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Gdańsk University of Technology

Coordinates: 54°22′17″N 18°37′8″E / 54.37139°N 18.61889°E / 54.37139; 18.61889
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Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk Tech
Politechnika Gdańska
Latin: Polytechnica Gedanensis
Motto
"Historia mądrością – przyszłość wyzwaniem"[1]
Motto in English
"History is wisdom – the future is a challenge"[1]
TypePublic
Established
  • 6 October 1904; 120 years ago[2]
  • 24 May 1945; 79 years ago (re-established)[3]
AccreditationEUA-IEP (European University Association-Institutional Evaluation Programme)
RectorKrzysztof Wilde
Students15,622 (2023)[4]
Undergraduates11,490 (2023)[4]
Postgraduates3,644 (2023)[4]
488 (2023)[4]
Address
Narutowicza 11/12
80–233 Gdańsk Wrzeszcz
,
Gdańsk
,
Pomeranian Voivodeship
,
Poland
Campus80 hectares (200 acres)[5]
AffiliationsCESAER, Erasmus+, EUA
Websitewww.pg.edu.pl
University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[6]801-900 (2024)
QS World[7]801-850 (2025)
THE World[8]1001-1200 (2025)
USNWR Global[9]1079 (2025)
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[10]78 (2022)
QS Europe[11]302 (2025)
THE Europe[12]404 (2025)
USNWR Europe[9]392 (2025)
National – Overall
ARWU National[6]3 (2024)
QS National[7]5 (2025)
THE National[8]5 (2025)
USNWR National[9]9 (2025)

The Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech, formerly GUT; Polish: Politechnika Gdańska) is a public research university in Gdańsk, Poland.[13] Founded in 1904[2] and re-established in 1945,[3] it is the oldest university of technology in modern-day Poland. It is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the country.[14]

The university comprises eight academic faculties that provide higher education in 40 fields of study across 14 scientific disciplines. Its campus, located in the Wrzeszcz borough of Gdańsk, covers an area of 80 hectares (200 acres).[5] As of 2023, the university had 15,622 students, including 11,490 undergraduates, 3,644 postgraduates and 488 doctoral students.[4]

The Gdańsk University of Technology has an international institutional accreditation, EUA-IEP (European University Association-Institutional Evaluation Programme).

History

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The university was founded in 1904 as Royal Institute of Technology in Gdańsk (German: Königliche Technische Hochschule zu Danzig), which was part of the German Empire. The names of the city's educational institutions were affected by the changes in the Gdańsk city status.[2] The university was known by different names throughout different times:

  • 1918–1921: Technische Hochschule in Danzig (Polish: Wyższa Szkoła Techniczna w Gdańsku)
  • 1921–1939: Technische Hochschule der Freien Stadt Danzig (Polish: Wyższa Szkoła Techniczna Wolnego Miasta Gdańska)
  • 1939–1941: Technische Hochschule Danzig
  • 1941–1945: Reichshochschule Danzig

Following the takeover of the city by the Red Army, the Soviets arranged stables and barracks in other buildings.[15] The school was reorganized under the supervision of Stanisław Turski, a Polish mathematician and former inmate of German concentration camps.

The motto of the university, "History is wisdom – future is challenge", was adopted by the resolution of the Senate of Gdańsk University of Technology on 21 January 2015.[citation needed]

Main building in 1904

Location

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The Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech) is located in Gdańsk, situated at the mouth of the Vistula River on the Baltic Sea. The Main Campus is situated in the centre of old Wrzeszcz. The campus is located on Narutowicza Street.

Interior

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The main building, designed by Hermann Eggertt and Albert Carsten, was built between 1900 and 1904.[16] All the buildings were designed in the style of the Northern Renaissance with the elements of Art Nouveau. The images above the eastern side gate are a lighthouse and the tower of St. Mary's Church. The ornamental gutters are decorated with copper spouts in the shape of four male figures holding water monsters. The Clock Tower destroyed in 1945 was restored to the roof of the main building on 13 May 2012. The tower is 18 meters in height. The main building encloses inner courtyards that were covered by glass domes.

In 2012, the South Courtyard was officially renamed in honour of Johannes Hevelius. It is named after the French physicist who first performed a similar experiment at the Paris Pantheon in 1851. The Foucault pendulum is designed to show the rotation of the Earth on its axis. An electromagnet fixed at the point of suspension powers the movement of the pendulum. Reliefs in the window niches above the Foucault pendulum show the design of a reflective sundial (on the left) and a rotating map of the sky with a sextant.[17]

Faculties

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Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics

The university's faculties are:

  • Faculty of Architecture
  • Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics
  • Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering
  • Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics
  • Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology
  • Faculty of Management and Economics

Chemical Faculty

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Student laboratory

The Chemical Faculty was one of the four original faculties of the university[18] and one of five faculties that started operations research and teaching in 1945 as a result of the decree of the Polish government transforming technical universities acting in Gdańsk since 1904 into Polish Gdańsk University of Technology.[19]

At the faculty, there are projects that were financed by the Komitet Badań Naukowych (Science Research Council) and European Commission. At the faculty operates the Centre of Excellence in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring.[20] There are also research programmes financed by the European Commission within the framework of EU programmes V and VI.[21]

The faculty is involved in projects funded by the State Committee for Scientific Research and the European Commission. The Centre of Excellence in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring operates within the faculty.[22] Additionally, there are research programs financed by the European Commission under the EU's V and VI framework programmes.[23]

Academic Computer Centre

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The Academic Computer Centre in Gdańsk (CI TASK) has been operating since 1992 due to an agreement reached between the Tri-City's chief institutions of higher education. The initial plan was for it to primarily serve all schools of higher education as well as local branches of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[24]

Library

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Further information: Gdańsk University of Technology Library

The library has a collection of over a million volumes.[25] The library also stores publications in electronic form. The library has a total of 16 reading rooms. Gdańsk University of Technology has participated in the creation of the Universal Library.[26]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Statut Politechniki Gdańskiej" [Statute of Gdańsk University of Technology] (PDF). Gdańsk University of Technology (in Polish). 10 July 2024. p. 5. Dewiza Politechniki Gdańskiej brzmi: „Historia mądrością – przyszłość wyzwaniem". [The motto of the Gdańsk University of Technology is: „History is wisdom – the future is a challenge”.]
  2. ^ a b c Januszajtis, Andrzej. "Outline of the history of Polytechnic until 1945". Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b Wittbrodt, Edmund. "An outline of the history of Gdańsk University of Technology in 1945-1989". Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Sprawozdanie z Działalności" [Activity Report] (PDF). Gdańsk University of Technology (in Polish). 2023. p. 21.
  5. ^ a b "Facts and figures". Gdańsk University of Technology. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b "2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities". 15 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b "QS World University Rankings 2025: Top global universities". 4 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025". 9 October 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Best Global Universities in Poland". Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  10. ^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". 11 November 2021.
  11. ^ "QS World University Rankings: Europe 2025". 10 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Best universities in Europe 2025". 22 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Inicjatywa doskonałości – uczelnia badawcza" [Excellence initiative – research university]. gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  14. ^ Example rankings include:
    1. "2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities". 15 August 2024.
    2. "QS World University Rankings: Europe 2025". 10 July 2024.
    3. "Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025". 9 October 2024.
    4. "Best Global Universities in Poland". Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  15. ^ Józef Włodarski. "Technical University in Gdańsk in the years 1904–1945, official website of Gdańsk Technical University". Józef Włodarski. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  16. ^ "Gdańsk University of Technology campus". Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  17. ^ http://pg.edu.pl/documents/10607/0/PROGRAM%20EUROPEJSKIEJ%20NOCY%20MUZE%C3%93W%20NA%20POLITECHNICE%20GDA%C5%83SKIEJ.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  18. ^ "History of the Chemical Faculty". chem.pg.edu.pl. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  19. ^ "Wehikuł czasu na Politechnice Gdańskiej; Politechnika Gdańska, audytorium chemiczne, wydział chemiczny, wydział chemia, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot". Trojmiasto.pl. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  20. ^ "Centre of Excellence in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring at the Chemical Faculty of the Gdańsk University of Technology" (PDF). www.pjoes.com. 2 January 2004. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  21. ^ "Faculty of Chemistry – General Information". chem.pg.edu.pl. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  22. ^ "Centre of Excellence in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring at the Chemical Faculty of the Gdańsk University of Technology" (PDF). www.pjoes.com. 2 January 2004. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  23. ^ "Faculty of Chemistry – General Information". chem.pg.edu.pl. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  24. ^ "Academic Computer Centre in Gdansk". Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  25. ^ "The Library of Gdansk University of Technology". Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  26. ^ "Partners Pomerania Digital Library". Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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