a leading scientific and technical information center is evidenced by the numerous contacts with famous scientific institutions in the country and abroad:
Collaboration with more than 80 research libraries as part of local and foreign interlibrary loans,
Cooperation with more than 70 scientific libraries in Poland and abroad,
Exchange of publications with leading research centers.
Students at their disposal:
9 branches in all faculties, and specialized literature collection
Public reading room with stand to share historical collections
Reading room for current journals, databases and standards
More than 440 places in reading halls and branches
More than 200 computer workstations for users and to handle the operation of the university library,
Biblioteka Politechniki G Danish is fully computerized – all operations are performed in the VTLS VIRTUA system.
Information services are being developed in a row – their databases and catalogs are created, which allow, via the Internet, to obtain quick and comprehensive information about groups and their locations – not only in GUT, but also in other universities of the country and in the world .
CJO Center for Foreign Languages:
The Center for Foreign Languages is a university-wide unit of the Gdansk University of Technology created to perform educational tasks aimed at developing language competencies in the field of communication in a professional and academic environment. The center’s activities are in line with the university’s mission and strategy.
The teaching offer of the Foreign Language Center includes the following languages:
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Swedish, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, Polish for foreigners
The Center for Foreign Languages contributes in its educational and research activities to the internationalization of the education process at the Gdansk University of Technology.
All classes conducted at CJO are conducted in foreign languages and are closely coordinated with the needs of students in certain fields of study.
CJO academic tutors develop original teaching materials and texts that support professional and specialized education in foreign languages, which is important for both Polish and foreign GUT students.
Thanks to the ERASMUS programme, the university has the opportunity to cooperate with foreign universities from twenty-eight EU countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
CI TASK CENTER:
The Academic Computer Center in Gdansk (CI TASK) is one of the largest urban internet networks in Poland.
It has been operating since 1992 thanks to an agreement reached between Tri-City, President of Higher Education Institutions.
The Gdansk University of Technology played the leading role in building this urban network.
TASKcloud is a flexible infrastructure with complete configuration management and a secure location for your data.
Technology : OpenStack software, several hundreds of servers, efficient processors, SSDs and redundant Ethernet.
virtual infrastructure : You have virtual machines and network infrastructure tailored to your needs. Ease of automation using the available API.
Santander University
The University of Santander is one of the social support costs of Santander Bank Polska and the Santander Group. A program that supports courses from nearly 1,200 universities around the world, including over 50 universities in Poland.
University benefits
Material and financial support for conferences, research and projects, technical and international support,
Promoting a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation in the academic site,
Internationalization of education for the dissemination of foreign scholarships, exchange programs and cooperation projects with the improvement of universities from different countries, support for students in entering the labor market, popularization of training programs and the employment of graduates.
Benefits for students
National and foreign scholarships in top universities from all over the world,
Participation in conferences, training courses and events in Poland,
Support students’ ideas and associations,
Possibility of training and apprenticeship at Santander Bank Polska.
University features:
Providing high-quality education for the needs of the dynamic development of the economy and knowledge-based society is one of the main elements of the mission of the Gdansk University of Technology, and one of the most important tools that support the university in carrying out such a mission is a system of quality assurance and improvement
Undergraduate Education (USZiDJK)
In 2019, in the competition organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education within the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” program, Gdańsk University of Technology was recognized by the international expert panel as the second best university in Poland, and thus received the status of a so-called research university, teaching And conduct research at the highest level.
_ In the 2018 Times Higher Education magazine, the university’s campus was listed among the 10 most beautiful universities in Europe
