On Friday (12 August), Vice-President of the Management Board - National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW), Artur Michalski, and the Vice-Rector for Education at TUL, Professor Andrzej Romanowski, signed an agreement to subsidise the thermomodernization of TUL buildings.
Lodz University of Technology moved up in two important world rankings that highlight the recognition and growing reputation of the university. In Webometrics we were ranked 13th in Poland and 994th in the world, while in URAP we were classified in 15 disciplines.
During the two weeks of the European Universities Games, athletes from 37 European countries represented more than 400 universities. In the overall classification, Lodz University of Technology came third, while universities from Poland secured the top spot on the podium.
As part of the project "Teaching excellence of universities", the Minister of Education and Science has granted Lodz University of Technology almost PLN 615,000 for the improvement of staff competences and quality of education.
Lodz University of Technology has launched another project, The Interdisciplinary HEI Entrepreneurship Fostering Program (InterHEI), funded by Horizon Europe. The main areas of interest for researchers are food and health.
The summer school in Spanish Vigo, which was attended by 20 students of Lodz University of Technology, University of Lodz, Estonian University of Tartu, Spanish University of Vigo and a group of academics, ended on July 15. Its aim was to prepare zones for active mental relaxation at partner universities using virtual reality technology.
Lodz University of Technology implements 7 projects in the Horizon Europe program, including 3 as a coordinator. - We received information about this third coordination of the project on July 5, so the pool of money allocated to us has increased even more. The budget allocated to the university for their implementation is a total of almost EUR 2.7 million - informs Prof. Łukasz Albrecht, Vice-Rector for Science.
Lodz University of Technology is putting the finishing touches to the European Universities Games - EUG 2022. Representatives of universities from 34 countries will compete in 20 academic sport disciplines for a fortnight, from 14 to 31 July.
Around 70 people mainly from Germany and Poland, but also representatives of other European institutions from Italy, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Portugal, will come to Lodz University of Technology to discuss and share experiences from the digitalisation process at universities, accelerated by the pandemic.
Starting on 11 July, a team of students and graduates from Lodz University of Technology, together with representatives of other Polish technical universities active in the Circle of Young Polish Union of Engineers and Construction Technicians (PZITB), will carry out another Workcamp project for a fortnight.
The 'Fabrykant' oak tree growing in Klepacz Park, on the campus belonging to Lodz University of Technology, won the Tree of the Year competition organised by Klub Gaja. It received as many as 5559 votes from internet users.
Rector of Lodz University of Technology, Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik, and rector of the Koźmiński University, Prof. Grzegorz Mazurek, have signed a cooperation agreement between both universities.
At the beginning of summer holidays (June 24), a summer school devoted to human-computer interaction will be launched at Lodz University of Technology. For a week, Polish and foreign students will be looking for answers to the question of How digital technologies can support our well-being? The classes will be run by eminent professors from several European and American universities, including: Chalmers University of Technology, University of St. Gallen or James Madison University.
We would like to invite you to the EIT Health Open Day, which will take place on 30 June at "Alchemium - the magic of tomorrow's chemistry". During the meeting, competitions and activities carried out within the EIT Health will be discussed. The special guest of the event will be Mrs Francesca Avolio, the Regional Director of EIT Health.
The Perspektywy Educational Foundation has published the results of this year's rankings. The University of Warsaw was awarded the first place in the Ranking of Academic Schools, gaining 100 percent in the ranking index. Lodz University of Technology was classified among the ten best universities in Poland.