Warsaw University of Technology
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The Warsaw University of Technology (Polish: Politechnika Warszawska, lit. 'Varsovian Polytechnic') is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest Universities in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professors (including 145 titular professors). Its 19 faculties (divisions) covering almost all fields of science and technology are located in Warsaw, except for one, which is in Płock.
The origins of Warsaw University of Technology date back to 1826, when engineering education began at the Warsaw Institute of Technology.
The Warsaw University of Technology (often referred to as Warsaw Tech) has 36,156 (as of 2011), mostly full-time. It has about 5,000 graduates per year.
According to the 2008 Rzeczpospolita newspaper survey, engineers govern Polish companies. Warsaw Tech alumni make up the highest percentage of Polish managers and executives. Every ninth president among the top 500 corporations in Poland is a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology. It provides a basis for the performance of managers by equipping students with an education at the highest level and preparing them with the tools and information, including knowledge of foreign languages.
In 2018, Times Higher Education ranked the university within the global 601–800 band.
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