- Warsaw University of Technology
Infobox_University
name =Warsaw University of Technology
native_name =Politechnika Warszawska
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established =1826
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endowment =
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faculty = 2,388 [http://www.topuniversities.com/schools/data/school_profile/default/warsawuniversitytechnology "Quacquarelli Symonds Top Universities", School Profile, undated] , retrieved on 2008-09-13.]
rector =Włodzimierz Kurnik
students =30,982
undergrad = 26,284
postgrad = 4,698
city =Warsaw
country =Poland
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affiliations =EUA
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website = [http://eng.pw.edu.pl/ http://eng.pw.edu.pl/]
address =pl. Politechniki 1, 00-661
telephone =+(48 22) 660 74 19imagestackWarsaw University of Technology (Polish: "Politechnika Warszawska") is the largest academic school of technology in
Poland , and one of the largest inCentral Europe , employing 2,000 professors. The number of students is 31,000 (as of 2004), most of them study full-time. There are 17 faculties (divisions) covering almost all fields of science and technology. All of them are situated inWarsaw except for one in the cityPłock .The Warsaw University of Technology has about 5,000 graduates per year. According to the 2008 "Rzeczpospolita" newspaper survey, engineers govern Polish companies. Warsaw Tech alums make up the highest percentage of Polish managers and executives. Every ninth president among the top 500 corporations in Poland is a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology. Professor Kurnik, the rector of Warsaw Tech, explained that the school provides a solid basis for the performance of managers by equipping its students with an education at the highest level and a preparation with the necessary tools and information, including knowledge of foreign languages. [cite news
last = Błaszczak
first = Anita
last2 = Grochola
first2 = Anita
last3 = Cieślak-Wróblewska
first3 = Anna
title = Techniczne kuźnie prezesów
work =
pages =
language = Polish
publisher = Rzeczpospolita
date = 2008-05-28
url = http://www.rp.pl/artykul/140207.html
accessdate = 2008-05-30]The origins of Warsaw University of Technology date back to 1826 when
engineering education was begun in Warsaw Institute of Technology.Faculties
Warsaw
Warsaw Central Campus
* [http://www.arch.pw.edu.pl/ind_ehtml/eindex.html Architecture]
* [http://www.pw.edu.pl/english/fchape.html Chemical and Process Engineering]
* [http://www.pw.edu.pl/english/fchem.html Chemistry]
* [http://www.il.pw.edu.pl/flad.html Civil Engineering]
* [http://www.pw.edu.pl/english/felekr.html Electrical Engineering]
* [http://www.elka.pw.edu.pl/index.php?lang=en Electronic and Computer Engineering]
** [http://www.ia.pw.edu.pl/index.php?lang=en&MMenu=main Institute of Control and Computation Engineering]
** [http://www.ii.pw.edu.pl/english/index.html Institute of Computer Science]
** [http://www.imio.pw.edu.pl/en/index.html Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics]
** [http://www.ire.pw.edu.pl/index.php3?lang=en Institute of Radioelectronics]
** [http://www.ise.pw.edu.pl/index.php?id=1 Institute of Electronics Systems]
** [http://www.tele.pw.edu.pl/index-en.html Institute of Telecommunications]
** [http://www.ire.pw.edu.pl/zejim/ece/index.shtml Electrical and Computer Engineering]
* [http://www.pw.edu.pl/english/fsrod.html Environmental Engineering]
* [http://www.gik.pw.edu.pl/index_e.html Geodesy and Cartography]
* [http://www.mini.pw.edu.pl/eng/index.html Mathematics and Information Science]
* [http://www.if.pw.edu.pl/sub/english/index.html Physics]
* Power and Aeronautical Engineering
** [http://www.itc.pw.edu.pl/index_an.html Institute of Heat Engineering]
** [http://www.meil.pw.edu.pl/index.php?lang=1&id_page=121 Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics]
* [http://www.pw.edu.pl/english/ftrans.html Transport]Warsaw Southern Campus
* [http://www.pw.edu.pl/english/fauto.html Automobiles and Heavy Machinery Engineering]
* [http://www.inmat.pw.edu.pl/english.html Materials Science and Engineering]
* [http://www.mchtr.pw.edu.pl/eng/index.html Mechatronics]
* [http://www.wip.pw.edu.pl/wip/english/index.php Production Engineering]Płock Campus
* [http://www.pw.edu.pl/english/fplock.html The University Outside Warsaw]
* [http://www.pw.edu.pl/english/fcemap.html Civil Engineering, Mechanics and Petrochemistry]
* [http://www.pw.edu.pl/english/fcess.html College of Economics and Social Sciences]History
1826 - 1831
The origins of Polish universities of technology go back to the XVIIIth century. They were related to either
military technology ormining , which demanded complicated technological processes as a result of the exploitation of deeper seams. The model school of technology, a university of technology, was designed by the French, who in 1794 founded the School of Technology inParis . In the beginning of the XIXth century universities of technology were opened inPrague (in 1806),Vienna (1815) and inKarlsruhe (1824).In Poland, the first multidisciplinary university of technology was the Preparatory School for the Institute of Technology, which was opened on
4 January 1826 . The Warsaw University of Technology still cultivates its traditions. The man who played the most important part in creating the school and writing its charter wasStanisław Staszic .Kajetan Garbiński , a mathematician and Warsaw University professor became the director of the school. The School was closed in 1831, after theNovember Insurrection .1898 - 1914
In 1898, the Technological Section of the Warsaw Society for Russian Commerce and Industry, whose director was engineer Kazimierz Obrębowicz, collected funds for the opening of Emperor Nicolas II University of Technology. Classes, with Russian as the language of instruction, started on
5 September in the building at 81Marszałkowska Street. They were soon moved to new buildings, built especially for the Institute. They were designed by Bronisław Rogóyski and Stefan Szyller.On the day of the opening, the University had three faculties: the Faculty of Mathematics, Chemistry and Engineering and Construction. In June 1902, the Faculty of Mining was opened. Poles constituted the majority of students until 1905, when their number reached 1,100.
1915 - 1939
After German troops entered Warsaw on
5 August 1915 , they wanted to gain the sympathy of Poles, and allowedUniversity of Warsaw and the Warsaw University of Technology to open with Polish as the language of instruction. The grand opening of both universities was held on15 November 1915 . Zygmunt Straszewicz was the first Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology. The period ofWorld War I , together with the events connected with the restitution of the Polish State and the Polish-Bolshevik war did not help the development of the school. Daily lectures at the university only started in November 1920. The school taught the young future engineers at several faculties: at the Faculty of Mechanics, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Aquatic Engineering, and finally, at the Faculty of Geodesy (or since 1925 - of Measuring). The last three faculties were merged on the basis of the new Academic Schools Law of13 March 1933 . The Polish Cabinet issued a decree on25 September 1933 , in which the new Faculty of Engineering was created.The number of the Warsaw University of Technology students in the period of twenty years between the wars grew from 2,540 in the 1918/1819 academic year to 4,673 just before the outbreak of the World War II. In the same period the school granted more than 6,200 diplomas, including 320 for women. The Warsaw University of Technology became the most important scientific centre of engineering in Poland and gained international prestige. At that time, 66 graduates earned
Doctor of Philosophy degrees, and 50 qualified as assistant professors. The University was a centre of scientific research for people whose achievements were fundamental for world science and technology, includingKarol Adamiecki ,Stefan Bryła ,Jan Czochralski ,Maksymilian T. Huber ,Janusz Groszkowski ,Mieczysław Wolfke and many others.1939 - 1945
During
World War II , despite enormous material losses and repressive measures, the Warsaw University of Technology continued to operate underground. Teaching continued in the form of clandestine and open courses, in vocational schools, and from 1942, in a two-year State Higher Technical School. Approximately 3,000 students took part in the clandestine courses and 198 earned engineer diplomas. Scientific research was also conducted, as 20 PhD and 14 assistant-professorship qualifying theses were written. There were also many works that were to serve the reconstruction of Poland after the war and constitute the foundation for the development of science in the future. Students and professors clandestinely worked on various projects. Professors Janusz Groszkowski,Marceli Struszyński , and Józef Zawadzki conducted a detailed analysis of the radio and steering devices of the GermanV-2 rocket s, at the request of thePolish Home Army Intelligence.1945 - present
After German troops had been dislodged from Warsaw, classes started in improvised conditions on
22 January 1945 , and by the end of the year all the pre-war faculties were re-opened. Old and war-damaged buildings were rebuilt quickly; as well as new ones were erected. In 1951 the Warsaw University of Technology incorporated theWawelberg andRotwand 's School of Engineering. The Academic and Research Centre in Płock was created in 1967. In the year 1945 there were 2,148 students in 6 faculties (divisions), and in 1999 there were 22,000 students enrolled in 16 faculties. The Warsaw University of Technology granted over 104,000Bachelor of Science andMaster of Science engineer degrees between the years 1945 and 1998.Over the years, the University was an important scientific centre, educating academic staff not only for its own purposes, but also for other Polish schools of technology. Between 1945 and 1998, 5,500 PhD theses were written in all faculties. There were almost 1,100 theses qualifying for assistant professorships. The number of academic staff grew significantly. In 1938, the University had 98 tenured professors and associate professors, as well as 307 assistant professors and teaching assistants; in 1948 there were 87 and 471; while in 1999 there were 371 professors, 1,028 tutors, 512 lecturers, and 341 teaching assistants.
ee also
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List of universities in Poland Notes
External links
* [http://eng.pw.edu.pl/ Official Page]
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