Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology

Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology (Polish: Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki) is a public university located in central Kraków, Poland, established in 1946 and, as an institution of higher learning granted full autonomy in 1954.

Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology
Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki
TypePublic university
Established6 October 1946
RectorProfessor Jan Kazior
Academic staff
1155
Administrative staff
900
Studentsca. 17,400
Address
Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków
,
Kraków
,
Poland
CampusUrban
AffiliationsSOCRATES, EUA, EAIE
Websitewww.pk.edu.pl

Over 37,000 students graduated from the Polytechnic to this day with degrees. Doctorate degrees were granted to 1200 persons and Habilitated degrees – to additional 300. The number of students admitted each year reaches 4500.

Organizational structure
  • Faculty of Architecture,
  • Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Faculty of Civil Engineering
  • Faculty of Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science
Faculty of Architecture, former Austro-Hungarian Army barracks on Podchorążych street

Ranking

In a survey conducted by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2008, Kraków University of Technology was selected as the best technical university in Poland and the best among all Polish universities. Another magazine, Wprost, ranked it 8th in 2015.[1]

In 2017 Perspektywy ranked it 43rd among all Polish academic institutions.[2] Another magazine, Wprost, ranked it 8th in 2015.[3] According to Webometrics, it is ranked 14th best in Poland.[4]

Notable alumni

Rectors
  • Izydor Stella-Sawicki (1945–1948)
  • Ludomir Sleńdziński (1954–1956)
  • Bronisław Kopyciński (1956–1965)
  • Kazimierz Sokalski (1965–1968)
  • Jan Kaczmarek (1968)
  • Jan Wątorski (1968–1972)
  • Władysław Muszyński (1972–1975)
  • Bolesław Kordas (1975–1981)
  • Roman Ciesielski (1981–1982)
  • Tadeusz Środulski (1982–1987)
  • Władysław Muszyński (1987–1990)
  • Józef Nizioł (1990–1996)
  • Kazimierz Flaga (1996–2002)
  • Marcin Chrzanowski (2002–2005)
  • Józef Gawlik (2005–2008)
  • Kazimierz Furtak (2008–2016)
  • Jan Kazior (2016–)

See also

References
  1. "Ranking Szkół Wyższych 2015". Rankingi Wprost (in Polish). Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  2. "Ranking Uczelni Akademickich - Ranking Szkół Wyższych PERSPEKTYWY 2017". www.perspektywy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  3. "Ranking Szkół Wyższych 2015". Rankingi Wprost (in Polish). Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  4. "Poland | Ranking Web of Universities". www.webometrics.info. Retrieved 2017-10-14.

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