Our region, our city, our university Education and research at Gdańsk University of Technology Why here? What is living in GUT like? Projects realised and development perspectives INTERNATIONALIZATION PISMO PG 1 1 OUR REGION, OUR CITY, OUR UNIVERSITY Welcome to Gdańsk University of Technology! p. 4 GDAŃSK UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE EDITOR Pomorskie Region OF TECHNOLOGY Language Centre p. 6 PROMOTION DEPARTMENT Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12 Str. PHOTOS SOURCES Information about Gdańsk 80-233 Gdańsk Justyna Borucka p. 8 e-mail: [email protected] Katarzyna Garlee Piotr Konieczka Gdańsk University of Technology – 110 years HEAD OF EDITORIAL BOARD Krzysztof Krzempek of science and technology Prof. Jacek Mąkinia – Vice- Mariusz Matuszek p. 10 -Rector for Cooperation and Piotr Niklas Innovation Mateusz Nikodemski Krzysztof Pawlicki EDITORIAL BOARD Dariusz Świsulski EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT GUT Paweł Zboiński 2 Justyna Borkowska Iwona Golecka Study offer at GUT ESN Archives Agata Łuniewska p. 14 Gdańsk City Hall Archives Waldemar Wardencki Gdańsk Lech Walesa Airport Archives ECTS Label ASSOCIATE EDITOR Gdańsk University p. 16 Karolina Jędrzejkowska of Technology Archives Maria Doerffer Conceive – Design – Implement – Operate ART DIRECTOR (CDIO) – new concept of learning AUTHORS Ewa Niziołkiewicz p. 16 Paweł Adamowicz Maciej Bagiński COVER DESIGN Monika Bizewska The Engineer of the Future Beata Podwojska Justyna Borucka p. 17 Monika Czerepak PRINTED Andrzej Czyżewski Doctoral studies: InterPhD and Advanced PhD Firma Poligraficzno-Introligator- Maria Doerffer p. 19 ska „Udziałowiec” Renata Downar-Zapolska www.udzialowiec.com.pl Aleksandra Dubiella-Jackowska Educational projects at GUT Andrzej Januszajtis p. 20 Ewa Jurkiewicz-Sękiewicz ISSN 1429-4494 Tomasz Klimczuk International Research Staff Exchange Ewa Kuczkowska (IRSES) Cezary Orłowski Published under the permission p. 22 Magdalena Popowska of the Rector of Gdańsk Magdalena Urbanowicz University of Technology Edmund Wittbrodt Analytical Chemistry in Spanish Magdalena Wroniak p. 23 Krystyna Wróblewska © Copyright by Monika Zdroik Gdańsk University of Technology, Summer Schools at GUT Andrzej Zieliński Gdańsk 2014 p. 24 2 PISMO PG INTERNATIONALIZATION WHY HERE? PROJECTS REALISED 3 AND DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES Why here? 5 p. 27 Grants obtained by GUT between 2007 and 2013 – a short resume Erasmus at GUT p. 45 p. 28 Large infrastructural projects at GUT Erasmus Mundus p. 47 p. 31 Large research project – ”TYPOSERIES” EEA/Norway Grants – Cooperation – ”Elaboration of multimodal interfaces with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein and their practical implementation” p. 32 p. 48 MBA at GUT International research projects at Gdańsk p. 33 University of Technology within the 7th EU Framework Programme IT – the Latin of the 21st Century p. 50 p. 35 European Territorial Co-operation (ETC) An interview with PhD students from other p. 54 continents p. 36 Horizon 2020 p. 55 Students’ opinions p. 38 Center of Advanced Studies – IBM’s collaboration with GUT p. 56 WHAT IS LIVING IN GDAŃSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY LIKE? Cooperation with Intel 4 p. 57 Recruitment procedure p. 40 Selected international and national achieve- ments of GUT researchers and students Life in Gdańsk – all that a foreign student p. 59 should know p. 41 Offer for students at GUT p. 42 INTERNATIONALIZATION PISMO PG 3 OUR REGION, OUR CITY, OUR UNIVERSITY Welcome to Gdańsk University of Technology! Technical possibilities of the Internet, demographic si- tuation of developed countries, growing mobility of socie- ties, as well as results of increasing globalization are the main cause of university and national interest in interna- tionalization. Internationalization is the creation of educational and scientific space, where international cooperation is accom- panied by international education of both, domestic and foreign students. This in turn is a source of: • international experience, including inter-cultural com- petences; • improvement of education quality caused by competi- tion growth; • familiarization with global labour market; • closer relations of nations through personal internatio- nal experience of individuals. Development of internationalization demands though the relevant conditions regarding the development level of the state and of particular universities. In the first case these are: • equivalence of university studies in different countries (standards such as ECTS Label); • relevant level of foreign languages knowledge (language High positions in Polish rankings! knowledge standards); • accreditation of study programmes, as a proof of high rd 2nd most popular university 3 position in regard quality of teaching; in Poland among candidates to salaries of university • conditions of student, doctoral and staff mobility (i.e. according to the ranking of graduates in Poland the Ministry of Science and assistance in visa procedures, scholarships, living condi- Higher Education. For the tions); fourth time in a row! • activities being carried out as an element of educatio- The best Faculty of nal system development strategy, such as promotion, th Chemistry in Poland 4 position in the according to the Polish engagement in educational and scientific area, further ranking of universities Accreditation Commit- whose graduates hold development of Polish universities; tee and the Ministry CEO positions of Science and Higher • double diploma programmes and other forms of coope- Education ration. 8th position in Poland, rd 3 position among Polish universities of In case of universities the important factors are: technology • university brand, high quality and attractiveness of re- search and education; th 610 position in the ”Webometrics Ranking of World Universities” – • comprehensive and acceptable education model for fo- the largest academic ranking of Higher Education Institutions (among reign students; 21250 institutions) • educational offer in English; 4 PISMO PG INTERNATIONALIZATION OUR REGION, OUR CITY, OUR UNIVERSITY • acceptable study conditions (costs of alimentation and Total number of students from 1904 until 2012 accommodation, access to educational facilities, quali- ty of staff, laboratories, IT systems etc.); • university participation in international student and staff exchange programmes, such as ERASMUS, ERASMUS MUNDUS etc. Gdańsk University of Technology adapted a strategy of internationalization to be realized in several stages: • creation of strong university image in order to attract international students; • development of study offer in English; • formation of an office dedicated to attend international students and guests; Structure of studies and number of students • participation in educational fairs; per each type • participation in international and national internatio- nalization programmes. In this edition of ”Pismo PG” you can find many details regarding the mechanisms of internationalization deve- lopment as well as best practices examples. I hope, that this information will facilitate the future cooperation and will contribute to new ideas and further gradual growth. Number of international students between 2009 and 2012 Prof. Henryk Krawczyk Rector of Gdańsk University of Technology Over 100,000 graduates! GUT 2010 graduates employment statistics About 11.080 students graduated from the Technical University in Gdansk from 1904 until 1939. The total number of graduates of Gdańsk University of Technology since 1945 amounts to 89,000. Therefore, it is jointly over 100,000 graduates that left GUT with diplo- mas in their hands. INTERNATIONALIZATION PISMO PG 5 Pomorskie Region – located in the north of Poland, on the Pomorskie Region southern coast of the Baltic Sea – is one of the most econo- mically developed parts of Poland. It is very well connected – its international airport presently offers about 50 flight destinations, including Munich, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Warsaw. The region has two major ports, in Gdańsk and Gdynia, which are operational around the year. They boast of increasing number of transshipments. Considerable investments in road and rail connections to- wards the south of Europe as well as towards Germany, Russia and Belarus make Pomorskie even more accessible. There are two special economic zones providing offers de- signed for investors as well as modern office spaces in very attractive locations. In Pomorskie, both traditional and modern economic sec- tors are being developed. The first group includes: mariti- me, yacht building, chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, machine, furniture and rural sectors as well as foodstuff processing. The latter is mainly modern design and ICT, banking and financial services. Lufthansa Systems Poland, Intel Technology Polska, Thom- son Reuters are good examples of investors in fields men- tioned above. Investors can easily draw on a large pool of highly qualified staff – graduates of 29 higher education in- stitutions including Gdańsk University of Technology, Uni- versity of Gdańsk, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk University of Physical Education and Sport, Academy of Fine Arts, Gdynia Maritime University. 6 PISMO PG INTERNATIONALIZATION OUR REGION, OUR CITY, OUR UNIVERSITY Graduates of Gdańsk University of Technology constitute the scientific elite of the region, what is visible in its active role in European research area. Increasing number of international students is a challenge but also a stimulating factor for the university. In particular, growing group of Chinese students may prove valuable for the Pomorskie in terms