Szczecin University of Technology (Polish: Politechnika Szczecińska) was one of the biggest universities in Szczecin, Poland.
Szczecin University of Technology (Polish: Politechnika Szczecińska) was one of the biggest universities in Szczecin, Poland.
Szczecin University of Technology was established on 1 December 1946 as School of Engineering in Szczecin (Polish: Szkoła Inżynierska w Szczecinie). Initially it included three faculties - Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Polish: Wydział Elektryczny), Faculty of Civil Engineering (Polish: Wydział Inżynierii Lądowej) and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Polish: Wydział Mechaniczny). In the following academic year, it was expanded with opening of Faculty of Chemical Engineering (Polish: Wydział Chemiczny).
On 1 September 1955 it took over departments of liquidated School of Economics in Szczecin (Polish: Szkoła Ekonomiczna w Szczecinie) and established Faculty of Engineering and Economics of Transport (Polish: Wydział Inżynieryjno-Ekonomiczny Transportu). On 3 September 1955 it was transformed into Technical University of Szczecin.
In 1985 University of Szczecin took over Faculty of Engineering and Economics of Transport.
The university has been existing to 1 January 2009, when in result of fusion with University of Agriculture in Szczecin, was created West Pomeranian University of Technology.
