Silesian University of Technology

Silesian University of Technology

Politechnika Śląska
Building of the Department of Chemistry, Gliwice
Established	24 May 1945
Rector	Professor Andrzej Karbownik
Students	28,658 (2011)
Address	Akademicka 2, 44-100 Gliwice , Gliwice , Silesia, Poland
Affiliations	EUA, SEFI, ICEE, Alliance of Universities for Democracy, TEMPUS, SOCRATES, LEONARDO DA VINCI, CEEPUS, COPERNICUS, COST, EUREKA
Website	http://www.polsl.pl/en

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.

The Silesian University of Technology has 12 faculties:

• Faculty of Architecture,
• Faculty of Automatic control, Electronics and Computer Science,
• Faculty of Civil Engineering,
• Faculty of Chemistry,
• Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
• Faculty of Philology,
• Faculty of Mining and Geology,
• Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering,
• Faculty of Applied Mathematics,
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
• Faculty of Materials Science, Metallurgy,
• Faculty of Organisation and Management,
• Faculty of Transport.

The first nine faculties are situated in Gliwice and Rybnik and the remaining three are in Katowice, Zabrze, Tychy and Bytom.

External links

• Silesian University of Technology homepage