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SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF
TECHNOLOGY
February 28, 2014
Horizon 2020 conference
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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BUDGET
Total budget: €100M per annum
54
5
21
2 18
Ministry, teaching
Ministry, research, ranking list dependent Ministry, research project, open competition Industry
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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International research
0
5
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
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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
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Cooperation with industry
Selected industrial partners
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REGIONAL CONTACT POINT Silesia
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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
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Regional Contact Points structure:
• WARSZAWA • GDAŃSK • POZNAŃ • GLIWICE • LUBLIN • WROCŁAW • KRAKÓW • OLSZTYN • SZCZECIN • ŁÓDŹ
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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;
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Nov. 19, 2012 déjà vu
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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
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
February, 2014
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.