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The Gdańsk University of Technology ((ポーランド語:Politechnika Gdańska)) is a technical university in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz, and one of the oldest universities in Poland. It has nine faculties and with 41 fields of study and more than 26 thousand undergraduate, as well as about 400 doctoral students. It currently employs 2500 people, including 1200 academic teachers. It received CESAEER Membership in 2015. The rector of the university is professor Henryk Krawczyk. Some degree courses and various specialisations are taught in English. Moreover, some of the courses offered by GUT 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. During the recent years, Gdańsk University of Technology has made many changes, both preserving the tradition of a technical university and being open for economic and social demands. University is now facing transformation: from a digital university into a SMART university, realizing new international projects and innovative incentives. Great emphasis is placed on maintaining high education quality standards. GUT 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. ==History== The university was founded in 1904 as ''Königliche Technische Hochschule zu Danzig''. At the time Gdańsk, then known as Danzig, was part of the German Empire. The history of Gdańsk is complex and the city itself belonged, at different times to Poland and Germany. In the interwar it had become "free city". The names of the city's educational institutions were affected by the changes in the city status. The university was known by different names: * 1918–1921: Technische Hochschule in Danzig (''Wyższa Szkoła Techniczna w Gdańsku'') * 1921–1939: Technische Hochschule der Freien Stadt Danzig ''(Wyższa Szkoła Techniczna Wolnego Miasta Gdańska)'' * 1939–1941: Technische Hochschule Danzig * 1941–1945: Reichshochschule Danzig In the late 1930s, Polish students were subject to discrimination by German teachers, many of whom had joined the NSDAP Nazi Party. Following the outbreak of World War II, Polish students were expelled from the university. Instructors who were members of the NSDP taught classes in uniforms of the Nazi party and began each class with a Hitler salute. Toward the end of the war, the university was turned into a German army hospital. When the Soviet Red Army captured the university/hospital, Russian soldiers shot dead some of the Germans and then closed all exits to the main building and burned alive the remaining wounded German soldiers. The Russians arranged stables and barracks in other buildings. In 1945, all Germans were expelled from the city of Gdańsk and the burned ruins were turned into a Polish university (24.05.1945). In light of tragic history of the university under Nazi rule, today's university officially does not continue traditions of pre-war schools and its history starts in 1945. The school was reorganized and rebuilt under the supervision of Stanisław Turski, a Polish mathematician and former inmate of German concentration camps. Turski also served as the first post-war rector of the university. Important dates in Gdańsk University of Technology history: 1900 – the cornerstone is laid for the university building 1904 – King’s Technical High School is created 1941-1945 – the university is subordinated to the nazi Germany 1945 – on May 24, the university became a Polish state academy 2004 – 100-year anniversary of founding a Gdańsk University of Technology 2014 – 110-year anniversary of founding a Gdańsk University of Technology 2020 – Smart University 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gdańsk University of Technology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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