Silesian University of Technology

The Silesian University of Technology (Polish: Politechnika Śląska) is a public technical university in Gliwice, Poland, established in 1945 as the first technical university in Upper Silesia and the largest technical institution of the region.西里西亚理工大学（Politechnika Śląska）是波兰格利维采的一所公立技术大学，1945 年创办，为上西里西亚地区的第一所技术大学，也是该地区规模最大的技术院校。

It is one of the ten Polish universities selected in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education "Excellence Initiative - Research University" programme and the only university in Silesia to win that status.学校是波兰科学与高等教育部「卓越计划——研究型大学」项目选出的十所大学之一，也是西里西亚地区唯一获得这一资格的大学。

It educates more than 15,600 students through 13 faculties and one institute located in Gliwice, Katowice and Zabrze, employs about 3,200 staff and lies in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.学校通过分布在格利维采、卡托维兹与扎布热的 13 个学院与 1 个研究所培养 15,600 多名学生，有约 3,200 名员工，并入列 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名的 1001-1200 区间。

History

• The Silesian University of Technology was created in 1945 to provide a scientific and teaching base for Upper Silesia, then the most industrialised region of Poland and one of the most industrialised areas in Europe.西里西亚理工大学于 1945 年创办，旨在为上西里西亚提供科研与教学基地；该地区当时是波兰工业化程度最高的区域，也是欧洲工业化程度最高的地区之一。
• In the interwar years the Lviv Polytechnic had already been active in Upper Silesia, and its professors later formed the founding core of the new university in Gliwice.两次大战之间的年代里，利沃夫理工学院已在上西里西亚开展活动，其教授后来成为格利维采这所新大学的创校核心。
• On 24 May 1945 the first technical university in Silesia was formed in Gliwice, only days after the end of the Second World War in Europe.1945 年 5 月 24 日，即欧洲第二次世界大战结束数日之后，西里西亚地区的第一所技术大学在格利维采成立。
• An organising committee was appointed on 26 February 1945 under Stanisław Majewski, then director of the State Mining School in Katowice and later a professor of the Kraków mining academy.1945 年 2 月 26 日成立筹备委员会，由时任卡托维兹国立矿业学校校长、后任克拉科夫矿业学院教授的斯坦尼斯瓦夫·马耶夫斯基（Stanisław Majewski）主持。
• In June 1945 the Ministry of Education decided to transfer four faculties of the Polish Academy of Mining in Kraków, today the AGH University of Science and Technology, to the new institution.1945 年 6 月，教育部决定把克拉科夫波兰矿业学院（即今天的 AGH 科技大学）的四个系转入这所新学校。
• The transferred units were the faculties of chemistry, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and construction engineering, which covered the core disciplines needed by Silesian industry.转入的四个单位为化学系、电工系、机械系与建筑工程系，覆盖了西里西亚工业所需的核心学科。
• The first academic year was inaugurated on 29 October 1945 in a building at 21 Strzody Street in Gliwice, with study plans copied from those of the Lviv Polytechnic.1945 年 10 月 29 日，学校在格利维采斯特佐德街 21 号的一栋楼内举行首个学年的开学典礼，教学计划照搬利沃夫理工学院的范本。
• In that first academic year 2,750 students enrolled and the teaching staff numbered almost 200, making the school one of the largest technical colleges in post-war Poland.首个学年共有 2,750 名学生入学，教师队伍近 200 人，使这所学校成为战后波兰规模最大的技术院校之一。
• Władysław Kuczewski, a specialist in blast-furnace engineering who had worked in heavy industry for years, served as the first rector of the university from 1945 to 1951.炼铁工程专家弗瓦迪斯瓦夫·库切夫斯基（Władysław Kuczewski）多年从事重工业工作，于 1945 至 1951 年担任学校首任校长。
• In 1946 a further group of Lviv Polytechnic professors arrived in Gliwice, among them Stanisław Ochęduszko, who later served as rector from 1956 to 1959.1946 年又有一批利沃夫理工学院的教授抵达格利维采，其中包括后来于 1956 至 1959 年任校长的斯坦尼斯瓦夫·奥亨杜什科（Stanisław Ochęduszko）。
• The electrical engineer Stanisław Fryze and the professor Tadeusz Malarski of the Lviv school helped establish the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in 1945.利沃夫学派的电气工程师斯坦尼斯瓦夫·弗里泽（Stanisław Fryze）与教授塔德乌什·马拉尔斯基（Tadeusz Malarski）于 1945 年协助创建了电工系。
• The institution began its teaching in Kraków and moved to its permanent seat in Gliwice in October 1945, once the city had become part of Poland again.学校起初在克拉科夫开课，1945 年 10 月格利维采重新归属波兰后，迁至当地的永久校址。
• In the post-war decades the university expanded beyond Gliwice, adding faculties in Katowice and Zabrze and covering a large part of the Silesian Voivodeship with its teaching.战后数十年间，学校扩展到格利维采以外，在卡托维兹与扎布热增设学院，教学覆盖西里西亚省的大片区域。
• It became the oldest and largest technical university of the Silesian Voivodeship and a culture-forming institution of the whole Upper Silesian conurbation.学校由此成为西里西亚省历史最久、规模最大的技术大学，并成为整个上西里西亚城市群的文化塑造机构。
• Over its history the university has awarded engineering diplomas to more than 220,000 graduates, many of whom entered the mining, steel and machinery industries of the region.建校以来，学校已向 22 万多名毕业生授予工程师文凭，其中许多人进入该地区的采矿、钢铁与机械工业。
• In 2019 it was selected in the "Excellence Initiative - Research University" competition organised by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education from among Poland's twenty best universities.2019 年，学校在科学与高等教育部从波兰二十所最佳大学中举办的「卓越计划——研究型大学」评选中入选。
• As one of the ten winners it receives a subsidy increased by 10 percent for the years 2020-2026, amounting to almost PLN 245 million over seven years.作为十所入选高校之一，学校在 2020 至 2026 年获得提高 10% 的拨款，七年合计近 2.45 亿兹罗提。
• In 2019 the university also joined EURECA-PRO, a European University alliance created with nine partner institutions from the European Union.2019 年，学校还加入 EURECA-PRO——与来自欧盟的九所伙伴院校共建的欧洲大学联盟。
• The EURECA-PRO partners aim at a common virtual and integrated European campus by 2040, centred on responsible production and consumption and on high-quality education.EURECA-PRO 的伙伴院校计划到 2040 年建成共同的虚拟一体化欧洲校园，聚焦负责任的生产与消费以及高质量教育。
• In 2024 the Perspektywy ranking named it the best academic university in Silesia, confirming its leading position in the region.2024 年，Perspektywy 排名把该校评为西里西亚地区最佳学术型大学，确认了它在当地的领先地位。

Academics

• The university is organised into 13 faculties and one institute and offers nearly 60 fields of study covering the whole scope of engineering activity.学校由 13 个学院与 1 个研究所组成，开设近 60 个专业方向，覆盖工程活动的各个领域。
• Nine faculties and the Institute of Physics are in Gliwice, while two faculties operate in Katowice and two in Zabrze, so the university covers most of the province.九个学院与物理研究所位于格利维采，另有两个学院设在卡托维兹、两个设在扎布热，因此学校覆盖了该省的大部分区域。
• Its faculties cover architecture, automatic control and computer science, civil engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering and biomedical engineering.其学院涵盖建筑学、自动控制与计算机科学、土木工程、化学、电气工程与生物医学工程。
• Further faculties deal with mining and safety engineering, materials engineering and metallurgy, energy and environmental engineering, and organisation and management.其他学院涉及采矿与安全工程、材料工程与冶金、能源与环境工程，以及组织与管理。
• The remaining units are applied mathematics, mechanical engineering, transport and aviation engineering, and the College of Social Sciences and Foreign Philologies.其余单位为应用数学、机械工程、交通与航空工程，以及社会科学与外国语言文学院。
• The Institute of Physics and the College of Social Sciences complete the academic structure, which spans technical, natural-science and humanities subjects.物理研究所与社会科学学院构成学校教学结构的其余部分，涵盖技术、自然科学与人文学科。
• Some 15,600 students were enrolled in 2023, according to the Central Statistical Office of Poland, studying in full-time and part-time modes.据波兰中央统计局数据，2023 年在校学生约 15,600 名，采用全日制与非全日制两种形式学习。
• Candidates may also take free education in almost 30 fields of study taught in English, which attracts international students to Gliwice.考生还可选择近 30 个以英语授课的免费专业方向，这吸引了不少国际学生来到格利维采。
• The university employs about 3,200 people, of whom roughly 1,750 are academic teachers working across the fourteen teaching units.学校有约 3,200 名员工，其中教学科研人员约 1,750 名，分布在十四个教学单位。
• Programmes are offered at first-cycle, second-cycle, doctoral and postgraduate levels, and the university also runs courses for industry professionals.学校在本科、硕士、博士与博士后层次开设课程，还为业界人士提供进修课程。
• Doctoral training is provided by the Joint Doctoral School of the Silesian University of Technology, which enrols candidates across the faculties of the university.博士生培养由西里西亚理工大学联合博士学院承担，面向学校各学院招收博士生。
• Besides technical subjects, students can study business analytics, interior design, mathematics, management, project management and applied linguistics.除技术类科目外，学生还可修读商业分析、室内设计、数学、管理学、项目管理与应用语言学。
• Its research strengths include automatic control, materials engineering, mining, energy and environmental engineering, and biomedical engineering.其科研优势领域包括自动控制、材料工程、采矿、能源与环境工程，以及生物医学工程。
• The university runs double-diploma programmes with partner universities abroad and takes part in the Erasmus+ exchange scheme.学校与海外伙伴大学开设双学位项目，并参与 Erasmus+ 交流计划。
• It cooperates with the industrial enterprises of Upper Silesia, a leading centre of coal, steel, machinery and automotive production in Central Europe.学校与上西里西亚的工业企业合作，该地区是中欧煤炭、钢铁、机械与汽车生产的重要中心。
• Its research output indexed by OpenAlex amounts to 44,514 works and 978,722 citations, reflecting a broad base in engineering and applied science.OpenAlex 收录该校 44,514 篇研究成果与 978,722 次引用，体现出其在工程与应用科学领域的广泛基础。
• The university's development plan under the Excellence Initiative seeks to raise the international impact of its research and to improve doctoral education and human-resources policy.在卓越计划下，学校的发展规划着力提升科研的国际影响力，并改进博士生培养与人事政策。

Campus

• The main campus lies in Gliwice, an 800-year-old Silesian city and a major scientific and industrial centre of southern Poland.主校区位于格利维采——一座有 800 年历史的西里西亚城市，也是波兰南部重要的科学与工业中心。
• Teaching units are spread across the Silesian Voivodeship, with nine faculties and the Institute of Physics in Gliwice, two faculties in Katowice and two in Zabrze.教学单位分布于西里西亚省：九个学院与物理研究所在格利维采，两个学院在卡托维兹，两个在扎布热。
• The university's earliest seat in Gliwice was a building at 21 Strzody Street, where the first academic year opened in October 1945 with 2,750 students.学校在格利维采最早的校址是斯特佐德街 21 号的一栋楼，1945 年 10 月首个学年在此开课，当时有 2,750 名学生。
• The Main Library of the Silesian University of Technology stands at 23 Kaszubska Street in Gliwice and serves readers from all faculties and institutes.西里西亚理工大学主图书馆位于格利维采卡舒布斯卡街 23 号，面向全校各学院与研究所的读者开放。
• Student halls form a residential estate in Gliwice that includes the Karlik hall at 10 Kujawska Street, which also houses the estate administration.学生宿舍在格利维采构成一片住宿区，其中包括位于库亚夫斯卡街 10 号的「卡尔利克」宿舍楼，住宿区管理办公室也设于此。
• A house for young researchers and doctoral students, Dom Asystenta, is located at 35 Kochanowskiego Street in Gliwice.面向青年学者与博士生的「助教之家」（Dom Asystenta）位于格利维采科哈诺夫斯基街 35 号。
• The Education and Congress Centre hosts university ceremonies such as the inauguration of the academic year and major scientific conferences.教育与会议中心承办学年开学典礼以及大型学术会议等学校活动。
• The campus lies within the Upper Silesian conurbation, the largest urban agglomeration in Poland, and is linked to Katowice and other cities by road and rail.校园位于波兰最大的城市群——上西里西亚城市群之内，通过公路与铁路与卡托维兹等城市相连。
• The historic centre of Gliwice near the campus contains a market square and the Gliwice Radio Tower, the tallest wooden structure in the world when it was built in 1935.校园附近的格利维采老城中心有集市广场，以及 1935 年建成时为世界最高木结构的格利维采广播塔。
• Through the EURECA-PRO alliance the university works towards a shared integrated European campus by 2040, together with its nine partner institutions.通过 EURECA-PRO 联盟，学校与九所伙伴院校共同致力于在 2040 年前建成共享的一体化欧洲校园。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the Silesian University of Technology is placed in the 1001-1200 band, a tied interval of the global table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，西里西亚理工大学位列 1001-1200 区间，是该全球榜单中的一个并列区间。^[1]
• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 it stands in the 1001-1200 band, the same interval as in the QS table.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，学校位列 1001-1200 区间，与 QS 榜单所处区间相同。
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities list for 2026-2027 it was ranked 1,070th in the world.在 US News 2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名中，学校位列世界第 1,070 位。
• It did not enter the main table of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026.学校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• In the Perspektywy 2026 ranking it was the 5th best university of technology and the 8th best university overall in Poland.在 Perspektywy 2026 年排名中，学校在波兰技术类大学中位列第 5，综合排名位列第 8。
• The Perspektywy 2024 ranking named it the best academic university in Silesia, ahead of the other universities of the region.Perspektywy 2024 年排名把该校评为西里西亚地区最佳学术型大学，领先于该地区的其他高校。
• In the 2024 Technical Studies Ranking it reached the national podium in seven of the twenty-two fields assessed.在 2024 年技术学科排名所评估的 22 个领域中，学校有 7 个进入全国前三。
• The university is the only institution in Silesia among the ten winners of the "Excellence Initiative - Research University" programme, which also include Warsaw University of Technology and AGH University of Science and Technology.学校是「卓越计划——研究型大学」十所入选高校中西里西亚地区唯一的一所，同批入选者还包括华沙理工大学与 AGH 科技大学。
• Under the Excellence Initiative it receives almost PLN 245 million over the years 2020-2026 and is expected to compete with the leading European centres of technology.在该计划下，学校于 2020 至 2026 年间获得近 2.45 亿兹罗提拨款，并有望与欧洲一流技术院校竞争。
• The university is affiliated with the European University Association, the European Society for Engineering Education, CEEPUS and the EURECA-PRO alliance.学校是欧洲大学协会、欧洲工程教育学会、CEEPUS 以及 EURECA-PRO 联盟的成员。
• Research output indexed by OpenAlex records 44,514 works and 978,722 citations, a level among the highest of Polish technical universities.OpenAlex 收录该校 44,514 篇研究成果与 978,722 次引用，这一体量位居波兰技术类大学前列。

Student life

• The university has no formally adopted Latin motto and expresses its aims through a mission to conduct innovative research and educate highly qualified staff for a knowledge-based society.学校没有正式采用的拉丁校训，而是以「开展创新研究、培养适应知识社会的高素质人才」这一使命表达其追求。
• The student self-government, Samorząd Studencki, represents students in the university's governing bodies and runs cultural and sports events on the Gliwice campus.学生自治会（Samorząd Studencki）在学校治理机构中代表学生，并在格利维采校区举办文体活动。
• Student organisations include the Academic Choir of the Silesian University of Technology, the Academic Music Ensemble, AEGEE-Gliwice, BEST-Gliwice and IAESTE.学生组织包括西里西亚理工大学学术合唱团、学术音乐团、AEGEE-Gliwice、BEST-Gliwice 与 IAESTE。
• The university is active in the Academic Sports Association, whose teams take part in Polish inter-university championships in a range of sports.学校积极参与学术体育协会（AZS），其代表队参加多个运动项目的波兰高校间锦标赛。
• Students hold the traditional Juwenalia festival, the Polish student spring holiday celebrated in Gliwice each year with concerts and parades.学生每年在格利维采举办传统的「尤维纳利亚」（Juwenalia）节，这是波兰高校的学生春季节日，以音乐会与游行庆祝。
• The Alumni Association of the Silesian University of Technology, whose electrical section dates from 1958, keeps graduates in contact with the university.西里西亚理工大学校友会（其电工分会始于 1958 年）维系毕业生与学校的联系。
• Most students live in the student estate in Gliwice or commute from the towns of the Upper Silesian conurbation, which is served by trams and railways.多数学生住在格利维采的学生宿舍区，或从上西里西亚城市群的城镇通勤，该地区有有轨电车与铁路连接。
• The university offers student mobility under the Erasmus+ programme and within the EURECA-PRO European University alliance.学校通过 Erasmus+ 项目及 EURECA-PRO 欧洲大学联盟提供学生交流机会。
• The proximity of Katowice, with its museums, concert halls and concert venues, gives students access to a wide cultural life beyond the campus.卡托维兹近在咫尺，其博物馆、音乐厅与演出场馆让学生得以在校园之外享有丰富的文化生活。

Notable people

• Władysław Kuczewski, a blast-furnace specialist, was the first rector of the university and led it from 1945 to 1951.炼铁专家弗瓦迪斯瓦夫·库切夫斯基（Władysław Kuczewski）是学校首任校长，1945 至 1951 年在任。
• Stanisław Ochęduszko, a professor who moved from the Lviv Polytechnic, served as rector of the university from 1956 to 1959.从利沃夫理工学院迁来的教授斯坦尼斯瓦夫·奥亨杜什科（Stanisław Ochęduszko）于 1956 至 1959 年任校长。
• Stanisław Fryze, an electrical engineer of the Lviv school, helped found the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in 1945.利沃夫学派的电气工程师斯坦尼斯瓦夫·弗里泽（Stanisław Fryze）于 1945 年参与创建电工系。
• Jerzy Buzek earned his master's degree in mechanical and power engineering here in 1963 and later served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001 and as President of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2012.耶日·布泽克（Jerzy Buzek）1963 年在此取得机械与动力工程硕士学位，后于 1997 至 2001 年任波兰总理、2009 至 2012 年任欧洲议会议长。
• Mariusz Walter, a student here from 1955 to 1961, went on to found the commercial television network TVN, one of the largest in Poland.马里乌什·瓦尔特（Mariusz Walter）1955 至 1961 年在此就读，后来创办了波兰最大的商业电视网之一 TVN。
• Zygmunt Frankiewicz, a graduate, served for many years as mayor of Gliwice and played a role in the city's industrial transformation.毕业生齐格蒙特·弗兰凯维奇（Zygmunt Frankiewicz）长期担任格利维采市长，在该市工业转型中发挥了作用。
• Jarosław Czaja, a graduate, founded the software company Future Processing, which grew into one of the largest IT employers in the region.毕业生雅罗斯瓦夫·查亚（Jarosław Czaja）创办了软件公司 Future Processing，该公司后来成为该地区最大的信息技术雇主之一。
• Krzysztof Nawratek, an architect and author who graduated in 1993 and completed his doctorate here in 2002, writes on urban theory and city planning.建筑师与作家克日什托夫·纳夫拉特克（Krzysztof Nawratek）1993 年本科毕业、2002 年在此取得博士学位，从事城市理论与城市规划研究。
• Marek Pawełczyk, a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, was elected rector in April 2024 for the 2024-2028 term.波兰科学院通讯院士马雷克·帕韦尔奇克（Marek Pawełczyk）于 2024 年 4 月当选校长，任期 2024 至 2028 年。
• Tadeusz Malarski, a professor of the Lviv school, took part in establishing the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in 1945.利沃夫学派的教授塔德乌什·马拉尔斯基（Tadeusz Malarski）参与了 1945 年电工系的创建。
• Stanisław Majewski, who chaired the organising committee of 1945, was later a professor of the Kraków mining academy and helped shape the new technical school.1945 年主持筹备委员会的斯坦尼斯瓦夫·马耶夫斯基（Stanisław Majewski）后来任克拉科夫矿业学院教授，参与了这所新技校的塑造。
• The university has produced more than 220,000 engineers, many of whom hold senior posts in the industry of Upper Silesia and beyond.学校已培养 22 万多名工程师，其中许多人在上西里西亚及更广范围的工业界担任高级职务。