Częstochowa University of Technology

Częstochowa University of Technology
Politechnika Częstochowska
Established 1949
Rector Professor Maria Nowicka-Skowron
Students 11,626
Location Częstochowa, Poland
Affiliations Socrates-Erasmus
Website www.pcz.pl
University campus

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.[1]

General information

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

Currently there are 6 faculties (wydział):

Rectors

Doctors Honoris causa

References

External links

Coordinates: 50°49′16″N 19°06′42″E / 50.82111°N 19.11167°E / 50.82111; 19.11167

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