The Koszalin University of Technology/Politechnika Koszalińska is the only technical university in the region of Central Pomerania in Poland. It is located in a city of over 100,000 inhabitants in an area of beautiful landscapes near the Baltic Sea, about 12 kilometres from the coast with its clean sandy beaches. This region is part of “the green lungs” of Poland. There are numerous forests with picturesque lakes in an area of developing tourism, agriculture, food processing, and electronics industries.
The Koszalin University of Technology provides academic and technical education and is a leader in research in the disciplines generally connected with the region’s areas of development.

And now about its history...

1968
180 students begin their studies

1971
The University’s first text book published

1972
First BSc in engineering awarded

Introduction, by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, of 4.5-year MSc-degrees in: Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanics, and Manufacturing Technology

1974
First scientific doctor’s degree (PhD) in technical sciences conferred

1978
First advanced doctor of science degrees conferred (DSc)

1982
Restructuring of former Institutes into the Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering

1985
Founding of the interdepartmental School of Pedagogics

1986
Establishment of the Regional Laboratory of Vacuum Technology and Apparatus Workroom, and the Implementation Workroom

1987
The right to confer doctors’ degrees in the branches of building and exploitation of machines

1988
First students in the branch of Technical Education, extending the technical profile of the University into humanistic specialisations

1989
Establishment of a new study branch: Electronics and Telecommunications

1990
Founding of the English Language Teacher Training College

1993
Defence of the first doctorate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering

Founding of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications and the Institute of
Management and Marketing

Establishment of a new study branch: Management and Marketing

1994
Establishment of new study branches: Automation and Robotics, and Economics

1995
The gaining of the right to confer doctor’s degrees in the branch of Civil Engineering

A new Assistants’ Hostel at Kwiatkowskiego Street is completed

Doctorate honoris causa conferred on Professor Michał Białko by the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse

1996
The city computer network KOSMAN is built

Establishment of a new study branch: Agriculture and Forest Technology

Transformation of the Higher School of Engineering (WSI) into the Koszalin University of Technology (KUT)

A new didactic building is opened at Kwiatkowskiego Street

Establishment of new study branches: Computer Studies and Design

1997
The computer network at Students’ Hostel No. 3 is put into use

Institute of Electronics transformed into the Department of Electronics

1998
Professor M. Białko elected to membership of the Polish Academy of Sciences

June 8 – Jubilee of the 30th Anniversary of the founding of KUT

The Department of Electronics is granted the right to confer doctor’s degrees

1999
Department of Economics and Management is founded from the basis of the Institute of Management and Marketing

General didactic building at Kwiatkowskiego Street is inaugurated

A complex of auditoriums at Śniadeckich Street is inaugurated

2000
Defence of the first doctorate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

The right to confer the degree of DSc in the branches of building and exploitation of machines

General didactic building of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Śniadeckich Street is inaugurated

2001
PhD degree level studies at the Department of Mechanical Engineering are inaugurated

First habilitation (DSc degree thesis presentation) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering is inaugurated

Formation of a new study branch: Geodesy and Cartography

General Lecture-Room/Auditorium at Kwiatkowskiego Street is inaugurated

2002
The Koszalin University of Technology joined the circle of the signatories of Magna Charter Universitatum: Rector Mr. Krzysztof Wawryn, Professor, participated in the ceremony of signing this document in Bologna in the oldest university in the world.

2004
The gaining of the right to confer doctor's degrees in the branch
of Environmental Engineering