OVERVIEW

Established (year): 
1945
Type: 
Public University of Technology
Main specialization(s): 
Civil engineering
Computer science
Mechanical engineering
Students (total): 
13.08 thousand
Academic staff: 
1.07 thousand

PROFILE - SHORT DESCRIPTION

Cracow University of Techology (PK) comprises 8 faculties with 30 majors of study taught in Polish and 11 majors taught in English:

  • Faculty of Architecture,
  • Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology,
  • Faculty of Civil Engineering,
  • Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunications,
  • Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
  • Faculty of Environmental and Power Engineering,
  • Faculty of Materials Science and Physics, 
  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

PK is present in the international rankings:

  • Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019 - Mechanical Engineering (#301-400)
  • QS World University Rankings 2019 (#801-1000)
  • 2020 Emerging Europe and Central Asia University Rankings (#79)
  • UI Greenmetric World University Ranking 2018 (#572)
  • The Three University Missions Ranking 2019 (#1001-1100)
  • 2019 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (#1190)

Cooperation with industry is also well-developed, and a Technology Transfer Centre is active in the university. A Special Economic Zone - the Cracow Technological Park - was created in 1997 as a reply for a call from the university. It has since become a platform linking the Cracovian scientific world with modern technologies.

 

 

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LOCATION

Region: 
Małopolskie