Częstochowa_University_of_Technology

Częstochowa University of Technology

Częstochowa University of Technology

Technical university in Częstochowa, Poland

Częstochowa University of Technology (Polish: Politechnika Częstochowska, PCz) is the largest and oldest institution of higher education in Częstochowa, Poland. All faculties of the university have the right to grant doctoral degrees (currently over 300 post-graduate students), and three of them also offer PhD habilitation.[1]

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General information

The university was first founded in 1949 as the School of Engineering (Szkoła Inżynierska). In 1955 the name was changed to current Politechnika Częstochowska. The university employs over 1,400 staff, including 840 academic teachers, out of whom 165 are independent scientific researchers. There are around 12,000 students, studying 90 courses within 19 fields of study, full-time and part-time.

For over 9 years the university is home to an academic choir Collegium Cantorum and an Academic Sports Association (Akademicki Związek Sportowy) with 13 different sports divisions.

Faculties

Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Wydział Elektryczny)

Currently there are 6 faculties (wydział):

  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science (Wydział Inżynierii Mechanicznej i Informatyki)
  • Faculty of Production Engineering and Materials Technology (Wydział Inżynierii Produkcji i Technologii Materiałów)
  • Faculty of Civil Engineering (Wydział Budownictwa)
  • Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Wydział Elektryczny)
  • Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment (Wydział Infrastruktury i Środowiska)
  • Faculty of Management (Wydział Zarządzania)

Rectors

  • Jerzy Kołakowski (1949–59)
  • Wacław Sakwa (1959–65)
  • Jan Grajcar (1965–70)
  • Kazimierz Moszoro (1970–74)
  • Józef Ledwoń (1974–81)
  • Janusz Braszczyński (1981–82)
  • Józef Ledwoń (1982–84)
  • Janusz Elsner (1984–90)
  • Janusz Braszczyński (1990–96)
  • Janusz Szopa (1996–2002)
  • Henryk Dyja (2002–2005)
  • January Bień (2005–2008)
  • Maria Nowicka-Skowron (2008–2016)
  • Norbert Sczygiol (2016–present)

Doctors honoris causa

References

  1. [1]
    About the University, at the Częstochowa University of Technology homepage. Archived 2012-07-03 at the Wayback Machine (in English)

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