Technical University of Breslau
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Politechnika Wrocławska
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Main building
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| Latin: Polytechnica Wratislaviensis | |
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Former names
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Königliche Technische Hochschule Breslau (1910–1918) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1910 (former) 1945 (current) |
| Budget | PLN 613 million (2012) |
| Rector | Cezary Madryas |
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Academic staff
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2,131 |
| Students | 28,314 |
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Wrocław, Poland 51°06′25″N 17°03′43″E / 51.107°N 17.062°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | EUA (European University Association), TIME (Top Industrial Managers for Europe), CRE (Association of European Universities CRE-Columbus), EAIE, PACE (Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education) |
| Website | http://pwr.edu.pl |
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| QS | 292nd in Engineering & Technology |
Königliche Technische Hochschule Breslau (1910–1918)
Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Polish: Politechnika Wrocławska, founded as German: Technische Hochschule Breslau) is a technological university in Wrocław Poland. With buildings and infrastructures dispersed throughout the city, its main facilities are gathered at a central location near Plac Grunwaldzki, alongside the Oder river. It operates three regional branches in Jelenia Góra, Legnica, and Wałbrzych. Huffington Post UK named Wrocław University of Science and Technology in the top 15 Of The World’s Most Beautiful Universities Rankings.
Currently the university educates over 32,000 students in almost 50 Bachelor, Master, and PhD programs. Every year over 4,000 degrees are conferred, with over 80,000 graduates since its foundation. The university staff consists of over 2000 academic employees and another 2,000 administration workers.
The university rates high in the annual rankings of Polish universities. In 2006 and 2007 consecutively, it was announced the best technical university in Poland in the oldest Polish ranking of higher education schools carried out by Wprost magazine and 2nd best in 2013. The university ranked 1st in the modern technologies group (disciplines: computer science, electronics, materials science) of the Where to study? ranking. It ranked 2nd among the best technical universities in Information Technology and 1st in the Most Innovative Universities by 2012 Computerworld Magazine USA. In 2015 it ranked 1st in the field of Environmental Engineering according to the most popular currently ranking site in Poland, Perspektywy.
According to the recent QS World University Rankings 2017/2018, it ranked 292nd in Engineering&Technology, impressively making it to the top 3% in the world in the field of engineering. It also ranked in the top 1% overall in EECA Rankings.
C13 Building.
D20 Building - Faculty of Electrical Engineering.
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