Wikipedia

Gdańsk University of Technology

TheGdańsk University of Technology(Gdańsk Tech,formerly GUT;Polish:Politechnika Gdańska) is auniversity of technologyin theWrzeszczborough ofGdańsk,and one of the oldest universities inPoland.It has eight faculties with 41 fields of study and more than 18,000[3]undergraduates, as well as about 626[4]doctoral students. It employs 2768 people, including 1313 academic teachers.[5]

Gdańsk University of Technology
Politechnika Gdańska
Motto
"History is wisdom – the future is a challenge"
TypePublic
Established1904
RectorKrzysztof Wilde
Students14,439[1](December 2023)
Address
Narutowicza 11/12
80–233 Gdańsk Wrzeszcz
,
Gdańsk
,
Pomeranian Voivodeship
,
Poland
AffiliationsCESAER,Erasmus+,EUA
Websitewww.pg.edu.pl
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QSEmerging Europe and Central Asia[2]78 (2022)

The Gdańsk University of Technology has an international institutional accreditation, EUA-IEP (European University Association-Institutional Evaluation Programme).

History

edit

The university was founded in 1904 as Königliche Technische Hochschule zu Danzig inDanzig,which was part of theGerman Empire.The names of the city's educational institutions were affected by the changes in the Danzig city status.[6]The university was known by different names throughout different times:

  • 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 takeover of the city by theRed Army,theSovietsarranged stables and barracks in other buildings.[7]The school was reorganized under the supervision ofStanisław Turski,a Polish mathematician and former inmate ofGerman concentration camps.

The 110th anniversary ceremony was held on 6 October 2014.[8]The culmination point was the ceremony of conferringRobert CavafromPrinceton University.[9]The main ceremony ended with the concert at thePolish Baltic Philharmonic.The symphony orchestra of PBP with the Gdańsk Tech andPoznań University of Technologychoirs performed the oratorioQuo vadisbyFeliks Nowowiejski.The next day, Gdańsk Tech organised a meeting with members of theEuropean Federation of National Engineering Associations.[10]

The motto of the university, "History is wisdom – future is challenge", was adopted by the resolution of the Senate of Gdańsk University of Technology on 21 January 2015.

Main building in 1904

Location

edit

The Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech) is located in Gdańsk, situated at the mouth of theVistula Riveron theBaltic Sea.The Main Campus is situated in the centre of old Wrzeszcz. The campus is located on Narutowicza Street.

Courses

edit

Some degree courses and various specialisations are taught in English. Students have access to laboratories. Undergraduates can also join one or more of 60 student science or language societies as well as other organisations.

Interior

edit

The main building, designed byHermann EggerttandAlbert Carsten,was built between 1900 and 1904. The main building is the symbol of the university.[11]All the buildings were designed in the style of theNorthern Renaissancewith the elements ofArt Nouveau.The images above the eastern side gate are a lighthouse and the tower ofSt. Mary's Church.The ornamental gutters are decorated with copper spouts in the shape of four male figures holding water monsters. The Clock Tower destroyed in 1945 was restored to the roof of the main building on 13 May 2012. The tower is 18 meters in height. The main building encloses inner courtyards that were covered by glass domes.

In 2012, the South Courtyard was officially renamed in honour ofJohannes Hevelius.It is named after the French physicist who first performed a similar experiment at the Paris Pantheon in 1851. The Foucault pendulum is designed to show the rotation of the Earth on its axis. An electromagnet fixed at the point of suspension powers the movement of the pendulum. Reliefs in the window niches above theFoucault pendulumshow the design of a reflectivesundial(on the left) and a rotating map of the sky with asextant.[12]

Faculties

edit
Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics

The university's faculties are:

  • Faculty of Architecture
  • Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics
  • Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering
  • Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics
  • Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology
  • Faculty of Management and Economics

Chemical Faculty

edit
Student laboratory
Wooden fume hood at Gdańsk University of Technology

The Chemical Faculty was one of the four original faculties of 'Royal Technical College in Gdańsk'. The Chemical Institute (Chemisches Institut) building was one of the first built specially for Gdańsk University of Technology in 1900–1904.[13]In 1904, the laboratories in the Chemical Faculty at the Technical University in Gdańsk were equipped with wooden fume hoods.[14]

Chemical Faculty is one of five faculties that started operations research and teaching in 1945 as a result of the decree of the Polish government transforming technical universities acting inGdańsksince 1904 into Polish Gdańsk University of Technology.[15]

At the faculty, there are projects that were financed by theKomitet Badań Naukowych(Science Research Council) andEuropean Commission.At the faculty operates theCentre of Excellence in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring.[16]There are also research programmes financed by the European Commission within the framework of EU programmes V and VI.[17]

Academic Computer Centre

edit

The Academic Computer Centre in Gdańsk (CI TASK) has been operating since 1992 due to an agreement reached between theTri-City's chief institutions of higher education. The initial plan was for it to primarily serve all schools of higher education as well as local branches of thePolish Academy of Sciences.[18]

Library

edit
Further information:Gdańsk University of Technology Library

The library has a collection of over a million volumes.[19]The library also stores publications in electronic form. The library has a total of 16 reading rooms. Gdańsk University of Technology has participated in the creation of the Universal Library.[20]

Notable alumni

edit

References

edit
  1. ^"Higher education in the 2023/24 academic year"(in Polish). Statistics Poland.Retrieved30 June2024.
  2. ^"QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia".Retrieved15 January2023.
  3. ^"Gdańsk University of Technology".2018.Retrieved4 September2017.
  4. ^"Gdańsk University of Technology – General information".2016.Retrieved4 September2017.
  5. ^"Gdańsk University of Technology – General information".2016.Retrieved4 September2017.
  6. ^"Gdańsk University of Technology – Historical calendar".Archived fromthe originalon 29 November 2016.Retrieved26 January2017.
  7. ^Józef Włodarski."Technical University in Gdańsk in the years 1904–1945, official website of Gdańsk Technical University".Józef Włodarski.Archived fromthe originalon 6 December 2007.Retrieved25 November2009.
  8. ^"110th anniversary GUT – Honourable Committee".Retrieved20 January2017.
  9. ^"Cava Granted Honorary Doctorate from Gdańsk University of Technology".Retrieved20 January2017.
  10. ^"110th anniversary of the GUT – Programme".Retrieved20 January2017.
  11. ^"Gdańsk University of Technology campus".Retrieved26 January2017.
  12. ^http://pg.edu.pl/documents/10607/0/PROGRAM%20EUROPEJSKIEJ%20NOCY%20MUZE%C3%93W%20NA%20POLITECHNICE%20GDA%C5%83SKIEJ.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  13. ^"History of the Chemical Faculty".chem.pg.edu.pl.Retrieved1 September2016.
  14. ^John Buie (9 December 2011)."Evolution of fume hoods".Lab Manager. Archived fromthe originalon 1 December 2017.Retrieved13 March2018.
  15. ^"Wehikuł czasu na Politechnice Gdańskiej; Politechnika Gdańska, audytorium chemiczne, wydział chemiczny, wydział chemia, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot".Trojmiasto.pl.30 September 2010.Retrieved26 August2016.
  16. ^"Centre of Excellence in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring at the Chemical Faculty of the Gdańsk University of Technology"(PDF).www.pjoes.com.2 January 2004.Retrieved30 August2016.
  17. ^"Faculty of Chemistry – General Information".chem.pg.edu.pl.Retrieved26 August2016.
  18. ^"Academic Computer Centre in Gdansk".Retrieved20 January2017.
  19. ^"The Library of Gdansk University of Technology".Retrieved20 January2017.
  20. ^"Partners Pomerania Digital Library".Retrieved20 January2017.
edit

54°22′17″N18°37′8″E/ 54.37139°N 18.61889°E/54.37139; 18.61889

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gdańsk_University_of_Technology&oldid=1253591948"