Częstochowa University of Technology

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.[2]

Częstochowa University of Technology
Politechnika Częstochowska
Established1949
AffiliationSocrates-Erasmus
RectorProfessor Norbert Sczygiol
Students5,430[1] (12.2023)
Address
ul. J.H. Dąbrowskiego 69, 42-200 Częstochowa
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Websitewww.pcz.pl

General information

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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

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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

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Doctors honoris causa

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References

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  1. ^ "Higher education in the 2023/24 academic year" (in Polish). Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  2. ^ About the University, at the Częstochowa University of Technology homepage. Archived 2012-07-03 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
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