Technical University of Wroclaw
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Politechnika Wrocławska Technical University of Wrocław |
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| founding | 1910; 1945 |
| Sponsorship | public |
| place | Wroclaw |
| country |
 Poland
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| Rector | Cezary Madryas |
| Students | 28,314 (2017) |
| Employee | 3049 (2017) |
| Networks | NU , TIME |
| Website | www.pwr.wroc.pl |
The Technical University of Wroclaw ( Polish Politechnika Wrocławska , English Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WUST) ) is a Technical University in Wroclaw founded in 1910 .
The Technical University of Wroclaw was founded in 1910. After the conquest of Wroclaw by the Red Army and the handover of the city to Poland, the formerly German University of Wroclaw and the Technical University were converted into universities of the Polish state on August 24, 1945 . With lectures by the Polish professors Ludwik Hirszfeld and Kazimierz Idaszewski , teaching was resumed on November 15 of the same year. This day is also celebrated as the official reopening.
The university currently has about 32,000 students; around 20% of them are distance students . With around 4,200 employees, the TU Breslau is the city's largest employer. Around 160 of the employees are employed as professors , around 1,650 have the title of doctor (including around 250 with a completed habilitation ).
The university has 14 student residences with around 4,000 beds.
In 2001 the German-Polish Society of the University of Wroclaw (Breslau) e. V. founded with the aim of international understanding and knowledge transfer. This society includes all the universities in the city of Wroclaw: University, Pontifical Theological Faculty, Medical Academy, Technical University, Schools of Economics, Agriculture, Sports, Music and Art.
Faculties
- (W-1) architecture
- (W-2) Civil Engineering
- (W-3) chemistry
- (W-4) Electronics
- (W-5) Electrical engineering
- (W-6) Earth Sciences and Mining
- (W-7) Environmental technology
- (W-8) Computer Science and Management
- (W-9) Mechanical engineering, power engineering
- (W-10) Mechanical engineering
- (W-11) Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology
- (W-12) Microsystems and Photonics (recently outsourced from the Faculty of Electronics )
- (W-13) Pure and Applied Mathematics
Neisse University
In 2001, the Neisse University was founded in cooperation with the Technical University of Liberec in the Czech Republic and the Zittau / Görlitz University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Economics and Social Work in Germany . The conception of Neisse University is based on studying in a real linguistic, cultural, scientific and economic environment. Students and teachers from three countries are involved in it.
Cooperations
Since 2008, a joint international Master’s degree in Information Technology has been operated with the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University in Lemgo .
Personalities
- Kurt Lüer (1863-1946), tar - chemist and inventor . The “initiator of tar and asphalt road construction on German country roads” was made an honorary senator of the TH Breslau in 1935.
- Lothar Neumann (1891–1963), government builder and later chief post office building officer in Breslau, who designed the brick expressionist post office in Breslau ,
- Hans-Werner Koenig (1908–1988), civil engineer, managing director of the Ruhr Association and the Ruhr Talsperrenverein, Essen, Dr.-Ing. E. h. TH Berlin-Charlottenberg 1961, Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Ulrich Petersen (1907–1992), outstanding iron and steel engineer, Dr.-Ing. E. h. RWTH Aachen 1968
- Franz Eugen Simon (1893–1956), low-temperature physicist and thermodynamicist , director of the Institute for Physical Chemistry 1931–1933
See also
literature
- The new Technical University in Wroclaw. In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen , Volume 60, 1910, No. 10–12, pp. 489–514, urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-91527
- The new Technical University in Wroclaw. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 30, 1910, No. 97 (from December 3, 1910), urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-44384 , non-official part, pp. 630–632.
- Report on the change of rectorate at the Technical University of Wroclaw. Wroclaw 1910–1928.
- Ludger Mintrop: The Institute for Mine Science and Geophysics at the Technical University of Wroclaw. Institute for Mine Science and Geophysics, Breslau 1931 ( digitized version )
- Festschrift of the TH Breslau to celebrate its 25th anniversary 1910–1935. A report on the development and scientific contributions from their circle. Korn, Breslau 1935. ( digitized version )
- The Wroclaw University of Technology. Contributions to the history of the Technical University of Wroclaw commemorating the 75th anniversary of its opening in 1910. Society of Friends of the Technical University, 1985. ( digitized version )
Web links
- Website of the Technical University of Wroclaw
- Internet presence of the German-Polish Society of the University of Wrocław (Breslau) e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ WUST: Rector and vicerectors. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
- ↑ The Three Univeristies. In: www.neisse-uni.org. University of Applied Sciences Zittau / Görlitz, accessed on September 28, 2019 (English).
- ↑ it-master.org Int. Master's degree in Information Technology
- ^ Hans Christoph Graf von Seherr-Thoß: Lüer, Kurt , in: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB), Vol. 15 (1987), p. 459
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , see 1973
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 31.7 ″ N , 17 ° 3 ′ 35.5 ″ E