Gdask University of Technology

The Gdask University of Technology (Gdask Tech, former GUT; Politechnika Gdaska) is a technical university in the Wrzeszcz borough of Gdask, and one of the oldest universities in Poland. It has eight faculties and with 41 fields of study and more than 18 thousand Some degree courses and various specialisations are taught in English. Moreover, some of the courses offered by Gdask Tech are unique in Poland, for instance ones in Construction Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Geodesy and Cartography, as well as Engineering of Natural Resources. Students have access to specialist laboratories, lecture theatres with multimedia facilities, a library with 1.2 million volumes and various sports facilities. Undergraduates can also join one or more of 60 student science or language societies as well as other organisations. Gdask Tech is the first and only Polish university to be a member of the CDIO Initiative, founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. CDIO aims to provide an education for engineers that enables them to Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate pro-industrial technological systems. Active member of a number of university networks and associations, e.g. Baltic Science Research (coordination of nanotechnology research and education), Baltic University Network (Uppsala Protocol) and the Baltic Sea Region University Network. In October 2015, the school became a member of CESAER. With over nine people applying for one place at the university, Gdask Tech was ranked at the first position on the list of the most popular Polish universities in 2017. The ranking was published by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Gdask University of Technology has an international institutional accreditation EUA IEP (European University Association Institutional Evaluation Programme).