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Cracow University of Technology

Cracow University of Technology

Cracow University of Technology

Introduction

The biggest advantages of Cracow University of Technology (CUT) are: almost 80-year-old tradition of educating engineers, modernity and openness to change as well as hard work on the improvement of the Polish scientific and technical thought. Thanks to them CUT won a strong position and well established brand.


We give our students the most durable capital in the labor market - knowledge!

Cracow University of Technology comprises 8 faculties with 30 majors of study accredited by the Polish Accreditation Committee. Also the majors taught by the Faculty of Civil Engineering and the Faculty of Architecture are accredited by the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education. Moreover the major in Architecture is accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the major in Landscape Architecture earned the accreditation of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Europe. Cracow University of Technology was awarded the Logo Human Resources Excellence in Research by the European Commission.

Our alumni find jobs at public and private companies, national and international enterprises, government administration, and also at universities and research institutes. We are committed to ensure that all the PK graduates represent a high level of expertise as well as the highest ethical standards so that they can choose from many interesting job offers.

Cooperation with many universities and scientific centres all over the world enables joint publications and research, exchange of students and academic teachers, as well as the possibility of obtaining additional certificates and double diplomas. 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.

International Center for Education

International students who would like to study at our Univerity has also the possibility to study in polish, after finishing the one-year preparatory course at the International Centre of Education. We have students from all over the world, who is studying at the Cracow University of Technology in polish after they graduate from ICE.

The International Centre of Education is an inter-faculty unit of the Cracow University of Technology. We have been welcoming international students and researchers for over 25 years.

The aims of the Centre are twofold – firstly, to conduct Urban Studies and Sustainability Studies; – secondly, to provide one-year Preparatory Courses and short intensive Bridging Courses for international students intending to start studying in Poland.

Preparatory and Bridging Courses are means by which international students may better meet the scholastic requirements for entry into universities. Courses at ICE are particularly appropriate for providing the academic background needed to succeed in an undergraduate or postgraduate program at a university in Poland. We offer Preparatory Courses to degree programs in many disciplines of engineering and science, architecture, arts.

Classes are taught by experienced lecturers and researchers. Our international students have a very good record of personal and academic achievement.

If you enjoy studying and meeting people from different cultures, we are sure that your time spent in the International Centre of Education will be rewarding and enjoyable.

Please check the ICE website to find out something more: http://www.mck.pk.edu.pl/en

Statistics

Currently nearly 14,000 students taking full-time, part-time and Ph.D. studies as well as post-graduate studies with nearly 1,100 academic teachers overseeing their education. Total number of alumni that graduated from PK exceed 80 000.

    Rankings

    Currently Cracow University of Technology is present in the following international rankings:

    • Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019 and 2020 – Mechanical Engineering (#301 – 400)
    • THE World University Rankings 2021 (#1001+)
    • QS World University Rankings:
      2021 QS World University Ranking (#801-1000)
      2020 Emerging Europe and Central Asia University Rankings (#79)
    • The Three University Missions Ranking 2020 (#1101 – 1200)
    • 2020 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (#1205)
    • UI GreenMetric World University Ranking 2018 (#572)
    • U-Multirank

    Locations

    • Kraków

      Warszawska,24, 31-155, Kraków

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