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SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF
TECHNOLOGY
February 28, 2014
Horizon 2020 conference
Gliwice, seat of Silesian University of Technology • Founded in 13th century
• Population: 190 thousand
• Member of World Technopolis Association
• Special Economic Zone – 14 thousand jobs,
UPPER SILESIA REGION: • Association of 14 neighboring towns • Population: 2 million, density 642 person/km2
• Most attractive region for investments in Poland • Traditional heavy industry region. 300k jobs in
minig lost • Turns into Hi-Tech region • 99,3% companies – SME
13,4 11,2
7,5
Poland Silesia Gliwice
unemployment rate
SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY TODAY • State University governed by democratically elected Rector and Senate • Main campus based in Gliwice, nearly 140 ha • Three branch campuses in Katowice, Zabrze, Rybnik
UNIVERSITY TODAY
13 faculties (schools) covering all
engineering disciplines
Enrolment nearly 30 thousand
49 courses 200 specializations
1800 academic staff,
160 full professors
3500 employees
46% of budget from research
Forbes Diamonds for worth accretion
Top managers - third University
nationwide
Salaries of alumni – fourth University
nationwide
Close collaboration with industry,
energy sector, IT, electrical, material
bio - engineering
BUDGET
Total budget: €100M per annum
54
5
21
2 18
Ministry, teaching
Ministry, research, ranking list dependent Ministry, research project, open competition Industry
Silesian University of Technology absorbed European Funds Innovative Economy - €16M for R&D infrastructure Innovative Economy - €12M R&D – 25 projects Infrastructure and Environment - €25M teaching-infrastructure Human Capital - €50M teaching infrastructure TOTAL over €100M
Significant enhancement in infrastructure, research and teaching
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT OF BUSINESS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION
• Students Career Centre
• Centre of Innovation and Technology Transfer
• Academic Entrepreneurial Incubator
• Scientific Technological Park Technopark Ltd.
Joint venture of City of Gliwice, SUT and Katowice Special Economic Zone
2011 – National Leader on Innovation
2012 – National Best Municipal Corporation
Courses offered
Conforming to Bologna Process
3,5 years Bachelor 210 ECTS
1,5 year Master 90 ECTS
3-5 years PhD
1 year – Post Graduate Certificate
38 fields of study
Teaching Quality Assurance System
Distance Education Platform –
44 thousands users and 1648
courses
Selected Courses Bachelor and Master level
210 and 90 ECTS
Regular and part time students
• Architecture and Town Planning
• Automatic Control and Robotics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Biotechnology
• Computer Science
• Civil Engineering
• Chemistry
• Electrical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Mechatronics
• Materials Science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mining and Geology
• Nanotechnology in Material Science
• Power Engineering
….
5% courses given in English
Student Life
127 active Student Research Associations
• Three subsequent years winner at Greenpower
Corporate Challenge UK Silverstone F1 Circuit,
37 competitors
• International Trimo Urban Crash 2012
competition for students of architecture.
First place out of over 300 projects from
56 countries
• Programmers competition. First place,
600 competitors
• Steel Bridge Competition 2012 . First place
11 competitors
International Education • Member of
Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
European University Association (EUA)
Santander Group (SG)
• ERASMUS - Student and staff mobility
Agreements with 202 Universities of 27 countries.
316 outgoing 131 incoming students/year
Intensive Programs, 2 Summer Schools
Thematic Networks, EUGENE network Europ. Eng. Educ.
• ERASMUS Mundus
emundus20 (2010-2012) with Latin America
BEMundus - Brasil (la Sapienza)
CARIBU – ACP countries (Vrije Univ. Brussels).
• TEMPUS IV
modernization of higher education in 27 countries in the Western
Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.
• CEEPUS
International research
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10
15
20
25
5PR 6PR 7PR
SUT; number of FP projects
0
2
4
6
8
5PR 6PR 7PR
FP funding
contracted €M mean annual €M
SUT – second rank nationwide in coordination of FP7 projects
International Research
• Research Fund for Coal and Steel
• COST – European Cooperation in the
Field of Scientific and Technical
Knowledge
• EUREKA – coordination of innovation
efforts of governments, research
institutes and commercial companies
• KIC – Knowledge and Innovation
Community Collocation center for clean
coal technologies
• Numerous bilateral and other projects
Cooperation with industry
Selected industrial partners
REGIONAL CONTACT POINT Silesia
The Polish National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the European Union operates through a country wide – network
and consists of:
10 REGIONAL CONSORTIA OF
CONTACT POINTS
21 THEMATIC CONTACT POINTS
LOCAL CONTACT POINTS
Regional Contact Points structure:
• WARSZAWA • GDAŃSK • POZNAŃ • GLIWICE • LUBLIN • WROCŁAW • KRAKÓW • OLSZTYN • SZCZECIN • ŁÓDŹ
Regional Contact Point at Silesian University of Technology
main activities:
INFORMATION SUPPORT CREATION ORGANIZATION
• Information on Framework Programmes and other funds supporting research & development activities; • Support for SMEs and individual researchers in participation in
Framework Programmes, scholarships and grants
• Creation of international consortia cooperating under the projects;
• Organization of trainings, workshops and info days on FP 7 and other funds;
Nov. 19, 2012 déjà vu
Dec. 15, 2013 H2020 launched
Feb. 28, 2014, this meeting
• funding opportunities for research topics or ideas. • H2020 in Polish conditions • political objectives and strategies • how to write a successful proposal
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
February, 2014
Prof. Maria da Graça CARVALHO
• Member of European Parliament, Rapporteur of Horizon 2020
• Graduated Mechanical Engineer at IST, Technical University of Lisbon. Ph.D. at the Imperial College, London in energy intensive industries.
• Full Professor in energy and climate change at Technical University of Lisbon. Member of 22 scientific associations, fellow of AIAA; American Association for the Advancement of Science; World Academy of Art and Science, and Portuguese Academy of Sciences.
Prof. Maria da Graça CARVALHO
• Principal Adviser of President Barroso, in science, higher education, innovation, research policy, energy, environment and climate change (2006 to 2009).
• member of Industry, Research and Energy Committee, substitute member of Budgets Committee, substitute member of Special Committee on the Policy Challenges and Budgetary Resources for a Sustainable European Union after 2013; member of the ACP-UE Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
• Former Minister of Science and Higher Education and former
Minister of Science, Innovation and Higher Education. • International scientific publications: 415 articles. Author of 2
books, editor of 14 books.
Prof. Jerzy Buzek
• Member of European Parliament. Rapporteur of FP7
• Former Polish Prime Minister (1997-2001).
• Former President of European Parliament (2009-2012)
• Member of the Committee of Foreign Affairs
• Substitute Member of the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.
Prof. Jerzy Buzek
• MSc and PhD and DSc (habiliation) in technical sciences, Silesian
University of Technology, professor (1997).
• Professor at Institute of Chemical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Secretary of Scientific Committee, (1982-1997). Institute of Chemical Engineering, Scientific Director (since 1997).
• Dr h.c. of 9 universities
Prof. Jacek Guliński
• Under Secretary of State in Ministry of Research and Higher Education.
• Professor at Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU) of Poznań. MSc and PhD, DSc (habilitation) in chemistry from AMU and engineer in horticulture (University of Agriculture, Poznań).
• 2008 - 2012 Vice-Rector AMU, for European programmes and cooperation with business AMU
Prof. Jacek Guliński
• 1995-2008 Vice-Director of Poznań Science and Technology Park, first science and technology park in Poland.
• 1985-1987 a fellow at Department of Chemistry, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada).
• Member of the Polish Chemistry Society.
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