The Silesian University of Technology

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www.polsl.pl

THE SILESIAN UNIVERSIT Y

OF TECHNOLOGY

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THE SILESIAN

U N I V E R S I T Y

OF TECHNOLOGY

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THE SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

4 F R O M T H E R E C T O R 6 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 8 LOCATION

9 STRUCTURE

10 FACULTIES AND UNITS

11 EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 12 STUDENTS’ LIFE

13 WHY CHOSE THE SILESIAN UNIVERISTY OF TECHNOLOGY?

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16 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

18 FACULTY OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL, ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

20 FACULTY OF CHEMISTRY

22 FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

24 FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

26 FACULTY OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 28 FACULTY OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND METALLURGY

30 FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS 32 FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 34 FACULTY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY

36 FACULTY OF ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

38 FACULTY OF TRANSPORT

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FROM THE RECTOR

The Silesian University of Technology has a history of 63 years. It has become an important public culture and opinion-forming institution, deeply rooted in the city of Gliwice and Upper Silesia region. Its special function is an outcome of the fact that for many successive years our University served as a specific “knowledge deposit”, thanks to the creative work of its professors and other staff. We successfully utilize our human resources in research and education processes and make the results available for the public benefit and market advantage.

The Silesian University of Technology is the biggest technical university in our region and one of the biggest in Poland, currently educat- ing about 30 000 students on 12 Faculties in 48 engineering disciplines. We provide graduates of engineering who are ready to work as managers of Silesian industry and of enterprises far beyond our region. As an organization with a big research and teaching potential we exert a stimulating impact on the growth of Silesia and Zagłębie and significantly contribute to the creation of the economy based on knowledge management.

I have been involved in the Silesian University of Technology for many years and am fully aware of not only its renown and value but also, at the same time, of the challenges that we are facing. Nowadays it is only the knowledge of citizens obtained in the process of education that empowers them and endows them with the capability of meeting the requirements of our modern world.

The development of the economy and society drawn on knowledge must be based on a properly organized, modern system of education and training, within the framework of which innovation can flourish.

The conditions for the growth of entrepreneurship and commercial- ization of research and development works have already been creat- ed and will be continuously improved at our University. Thus, I sin- cerely believe that our University, due to the commitment of its academic environment, has become an innovative research and educational institution that will soon play an important role in the European Higher Education Area.

THE RECTOR OF THE SILESIAN

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

prof. dr hab. inż.

Andrzej Karbownik

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VICE-RECTOR FOR EDUCATION

Dr hab.

Stanisław Kochowski, prof. nzw. w Pol. Śl.

VICE-RECTOR

FOR ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT Prof. dr hab. inż.

Leszek Blacha

VICE-RECTOR FOR SCIENCE

AND CO-OPERATION WITH INDUSTRY Dr hab. inż.

Jan Ślusarek, prof. nzw. w Pol. Śl.

VICE-RECTOR

FOR INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION

Prof. dr hab. inż.

Jerzy Rutkowski

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A B R I E F H I S T O R Y

The Silesian University of Technology is one of the biggest technical universities in Poland. Its rich, over 60-year-old, tradition makes it the oldest in Upper Silesia and one of the oldest in the country.

The University was founded on May 24, 1945 and Gliwice was chosen for its seat despite initial plans to locate it in Katowice. What made the city stand out from other places in Upper Silesia was the space potential it offered. Here, empty buildings, grouped in a small area, could be converted and used for didactic and administrative purposes as

well as turned into halls of residence for students and teachers. The concept went along with a far reaching vision to establish an academic district.

Another strength of Gliwice were research workers and students of the former Technical University in Lvov who were resettled here after World War II.

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The foundation of the Silesian University of Technology fulfilled the idea which had been present in the consciousness of the Silesian community for a long time. Since research development and didactic activities were essential to support this highly industrialized and having great prospects area, the first actions to set up a technical university in this region were taken as early as in the late 1920s.

The inauguration ceremony of the first academic year was held in Gliwice on October 29, 1945.

At the time the University had a student population of 2750. It used educational curricula taken from the Technical University in Lvov at four faculties:

Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical and Civil En- gineering and employed nearly 200 academics.

The outstanding teaching staff, made up mainly of professors of the former Technical University in Lvov, were one of the strongest assets of the University since its foundation.

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L O CAT I O N

The Silesian University of Technology was founded as the scientific and didactic base for the most industrialized region in Poland and one of the most industrialized areas in Europe: Upper Silesia.

The Silesian province lies in the south of Poland.

It borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia; it covers 12,000 square kilometers. There are 68 towns and cities in Silesia, 22 of which fulfill big city func- tions (universities, institutes and research centers).

The population is nearly 4.9 million (the record den- sity per square kilometer – over 398 people). Every fifth working Pole is employed in Silesia. The Silesians are famous for their traditional culture of work which guarantees high qualification of workers and their solidity.

As far as communication infrastructure, accessibili- ty of transport and industrial base are concerned, Upper Silesia takes the first place in the country.

Until recently, Silesia was mainly associated with heavy industry, which is undergoing a deep restruc- turing process at the moment. Other trades, particularly the automotive industry, are developing rapidly.

Nine faculties of the Silesian University of Technology are located in Gliwice – the main seat of the University, and the remaining three in Katowice and Zabrze. Besides, lectures are held in Rybnik, Bytom, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Tychy and Sosnowiec, covering the whole area of Upper Silesia.

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S T R U C T U R E

The Silesian University of Technology is a self-gov- erning, autonomous state university managed by elected one-person and collective bodies. The Rector constitutes the supreme one-person body, and the Senate is a collective body of academics.

Vice-Rectors are responsible for individual sectors:

Vice-Rector for Education, Vice-Rector for Science and Co-operation with Industry, Vice-Rector for Organization and Development, Vice-Rector for International co-operation and also the Chancellor.

The organizational structure of the University comprises 3 levels. The basic unit is constituted by a faculty, with institutes and departments acting as internal faculty units. The institutes and departments are further divided into divisions, which carry out research and teaching related to particular scientific disciplines. The University also contains extrafaculty, interfaculty and supporting units.

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FA C U LT I E S

At the moment there are twelve faculties at the Silesian University of Technology:

Faculty of Architecture

Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science

Faculty of Chemistry Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering

Faculty of Materials Science and Metallurgy Faculty of Mathematics and Physics

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mining and Geology

Faculty of Organization and Management Faculty of Transport

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Moreover, there are some supporting, interfaculty and extrafaculty units.

Academic Entrepreneurial Incubator of the Silesian University of Technology

Central Library

Career Guidance and Student Promotion Centre Biotechnology Centre

Centre for the Education in Mechatronics Education and Congress Centre

Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre Biomedical Engineering Centre

Computer Centre

Engineering Education Centre

Central-East Europe Civil Aviation Personnel Education Centre

Research Center for Teaching Techniques Geometry and Engineering Graphics Centre Sports Centre

Foreign Languages Teaching Center PhD School

Publishers of the SUT Graphic Centre of the SUT

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Number of students 30 000

Number of employees 3 700

Number of academic 1 900

teachers

Number of graduates 130 000

Number of PhD 3 500

graduates

Number of post-doctoral 550

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At the moment about 30 thousand students are studying at 48 specializations comprising the whole range of engineering activities. Five faculties run courses in the English language, thus adjusting to the European educational market and enabling foreign students to study at the University.

The Silesian University of Technology invariably belongs to the group of top Polish technical universities and tops rankings of technical universities.

The university proves its high position by outstanding academic achievements and numerous national and international successes. High level of education is ensured by highly qualified academic staff, co-operation with many research centres in Poland and abroad, and research oriented at active cooperation with industry. Location in the centre of the biggest industrial region in Poland and one of the biggest in Europe, enables comprehensive scientific co-operation in many fields essential for the economy.

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S T U D E N T S’ L I F E

During an academic school year the university is vibrant with life inspired by Student Self- Government and lots of student organizations.

Students are involved in cultural, sports and tourist organizations, in 96 scientific associations and also in other organizations motivating them socially and internationally providing them with the possibility of

international exchange, apprenticeship and supporting contacts with future employers.

The Silesian University of Technology Campus is one of the biggest in Poland. It comprises 10 students hostels in Gliwice and 1 in Katowice, Zabrze and Rybnik. The students hostels provide 3500 beds.

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WHY C H O S E THE SILESIAN UNIVERISTY OF TECHNOLOGY?

Because facts speak in our favour. Engineering courses offered by the Silesian University of Technology provide excellent preparation for professional engineers, which is certified by high positions in independent rankings. The studies at our University pose good opportunities for the pursuit of students’ individual interests, including international academic envi- ronments thanks to exchange programmes run with many European partners. Furthermore, the courses provide solid grounds for future professional achievements. The underlying principle of our training is creative thinking, independent problem solving, accom- panied by a well grounded knowledge that guarantee attractive employment. More importantly, thanks to the knowledge and skills obtained at our University our graduates feel comfortable with the concept of professional mobility, which is nowadays an opportu- nity and not a threat to future career development.

The Silesian University of Technology is one of the best in Poland in terms of sport achievements – the winner of the XXIII edition of The Academic Championships of Polish Higher education Schools, thanks to about 20 sport sections, including: aero-

biking club, male and female basketball, alpine ski- ing, handball, football, swimming, chess, male and female volleyball, modern dance, table tennis, tennis, and triathlon. There is also a car racing section, and other unusual disciplines such as curling and angling are pretty common at our University.

The Silesian University of Technology is also an active player in the field of innovation and advance- ment of new technologies, which are essential in the knowledge-based economy. New ideas and solutions conceived at our University and then trans- ferred to industry contribute to the improvement of the competitive edge of Polish enterprises.

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FA C U LT I E S

THE SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

FACULTY OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL, ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

FACULTY OF CHEMISTRY

FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING FACULTY OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND METALLURGY FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS

FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY

FACULTY OF ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

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FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

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S T R U C T U R E

Department of Urban and Spatial Planning

Department of Architectural Design and Fine Arts

Department of Design and New Technologies in Architecture Department of History and Theory of Architecture

Department of Office Buildings Architecture and Design Strategy C O U R S E S I N P O L I S H

Architecture and Urban Planning Interior Design

A D D R E S S WYDZIAŁ ARCHITEKTURY ul. Akademicka 7, 44 -100 Gliwice

tel.: 00 48 32 237 12 10, fax: 00 48 32 237 24 91 e-mail: rar0@polsl.pl

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The Faculty of Architecture of the Silesian University of Technology continues the tra- ditions of the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University in Lvov. At present the academic staff at the faculty consists of about 100 employees including 14 professors and associate professors. Apart from permanent workers at the Faculty, architects and town planners with significant national creative achievements are also employed.

Fruitful collaboration of the Faculty with creative professional organizations is being developed, among others with Union of Polish Architects, Society of Polish Town Planners, Chamber of Polish Architects, Chamber of Polish Town Planners, local self- governments, and the Silesian Voivodeship’s self-government.

The Faculty implements projects and scientific researches concerning modern problems and difficulties in architectural and urban designing, spatial planning, history and theory of architecture, problems of sustainable development in urban and architectural revitalization of municipal areas, restoration and conservation of monumental and historic buildings, environmental aesthetics, building quality assessment and facilities management.

The faculty is a member of the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) and of European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (Le Notre); it also cooperates with organizations and institutions in several countries e.g. with IAPS – International Association for People Environmental Behaviour Studies, Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA) Fürst-Pückler-Land in Germany, Del Bianco Foundation in Italy and National Reservation of Cultural Heritage Old Halich in Ukraine.

DEAN OF THE FACULTY Dr hab. inż. arch.

Krzysztof Gasidło

prof. nzw. w Pol. Śl.

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S T R U C T U R E

FACULTY OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL,

A D D R E S S

WYDZIAŁ AUTOMATYKI, ELEKTRONIKI I INFORMATYKI ul. Akademicka 16, 44 -100 Gliwice

tel.: 00 48 32 237 13 10, fax: 00 48 32 237 24 13 e-mail: rau@polsl.pl

Institute of

Automatic Control Institute of

Computer Science Institute of Electronics

C O U R S E S I N P O L I S H Automatic Control and Robotics Electronics and Telecommunications Computer Science

Biotechnology

Biomedical Engineering

C O U R S E S IN ENGLISH

Macro-course: Automatic Control and Robotics, Electronics and Telecommu- nications, Computer Science

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The Faculty employs 42 professors and associate professors, about 200 assistant professors, assistants and lecturers. The Faculty collaborates with companies operating in different fields of industry. As a result, numerous projects of our researchers have been successfully implemented and different companies participate in the education process through student industrial placements as well as supervising the students’ theses and organizing training courses where certificates of competence are conferred.

The Faculty carries out research into automation, robotics, system analysis, signal conversion, analysis, synthesis and system design, electronic and telecommunications systems, microelectronic technologies, digital signal conversion, theoretical and applied computer science, software, databases, design and construction of computer equipment, basis and techniques of creating computer networks.

The Faculty has had outstanding achievements in scientific research, both theoretical and practical, as well as research and development projects. These include:

– the formulation of new steering algorithms (adaptive, predictive and changeable), significant contribution to the creation and modification of the existing methods of adjuster design

– the opening of the Signal Process Laboratory, the Specialized Integrated Circuit Design Laboratory, the creation of the FUZZY-FLOU system, which is used in the decision making process, drawing up and implementation of the steering system for the sheet metal etching process at Columbus Steelworks in the RSA

– the creation of program modules which guarantee the safety of information in computer systems, modules for hospital computer systems, systems of vocal communication with the computer for the blind user, an algorithm visualization system, the computerization of town councils.

DEAN OF THE FACULTY Dr hab. inż.

Zdzisław Duda

ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

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FACULTY OF CHEMISTRY

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A D D R E S S W Y D Z I A Ł C H E M I C Z N Y

ul. Marcina Strzody 9, 44 -100 Gliwice

tel.: 00 48 32 237 15 49, fax: 00 48 32 237 15 49 e-mail: rch@polsl.pl

Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Technology

Department of Analytical Chemistry Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Polymers

Department of Chemical Organic Technology and Petrochemistry

Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Department of Chemical and Process Apparatus Construction

C O U R S E S I N P O L I S H Chemistry

Chemical Technology Biotechnology

Chemical and Process Engineering

C O U R S E S I N E N G L I S H Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

S T R U C T U R E

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The Faculty employs 27 professors, associate professors and 73 PhDs. Research activity of the Faculty is focused on: transformation of hydrocarbons; synthesis, structure and reactivity of five- and six-element heterocyclic systems; chemistry of carbohydrates; metal complexes in organic synthesis; oxidation and chemistry of peroxy compounds; physical chemistry and technology of polymers synthesis and modification of polymers; gas and ion transportation in polymers and polymer mem- branes; catalytic processes in technology and in environmental protection; thermal and chemical technology of coal treatment; technologies of treating coal-derivative resources; utilization of selected heavy industry wastes; new technologies and the theory of inorganic and electrochemical processes; optimization of technical and apparatus solutions of industrial processes; static analysis and macro kinetics of inorganic processes; phase transformations and interface processes in multi-com- ponent systems; substances of special purity and properties; utilization and industrial waste disposal; corrosion and protection against it; industrial chemical analysis;

eco-analysis, analysis of biological materials; new reactions and analytic reagents;

the selected problems of bioprocess engineering and separation processes; crys- tallization; dynamics of chemical reactors; gas cleaning, nanostructured materials and biocatalysts, nanoparticles and nanofluids, microcreators and microfluidic devices.

The staff of the Faculty co-operates with many academic centres such as: Iowa State University, Kansas University of Lawrence, University in Trondheim, Universite de Rennes, Universita La Sapienza and Universita di Bologna, University College London, University of Southern Denmark, Universities in Brunschweig and Heidelberg, Hubei Polytechnical University, The Technical University of Kiev and The Technical University of Lvov, Vysoka Technicka Skola in Bratislava, Pamukkale University/Turkey/, National Research Center in Egypt. The cooperation takes the

DEAN OF THE FACULTY

Prof. dr hab. inż.

Andrzej Jarzębski

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FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

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Department of Building Structures Department of Roads and Bridges Department of Building Processes Department of the Theory of Building Structures

Department of Theoretical Mechanics Department of Structural Engineering Department of Geotechnics

Laboratory of Civil Engineering Faculty A D D R E S S

WYDZIAŁ BUDOWNICTWA

ul. Akademicka 5, 44 -100 Gliwice, Poland

tel.: 00 48 32 237 14 10, fax: 00 48 32 237 12 94 e-mail: rb@polsl.pl

C O U R S E S I N P O L I S H A N D E N G L I S H Civil Engineering

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There are 22 professors and associate professors and 86 Philosophy Doctors (PhDs) employed at the Faculty. The Research and Development activity of the Faculty comprises all fields connected with civil structure designing, building materials and technologies, transportation engineering and infrastructure: development of the theory of structures, reinforced-concrete, prestressed-concrete steel and timber structures, framework building, particularly those exposed to the effects of mining subsidence, testing of soil, foundations and structures, solid body mechanics and mechanical system dynamics in a non-classical approach, scientific basis for exploitation, renovation and conservation, new techniques in bridge construction, exploitation of bridge structures in areas exposed to mining subsidence, transportation infrastructure design and construction, including the development of the theory of pavements and soil improvement techniques in mining subsidence areas, design, construction and exploitation of town infrastructure including the infrastructure subjected to mining subsidence, testing of durability of materials and structures, ecological buildings, management, information, organization, computer and decision-making systems for building companies, techniques and testing of building materials and products.

The Faculty is a member of AECEF (Association of European Civil Engineering Faculties) and an active participant of EUCEET (European Civil Engineering Education and Training). The Faculty co-operates with some trade organizations – Silesian District Chamber of Civil Engineers, Chamber of Civil Engineering with the head-office in Katowice and Polish Society of Civil Engineers and Technicians. Students and academic staff exchange is conducted with a strong co-operation with British, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Danish, Portuguese, Slovak and Turkish universities. Foreign students may study at Structural Engineering orientation course, entirely conducted in English. The students of construction-architectural specialization can get Polish- Danish diploma in engineering as a part of bilateral agreement with Vitus Bering

DEAN OF THE FACULTY

Dr hab. inż.

Jerzy Sękowski prof. nzw. w Pol. Śl.

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FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

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A D D R E S S WYDZIAŁ ELEKTRYCZNY

ul. Krzywoustego 2, 44 -100 Gliwice, Poland tel./fax: 00 48 32 237 16 25

e-mail: re@polsl.pl

S T R U C T U R E

Institute of Power Systems Engineering and Control

Institute of Industrial Electrical Engineering and Informatics Department of Measurement Science, Electronics and Control Department of Electrical Machines and Devices

Department of Power Electronics, Electrical Drives and Robotics Department of Mechatronics

C O U R S E S I N P O L I S H Electrical Engineering

Electronics and Telecommunications Computer Science

Mechatronics

C O U R S E S I N E N G L I S H Electrical Engineering

Electronics and Telecommunications

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The Faculty employs 21 professors and associate professors as well as 78 PhDs. Scientific research carried out at the Faculty includes the following subjects: informatics and telecommunication systems in the field of production, transmission and distribution of electric energy, the diagnosis of electric power devices, electric metrology, calibration and electric quantity com- parators, automatics and control, digital-circuit and microprocessor engineering, the rudiments of Electronics, electromagnetic compatibility, projects of electric and electronic systems, signal processing methods, projects of comutator engines admission systems, electric and hybrid cars, the analysis of electromagnetic fields of electric machines, the application of signal processing in control systems, the modernization of the construction of electric engines, power electronics electric drives, electrothermal systems, microprocessor control of drive systems, energy generation in wind and solar power stations, mobile, walking and industrial robots, mechatronics, informatics in electric systems.

The Faculty cooperates with universities and scientific centres on all the continents. They include, for example, SVST Bratislava, Vysoka Skola Banska, Ostrava, Pilzno, University of Technology in Brno, University of Technology in Madgeburg, Fachhochschule Trier, Fachhochschule Darmstadt, Fachhochschule Regensburg, University of Technology in Duisburg, PGTU Mariupol, Cork Institute of Technology, Wright State University Dayton OH, University of Windsor, State University of Technology of Novosibirsk, University in Katania, Electric Power Research Institute, Physikalische Technische Bundesansalt, Braunschweig, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Some of the greatest achievements of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering include: Digital Unit of Protection Automatics of the Block-Generator-Transformer type CZAZ-GT, the comparator of etalons of self-inductance (which received the Siemens award in 2003), a device for the testing of the latest generation measurement standards for GUM, the control system for the resis- tance and arc furnace of great power, new technology for the optimization and modification of electric systems with the runs deformed because of the optimum shape and minimalization of active power losses, turbogenerators for the national electric power system, methods of deter- mining of electromagnetic parameters for electric machines on the basis of the measurement results, microprocessor power electronics electric drives, the simulator – UMSA-Windsor

Lesław Topór-Kamiński

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FACULTY OF ENERGY

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A D D R E S S

WYDZIAŁ INŻYNIERII ŚRODOWISKA I ENERGETYKI ul. Konarskiego 18, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

tel.: 00 48 32 237-17-10, fax: 00 48 32 2371794 e-mail: rie@polsl.pl

S T R U C T U R E

Department of Heating, Ventilation and Dust Removal Technology Department of Air Protection

Department of Technologies and Installations for Waste Management Department of Environmental Biotechnology

Institute of Water and Wastewater Engineering Institute of Power Engineering and Turbomachinery Institute of Thermal Technology

Division of Boilers and Steam Generators

Division for the Diagnostics and Testing of Combustion Engines C O U R S E S I N P O L I S H

Biotechnology

Environmental Engineering Power Engineering

Safety Engineering Mechanical Engineering Environmental Protection

C O U R S E S I N E N G L I S H Environmental and Power Engineering

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AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

The Faculty employs 47 professors and associate professors and 105 PhDs. The research work carried out at the Faculty covers the following fields: air, water and soil protection, environmental management, heat engineering in the building industry and municipal management, protection against environmental contamination, identification and spread of conta- minants, application of membrane techniques to wastewater and water treatment, use of microbiological processes in environmental protection and engineering, optimization of installations and facilities in water supply stations and wastewater treatment plants, operation and diagnostics of power machinery and facilities, investigation of complex processes of heat flow, use of renewable sources of energy; gas, heat and nuclear power engineering, heat engineering and industrial air-conditioning, construction and operation of combustion engines, design of machinery and facilities for waste utilization, design of machinery and facilities for chemical processes. The staff of the Faculty are members and sit on the boards of numerous European scientific organizations, such as European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, European Membrane Society, European Biotechnology Federation. In recent years, three units of the Faculty have been awarded the title of the Centre of Excellence: DEMETER, ENER-INDOOR, OPTI-ENERGY. Furthermore, the Faculty cooperates with Russian Academy of Science, American Industrial Hygiene Association and participates in the framework programs of the European Commission. It has also carried out collaborative research projects with other foreign centres: Polish- German agreement on cooperation (No-Border University), IEA Cooperation Agreement in Paris, cooperation with European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence and Combustion ERCOFACT, Marie Curie research project, EUREKA program dealing with the development of technologies for fat waste recycling in an MSP for energy purposes. Other forms of international co-operation include permanent contacts with a number of foreign research centres based at universities in Berlin, Dresden, Stuttgart, Clausthal, Zittau, Halle, Wittenberg, Magdeburgh, Bohum, Merserburgh, Munich, Gent, Lyngby, Orlando, Ijmuiden, Cottbus, Erlangen, Wessex, Florence, Athens, Kassel, Louvain, Coleraine, Brunnel, Vienna,

Janusz Kotowicz

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FACULTY OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING

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A D D R E S S

WYDZIAŁ INŻYNIERII MATERIAŁOWEJ I METALURGII ul. Krasińskiego 8, 40-019 Katowice, Poland

tel.: 00 48 32 603 41 02, fax: 00 48 32 603 43 96 e-mail: rm@polsl.pl

S T R U C T U R E Department of Metallurgy

Department of Materials Technology Department of Materials Science

Departament of Management and Computer Science

C O U R S E S I N P O L I S H Materials Enginnering Metallurgy

Management and Production Engineering Industrial Computer Science

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The Faculty employs 38 professors and associate professors as well as 120 doctors.

The research carried out at the Faculty involves materials engineering and metallurgy, focusing on the following branches: waste-free technologies, development and utilization of waste materials, mathematical modeling and optimization of metallur- gic processes, environment management, electric heating engineering, computer aided design processes, theory and technology of metallic materials, cracking mechanics, biomechanics, modeling of heat flow processes, kinetics of welding processes, kinetics of waste formation and destruction, technologies of composite formation, surface engineering, founding, structure analysis and properties, designing of chemical composition and technologies of materials subjected to complex mechanical and thermal load and corrosion environment, ceramics technologies of special properties, stereological methods, new biomedical materials.

The Faculty maintains didactic and scientific cooperation with about 30 oversees universities and research institutes from the Czech Republic (e.g. Vysoka Skola Banska-Ostrava), Estonia, France (e.g. Ecole Centrale Paris), Holland (e.g.

Technical University- Eindhoven), Lithuania, Germany (TU Bergakademie Freiberg, TU Dersden, TU Magdeburg, FH Muenster, FH Osnabrueck), Russia, Slovakia (e.g.

Technicka Univerzita Kosice), Sweden, Ukraine, the USA (e.g. University of Minnesota, University of Tennessee), the United Kingdom (e.g. Brunel West London University) and Italy. The cooperation with oversees research centers involves also such European programs as Socrates-Erasmus, Inco-Copernicus and Ceeptus.

Additionally, the Faculty cooperates with many domestic and oversees universities and institutes as well as with production plants of automotive industry, aircraft industry and metallurgy and power industries.

DEAN OF THE FACULTY

Prof. dr hab. inż.

Wojciech Szkliniarz

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FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS

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S T R U C T U R E A D D R E S S

WYDZIAŁ MATEMATYCZNO-FIZYCZNY ul. Kaszubska 23, 44 -101 Gliwice, Poland

tel.: 00 48 32 237 20 29, fax: 00 48 32 237 20 29 e-mail: rmf@polsl.pl

Institute of Mathematics Institute of Physics

C O U R S E S I N P O L I S H Mathematics

Technical Physics

Electronics and Telecommunication Computer Science

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AND PHYSICS

The Faculty employs 28 professors and associate professors and 97 members having the PhD degree. The scientific research at the faculty concern the following disciplines: solid state acoustics, acoustoelectronics and optoelectronics, solid state physics, semiconductor nanotechnology, applied nuclear physics, mathematical and functional analysis, alge- bra, simulation modelling in management, theory of stochastic processes, applications of mathematics, game theory, control theory, discrete mathematics; electronic data storage, design of internet applications, multimedia and cryptographic systems. The most important achievements of the Faculty include: the foundation and development of the following laboratories: radioactive isotope C-14, waveguide and planar optoelectronics, optics of semiconductors and thin layers, semiconductor nanotechnology, photoacoustics and acoustoelectronics, computer science, status of European Centre of Excellence CESIS and National Centre of Excellence NANOMET of the Department of Electron Technology, status of European Centre of Excellence GADAM of the Department of Radioisotope Applications status of National Centre of Excellence OptoAcustoSUT of the Department of Optoelectronics, realisation of the following European projects: CESIS and GADAM (within V FPEU) as well as ATIS and GOSPEL (within VI FPEU), long-term cooperation with foreign research centres abroad (in Austria, Denmark, France, Greece, Japan, Canada, Germany, Scotland, Sweden, Ukraine, Hungary, Italy, USA), as part of both joint research projects as well as bilateral agreements, resulting in joint publications in the international journals from ISI Master Journal List, cooperation with some national industrial and research centres (WASKO Gliwice, Energopomiar Gliwice, Cardiac Surgery Centre in Zabrze, Silesian Medical University, PREVAC Rogów), winning the Grand Prix Brussels EUREKA 2007 and the gold medal Brussels EUREKA 2007 at the International Invention Competition Brussels EUREKA 2007 for: Spectrometric System of Early Recognition and Diagnosis of Cancer (the highest award has been granted to Polish invention at the competition of the 56-year-old history), winning of national awards and distinctions by students

Radosław Grzymkowski

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FACULTY OF MECHANICAL

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A D D R E S S

WYDZIAŁ MECHANICZNY TECHNOLOGICZNY ul. Konarskiego 18a, 44 -100 Gliwice, Poland

tel.: 00 48 32 237 24 20, fax: 00 48 32 237 12 67 e-mail: rmt@polsl.pl

S T R U C T U R E

Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials

Institute of Engineering Processes Automation and Integrated Manufacturing Systems Department of Applied Mechanics

Department of Strength of Materials and Computational Mechanics Department of Welding

Department of Fundamentals of Machinery Design Department of Machine Technology

C O U R S E S I N P O L I S H Automatic Control and Robotics Mechanical Engineering

Mechatronics

Management and Production Engineering

Applied Automation with Computer Materials Science Nanotechnology and Material Processes Technologies Technical and Computer Science Education

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ENGINEERING

Academic staff of the Faculty consists of nearly 40 professors and associate professors as well as 160 PhD academics. The Faculty carries out research in the following disciplines: material science of steel, special and construction alloys, tool steels and sintered materials used for tools; technologies of materials processing, mechanics, robotics, mechatronics, fluid mechanics, biomechanics, mechanical vibrations, dynamics, drive systems, virtual models in machinery design, operation and maintenance, computer aided design and machinery operation and maintenance, technical diagnostics and methods and techniques of noise and machinery vibrations reduction.

The Faculty enjoys the wide scientific and didactic co-operation with over 150 universities located on every continent, moreover, it has one of the greatest foreign students exchange (almost 100 students and PhD students join annually one-semester studies in almost every European country, mainly within CEEPUS and ERASMUS programs.

The Faculty prides on traditionally good collaboration with numerous firms and companies operating in the field of industrial automation and robotics, machinery design, production engineering, material science, welding, casting, PVC processing and production engineering.

Current co-operation with industry embraces among others the following assignments:

– carrying out mutual research and development works, developmental and goal oriented projects,

– participation of firms in delivering equipment and fitting out the research and didactic laboratories at the Faculty,

– transfer of new technologies from science to industry and form industry to didactics, – organizing postgraduate studies for all candidates to raise their professional qualifications, – expertises and doing research projects in the laboratories at the Faculty and giv- ing opinions concerning the innovative character of undertakings carried out by business enterprises,

DEAN OF THE FACULTY

Prof. dr hab. inż.

Jerzy Świder

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FACULTY OF MINING ANG GEOLOGY

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A D D R E S S WYDZIAŁ GÓRNICTWA I GEOLOGII ul. Akademicka 2, 44 -100 Gliwice, Poland

tel.: 00 48 32 237 12 83, fax: 00 48 32 237 15 10 e-mail: rg@polsl.pl

Institute of Mining Mechanisation Institute of Mining

Institute of Applied Geology

Department of Electrical Engineering and Conrol in Mining

Department of Mining Management and Safety Engineering

Department of Geomechanics, Under- ground Construction and Management of Mining Areas Surface Protection Department of Mineral Processing and Waste Utilisation

Museum of Deposit Geology in Memorial of Czesław Poborski

S T R U C T U R E

C O U R S E S I N P O L I S H Mining and Geology Safety Engineering Mechatronics

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The Faculty employs 30 professors and associate professors as well as 116 PhDs. The Faculty runs the scope of researches concerning modern mining which covers appro- priate geological identification of mineral deposits, economically effective extraction of raw materials, use of energy-saving and fail-save machines, meeting requirements of safety and environmental protection. Scientific and research achievements of the Faculty concern among other things: automation and control of working processes, application of fuzzy sets in modelling and simulation researches, monitoring injury risk and fire precautions, control of dangers of stray currents, construction of modern mining machinery, experimental and computer research of dynamic and tribological phe- nomena in mining machines, rationalization of structure and organization of mining companies, earth surface protection at mining sites, removal of mining damage and revitalization of postindustrial areas, mining below facilities on the surface of the area or in the conditions of bounce danger, ventilation and air-conditioning of mines, fire fighting, control of dust and gas explosions, industrial safety in mining, control and determination of preventive treatment of water dangers in active and liquidated mines, flood hazard assessment, examination of coal quality and protection of coal resources in a deposit and assurance of energy safety of the country, designing of digital mining maps, application of clean coal technologies, estimation of utilization possibility of mineral wastes, crisis management.

The Faculty cooperates with numerous foreign centers all over the world: in Germany with universities in (Aachen, Freiburg, Munster, Bochum, Tübingen, Darmstadt, Bielefeld, Clausthal, Wuppertal, Dresden, Magdeburg, Braunschweig, Munich, Freiberg, Chemnitz, Hanover, Bielefeld, Trier), in Spain (Madrid, Vigo, Oviedo), in Portugal (Lisbon, Porto) in Czech Republic (Ostrava, Brno), in Sweden (Stockholm, Lulea, Göteborg), in Turkey (Pammukale), in Russia (St. Petersburg), in Ukraine (Donetsk), in Slovakia (Kosice), in China (Qingdao, Beijing, Sichuan, Jiaozuo), in

DEAN OF THE FACULTY

Prof. dr hab. inż.

Marian Dolipski

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FACULTY OF ORGANIZATION

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WYDZIAŁ ORGANIZACJI I ZARZĄDZANIA ul. Roosevelta 26, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland

tel.: 00 48 32 277 73 14, fax: 00 48 32 277 73 61 e-mail: roz@polsl.pl

S T R U C T U R E Department of Management and Marketing Department of Applied Social Sciences Department of Economic and Finance

Department of Enterprise Management and Production Organization Department of Fundamentals of Technical Systems

Department of Computer Science and Econometrics

Department of Quality Management of Process and Product Department of Environment and Safety Management

Department of Administration and Law

C O U R S E S I N P O L I S H Management

Management and Production Engineering Sociology

Administration Logistics

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AND MANAGEMENT

The Faculty employs 41 professors and associate professors and 147 PhDs.

The Faculty carries out research in the following fields:

Strategic management in companies and economic regions, Values in con- temporary company management, HR management, Personnel marketing theory and practice, Financial services marketing, Company assets management International expansion of companies, Urban logistics, International logistics, Project management, Product technology and quality management, Processes of change and strategies of company development, Computer- aided engineering tasks, Virtual Working Environment, Human Body Modelling and Computer Aided ergonomics analysis, Creation and exploitation of acoustic maps, Political and legal problems of Upper Silesia Region, Promotion of employment in local government, Public safety, Rescue systems, Emergency management, Quality management in manufacturing, service and administrative companies, Management of environmentally friendly processes.

International cooperation is an important part of scientific and didactic activities of the Faculty of Organisation and Management. Our employees join different forms of professional training in France, Greece, Germany, Spain, Great Britain and other countries. They give lectures and cooperate in research.

Our Faculty has signed continuous cooperation agreements with numerous foreign scientific centres like: Ecole de Mines de Saint Etienne, Fachhochschule Bielefeld, Bergische Universitat – Gesamthochschule Wuppertal, Internationales Hoch- schulinstitut Zittau, VIA University College, Copenhagen University, College of Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Faculty of Technology Management, Coventry University.

The Faculty carries out research for Fiat Auto Poland, cooperates with Bumar Łabędy and other leading companies of the Upper Silesia.

Marian Turek

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FA C U LT Y O F T R A N S P O R T

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S T R U C T U R E Department of Automotive Vehicle Service Department of Automotive Vehicle Construction Department of Logistics and Mechanical Handling Department of Railway Engineering

Department of Traffic Engineering

Informatics Systems Department of Transport

C O U R S E S I N P O L I S H Transport

A D D R E S S WYDZIAŁ TRANSPORTU

ul. Krasińskiego 8, 40-019 Katowice, Poland tel./fax: 00 48 32 603 41 08

e-mail: rt@polsl.pl

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The Faculty employs 16 professors and associate professors as well as 52 PhDs.

The Faculty conducts scientific research in the following areas: transport nets optimization, transport logistics, microprocessor technique and simulation tests in transport, mathematical modelling of combustion processes in engines, alternative fuels usage, wearing out of transport machines’ elements, supporting computer designing transport machines’ units, vibroacoustic diagnosis of machines and vehicles, dynamics of vehicles’ suspensions, applying numerical methods in designing and optimizing wheel units and wheel-rail system, telematics and transport safety.

Every year the Faculty employees carry out approximately 90 scientific projects including grants financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission; they carry out implement- ing activities as well as service work and they also participate in designing new com- munications solutions in the region. The Faculty also organises 11 cyclic international conferences.

A number of scientific works conducted by our employees have been awarded prizes by the Polish Prime Minister, the Minister of Education and Sport and companies such as Fiat and ABB. Faculty od Transport cooperates with many foreign universities such as: Technical University of Ostrava, Glasgow Caledonian University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chalmers University of Technology, State Transport University in Sankt Petersburg, Ruhr – Universität Bochum, Kaunas University of Technology, Lviv Polytechnic National University, East-Ukrainian National University, China University of Mining and Technology.

Faculty also develops cooperation with numerous Polish universities, institutes and scientific research centres, especially in Silesia, and cooperates with many firms and companies in Poland and abroad: Fiat Auto Poland, Opel, Alstom, Bombardier, Lucchini, Siemens and other.

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Based on the materials collected and worked out by the University Press Office.

Graphical design and type: Jolanta Kiełkowska.

Translated by the English teachers of Foreign Languages Teaching Centre.

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