1. Wrocław 2012 Wrocław University of Technology yesterday – today - tomorrow

2. Wrocław University of Technology Today’s Wrocław University of Technology is an inheritor of the tangible property of the German Königliche Technische Hochschule Breslau and the intellectual and research traditions of the Lv i v Polytechnic. The university has been functioning under the current name since 1945. It was established and organised by researchers from Lv i v and Warsaw. Since the very beginning of its existence, it has been an important centre of technical education. Today, it belongs to the best technical universities in Poland – over 33 000 students study here under the guidance of 2 000 academic teachers, at the 12 faculties and the Department of Fundamental Studies, as well as in the 4 regional branches.

3. Mission Wrocław University of Technology is an autonomous university, a research institution of a university type. Its mission is to shape creative and critical personalities of the students and to chart directions for development of science and technology. Goals  To adjust the University operation to its social and economic environment  Priority to education quality and commercialising the results of research  Educational system that meets social, economic and labour market needs

4. Budget:  budget grant for teaching and research acitvities  own income from teaching and research activity Fields of study39 therein unique32 Students33 775 Ph.D’s1 058 Employees4 438 Academicians therein 2 045 Professors367 Associate professors248 PhD1 247 Campus area (ha)87,6 Buildings251 Figures

5. 2012 5th place among all public universities 2nd place among all technical universities 2009 2nd place among Polish universitites July 2011 1st place among Polish technical universities 3rd place among Polish universities One of the best in rankings

6. Wrocław 2012 Education

7. Faculties Faculty of Architecture Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Chemistry Faculty of Electronics Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology Faculty of Environmental Engineering Faculty of Computer Science and Management Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology Faculty of Microsystems Electronics and Photonics Department of Fundamental Studies of Technology Regional branches in Jelenia Góra, Legnica, Wałbrzych

8. Programmes taught in English Bachelor Programmes:  Architecture  Computer Science  Information and Communication Management  Organizational Management  Mechanics and Machine Building Master Programmes:  Architecture  Civil Engineering  Bioinformatics  Medicinal Chemistry  Chemical Metallurgy  Organic and Polymer Chemistry  Molecular nano-bio-photonics for telecommunication and biotechnologies  Advanced Applied Electronics  Internet Engineering  Control in Electrical Power Engineering  Renewable Energy Systems

9. Programmes taught in English Master Programmes:  European Geotechnical and Environmental Course  European Minerals Engineering Course  Mining and Power Engineering  Environmental Quality Management  European Master of Science in Environmental Technology and Management  Business Information Systems  Computer Engineering  Computer Science - Intelligent Information Systems  Information Technology  Renewable Sources of Energy  Refigeration and Cryogenics  Automotive Engineering  Production Management  Nanoengineering  Mathematics for Industry and Commerce  Electronics, Photonics, Microsystems

10. Education quality and accreditation University Quality Assurance System  monitoring of academic standards  evaluation of learning process  evaluation of the quality and teaching conditions  evaluation of the availability of information on education State Accreditation Committee  distinguished evaluation for 6 fields of study:  Architecture and Urban Planning (Faculty of Architecture)  Civil Engineerinf (Faculty of Civil Engineering)  Automation and Robotics (Faculty of Electronics)  Computer Science (Faculty of Electronics)  Electrotechnics (Faculty of Electrical Engineering)  Electronics and Telecommunication (Faculty of Microsystem Electronics and Photonics)  positive evaluation for 41 fields of study University Accreditation Committee  accreditaion for 4 fields of study European Federation of National Engineering Associations  accreditation for 14 fields of study European Chemistry Thematic Network  accreditation for 2 fields of study European Network for Quality of Higher Engineering Education for Industry  QUESTE certificate for Computer Science

11. Available to students:  over 250 buildings with modern laboratories, libraries and multimedia teaching rooms  350 teaching rooms and lecture studios  over 460 didactics laboratories  over 100 computer laboratories  computer laboratories and reading rooms with 24h internet connection  wireless internet access in 95% of buildings  free of charge access to the software including: Microsoft, SAS Institute, MatLab, Origin, Statistica, LabView, ANSYS Academic Teaching Introductory, Autocad Teaching facilities

12. Collections:  books and magazines – printed and electronic versions – polish and foreign editions  informational publications and computer databases  special collections including standards, corporate directories, video tapes, CDs  textbooks and foreign language teaching materials – scientific work, mainly on construction and journals in the field of chemistry and electricity Internet access:  catalog of books  catalog of lending services  International databases  Lower Silesian Digital Library resources Library

13. International cooperation Wrocław 2012

14. International exchange programmes Lifelong Learning Programme Erasmus 2011/2012:  budget: 1 009 620 EUR  number of students departing to study abroad: 234  number of students departing abroad for the internships: 164  number of students coming to study from abroad: 150  number of employees departing to give lectures: 65  number of employees departing for trainings: 16  number of partner universities: 354 Bilateral agreements 2011/2012:  over 500 valid agreements in the frames of LLP-Erasmus programme  activities: scientific research, lectures, conferences, Ph.D’s, postdoctoral degrees, diplomas, pubications, etc. International agreements 2011/2012:  148 intercollegiate agreements

15. Lifelong Learning Programme – Leonardo da Vinci 2011/2012: trainings abroad for alumni  budget: 249 977 EUR  number of participants: 55  number of institutions: 58 Erasmus Mundus Action 2  External Cooperation Window EUBRANEX Brazil (2008-12)  External Cooperation Window Russia (2008-12)  Erasmus Mundus Action 2 MULTIC Russia (2010-14)  Erasmus Mundus Action 2 MULTIC Russia II edition (2011-15)  Erasmus Mundus Action 2 STEM Western Balkans (2010-14)  Erasmus Mundus Action 2 STRONG-TIES Asia Regional (2011-15) Vulcanus in Japan  four-month intensive Japanese language courses  eight-month traineeships in the leading Japanese companies, such as: Toyota, Nissan, Panasonic Programmes of international exchange

16. University of Technology for Young Wrocław 2012

17. Student activities Scientific organizations: 150 Student Culture Centres: 38 Student Associations: 30

18. Modern University Prospective students:  on-line registration at: www.rekrutacja.pwr.wroc.pl  official web site: w ww.pwr.wroc.pl Students:  electronic student ID  cooperation with companies and institutions in the fields of interships and trainings – Whirlpool, Siemens, LG Electronics, Toyota, Volvo, IBM Teaching:  ECTS Points  possibility of studying in foreign languages

19. Wrocław University of Technology for Young  Open days  Wrocławski Indeks educational fair  Talent course  Correspondence courses in mathematics and physics for the prospective students  Team programming competitions  Mathematic and logic games competition  Chemistry Olympics  Lower Silesian Festival of Science  Young Researchers Academy

20. Science and research Wrocław 2012

21. Research Research results:  5 118 publications in journals from the Philadelphia List  4 575 publications in Impact Factor journals  4 612 invention projects (half of invention projects in Lower Silesia), therein utility models  scientific journals (Optica Applicata, Material Science, Systems Science) Scientific and research centres:  Wroclaw Centre for Networking and Supercomputing  Wroclaw Centre for Technology Transfer  Hugo Steinhaus Centre for Stochastic Methods  Centre for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology  Centre for Biomedical Engineering  Centre for Advanced Manufacturing  EMC Centre of Excellence - Electromagnetic Compatibility of Devices, Systems and Installation  Materials Recycling Center of Excellence  Hugo Steinhaus Center Commercialisation of research results:  hundreds of original technical solutions, research and technology methods used in industry  numerous licensing agreements to use inventions

22. International research projects  37 projects within 7 th Framework Programme  2 project s within Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme  5 projects within Coal and Steel Fund  6 9 projects within EU Structural Funds financed by the Operational Programmes: Human Capital, Innovational Economy, Infrastructure and Environment and the Regional Operational Programme of Lower Silesia  2 projects within Financial Mechanism EOG  2 project within Plan for European Cooperating (PECS)  2 project within Joint Technology Initiative on Nanoelectronics ENIAC

23. Certified laboratories The Laboratory of Electromagnetic Compatibility The Laboratory of Electromagnetic Field Standards and Metrology The Testing Laboratory of Building Engineering Institute The Laboratory of Testing of Small Power Electrical Machines The Laboratory of Electromagnetic Compatibility in Electroenergetics The Laboratory of Computer Aided Designing The Chemical Laboratory of Multielemental Analyses The Conveyor Belting Laboratory The Acoustics Testing Laboratory Laboratory of Reverse Engineering Accredited Laboratory of Work Safety Testing Laboratory of the Transport Infrastructure Facilities of the Institute of Civil Engineering

24. Cooperation with the industry Aims:  joint research and implementation works in various branches of industry  development of new technologies  teaching and improving of the engineering staff for the industry  cooperation in the field of using research, teaching and training facilities  the opportunity to take part in interships, and implement ideas from the final thesis  support for the alumnis career paths  development of academic enterpreneurship  Commercialization of research results  Preparation and implementation of projects financed from the domestic foreign funds and grants  Promotion of modern technologies Partners: LG Electronics, IBM, Microsoft, EDF, Volvo Polska, Rafako S.A., Municipality of Wrocław and others

25. Third generation Main goals of Wrocław University of Technology as the University of third generation:  education  research  commercialization of knowledge  cooperation with region and city

26. Thank you for your attention. Wrocław 2012