Gdansk University of Technology

Gdansk University of Technology

Gdansk, Poland
Website: pg.edu.pl Founded: 1904 year Type of University:Public 1001+ place StudyQA ranking: 2756 pts. No. Students: 25000 No. Staff: 1200 Languages: Polish, English Phone: +48583472042 Fax: +48583471170
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About Gdansk University of Technology (GUT)

Gdansk University of Technology (Polish name: Politechnika Gdanska) is one of the oldest universities in Poland and the largest technical university in Northern Poland. It was established in 1904 and ever since its grounding it is educating world class engineers in various areas of science and technology. Located in Gdansk – a city of thousand-year tradition and the gate to the Polish coastal line – it is a perfect place to study and enjoy student life.

The University is constructed of nine faculties with 41 fields of study. It employs 1200 academic teachers and educates more than 25 thousand undergraduate, as well as about 400 doctoral students. For potential candidates it is important to know that Gdansk University of Technology is one of the most popular universities among young people. The fifth time in a row it came in the second place in the ministerial ranking measuring the popularity of the university among candidates to study.

The graduates not only easily find a job after graduation, but also often successfully create and run their own businesses. According to a nationwide survey, earnings of Gdansk University of Technology graduates are in the third place among graduates in the country. During recent years, the University has been changing and constantly adapting to economic and social demands. The historical campus was adjusted to the needs of innovative organisation of studies and modern methods of teaching. GUT boasts of its tradition and history, which is considered university’s wisdom, facing its main challenge – the future.

The university was founded in 1904 as Königliche Technische Hochschule zu Danzig. At the time Gdańsk, after partitions of Poland was known as Danzig, and was part of the German Empire. The history of Gdańsk is complex and the city itself belonged, at different times to Poland and Germany. By the decision of Treaty of Versailles in the period of 1920–1939 it had become a "free city". The names of the city's educational institutions were affected by the changes in the city status.[10] The university was known by different names:

  • 1918–1921: Technische Hochschule in Danzig (Wyższa Szkoła Techniczna w Gdańsku)
  • 1921–1939: Technische Hochschule der Freien Stadt Danzig (Wyższa Szkoła Techniczna Wolnego Miasta Gdańska)
  • 1939–1941: Technische Hochschule Danzig
  • 1941–1945: Reichshochschule Danzig

Following the take over of the city by the Red Army, the Soviets arranged stables and barracks in other buildings. In 1945, all Germans were expelled from the city of Gdańsk and the burned ruins were turned into a Polish university (24.05.1945). In light of tragic history of the university under Nazi rule, today's university officially does not continue traditions of pre-war schools and its history starts in 1945.[11]

The school was reorganized and rebuilt under the supervision of Stanisław Turski, a Polish mathematician and former inmate of German concentration camps. Turski also served as the first post-war rector of the university. Important dates in Gdańsk University of Technology history:

  • 1900 – The cornerstone is laid for the university building
  • 1904 – King's Technical High School is created
  • 1941–1945 – The university is subordinated to Nazi Germany
  • 1945 – On May 24, the university became a Polish state academy
  • 2004 – The 100-year anniversary of founding a Gdańsk University of Technology
  • 2014 – The 110-year anniversary of founding a Gdańsk University of Technology
  • 2020 – Smart University

Great emphasis is placed on maintaining high education quality standards. GUT is the first and only Polish university to be a member of the CDIO Initiative, founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. CDIO aims to provide an education for engineers that enables them to “Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate” pro-industrial technological systems.

GUT is an active member of a number of university networks and associations, e.g. Baltic Science Research (coordination of nanotechnology research and education), Baltic University Network (Uppsala Protocol), Conference of European Schools of Advanced Education and Research and the Baltic Sea Region University Network.

Employees of GUT are scientists working with passion. Their achievements and scientific activities are reflected in a significant number of awards and distinctions granted by both the Minister of Science and Higher Education, as well as a number of national and international institutions related to scientific and research activities. 

International students at GUT enjoy unique support - during the admission process and studies - given by International Students and Visitors Office (ISVO) – entity dedicated to promote the University internationally, recruit candidates from abroad and support the newcomers. ISVO is a part of International Relations Office of Gdansk University of Technology and was created to provide any information and counselling to international candidates and students.

Supportive, multilingual staff can answer questions regarding application, the university, legal stay, accommodation, and solving any problems that may arise.

Study at GUT and feel like home!

  • more than 100 000 postgraduates
  • nearly 700 doctoral students

The Gdańsk University of Technology Library is the oldest and largest technical library in Northern Poland. Among the libraries of the world it can boast unique collection of priceless manuscripts and old prints from the Danzig Research Society, which was founded in 1743, and donated its 30,000 – volume collection to this library in 1923.

The library's current collection includes over a million volumes, including textbooks, lecture notes, books on science and technology, Polish and foreign scientific journals, as well as technical and trade literature. Moreover, the library stores publications in electronic form, to which it provides access via an on-line database. Every year the collection is expanded by new Polish and foreign publications concerning all aspects of science and technology.

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The library system is very modern. Students can find the book or journal they are looking for in an on-line catalogue together with up-to-date information and whether it can be borrowed or read only in the reading room. By using their personal internet accounts, they can also prolong the time they borrow publications. There are a total of 16 reading rooms, ten in faculty branches of the library including specialist reading rooms for: journals and databases, scientific information and norms, technology and trade literature, as well as a historical collections reading room.

In 2008 the library opened one of the most modern reading rooms in the country, which among other things provides a self-service specialist literature lending and returning facility. Gdańsk University of Technology also provides a digital library. Moreover, it is participating in the creation of the Universal Library, i.e. worldwide digital library, and is also the coordinator of the Pomerania Digital Library. This internet library will comprise digital reproductions of scanned historical documents (lettered and unlettered). The intention is to digitalize an estimated total of over 20 million pages from Pomeranian library collections.

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