The new year is off to a good start for the university. Two valuable historic buildings belonging to Lodz University of Technology have received over 17 million PLN for modernization. These are the villa of Reinhold Richter located at 6/8 Skorupki Street and the Scheilbler Family Palace Complex at 266/268 Piotrkowska Street.
The Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of Lodz University of Technology has received funding of 2 million PLN from the National Agency for Academic Exchange as part of the STER programme for the Internationalization of Doctoral Schools.
Among the 29 applications submitted in July by young scientists from the Lodz University of Technology to the National Science Centre for the MINIATURA 8 competition, as many as 13 received funding for conducting research or study visits.
Research results from the Photonics Team from the Institute of Physics at Lodz University of Technology have been published in Nature Photonics and Nature Materials.
Prof. Lukasz Albrecht, vice-rector for science at TUL and director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry, has been appointed to the Supervisory Board of EIT Health InnoStars where he represents EIT Health's Polish partners.
The results of the European MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023 competition turned out to be very favorable for Lodz University of Technology. Prof. Przemysław Data from the Department of Molecular Physics will coordinate the project Green Horizon on Organic Semiconductor Technologies - GHOST. The project's value is nearly 1.5 million euros from the European Commission's Horizon Europe program.
One of the pioneers of pediatric cardiac surgery in Poland, a man highly respected among medical professionals and patients, professor of medical sciences and a mechanical engineer - Prof. Jacek Moll has been awarded the title of doctor honoris causa by Lodz University of Technology. Photo report from the event.opens in new window
The new composition of the Presidium was elected during the Conference of the College of Vice-Rectors for General Affairs, Organization and Contacts with the Socio-Economic Environment, and the College of Vice-Rectors for Science and Development of public technical universities (June 5-7). This year's edition of the event took place at Poznan University of Technology.
During the last meeting of the Committee on Architecture and Urban Planning of the Polish Academy of Sciences (16.05), elections were held for the new authorities for the 2024-2027 term. Prof. Marek Pabich, Director of the Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning at Lodz University of Technology, was elected Vice-Chair of the Committee.
On the first meeting of the Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the 2024-2028 term, elections were held for the Presidium. Prof. Hanna Kierzkowska-Pawlak, Head of the Department of Molecular Engineering at Lodz University of Technology, was unanimously elected as the Vice-Chair of the Committee.
Two gold medals were awarded to Lodz University of Technology scientists and students at the Perlis International Engineering Invention & Innovation Exhibition (Pi-ENVEX) 2024 in Malaysia.
The 13th edition of the SONATA BIS program turned out to be lucky for Lodz University of Technology. The National Science Centre awarded Dr. Marcin Gębski from the Photonics Team of the Institute of Physics more than 3.7 million PLN in funding for the implementation of the project: Semiconductor surface-emitting lasers with subwavelength grating mirrors MHCG.
Scientists and students from Lodz University of Technology brought back two medals, gold and silver, from the Kaohsiung International Invention and Design Expo in Taiwan.
The latest results of the international University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) 2023-2024, developed by the Informatics Institute at Middle East Technical University in Turkey, have been published. Lodz University of Technology advanced by 5 places, taking the 13th position in Poland.
The National Centre for Research and Development will co-finance a project from Lodz University of Technology concerning the education of specialists for the needs of key sectors of the economy. The university will receive 8 million PLN for this purpose from the European Funds for Social Development (FERS) program, which replaced the Knowledge Education Development (POWER) program.