Jan and Jędrzej Śniadecki University of Technology in Bydgoszcz

Voivodeship: kujawsko-pomorskie

City: Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz University of Technology named after Jan and Jędrzej Śniadecki is a university with a long tradition. Its beginnings date back to 1951, when the first higher education institution in Bydgoszcz was established – the Evening School of Engineering. At the beginning of its operation, the university educated chemical and mechanical engineers in the evening system. After being transformed into the Higher School of Engineering, since 1964, education took place at four technical faculties in the full-time, evening and extramural system. Currently, the university educates bachelors, engineers, masters and doctors. It is the only educational institution in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship that integrates technical, natural, agricultural, economic and artistic sciences. It cooperates with numerous universities and research centers around the world. Currently, there are nearly 5.6 thousand students studying at the Bydgoszcz University of Technology, of which 42.2% are women and 12% are foreigners. Last year, 1.3 thousand graduates graduated from the university. In the academic year 2024/2025, 2.2 thousand male and female students began their studies, including 28 foreigners. The university employs 552 full-time academic teachers, of whom 50.8% are women. The Bydgoszcz University of Technology was graduated by, among others, Robert Marcin Obaz - politician, entrepreneur and social activist, member of the Sejm of the 9th term, and Sebastian Franciszek Filipek-Kaźmierczak - economist, agronomist, manager, official, trade union activist and politician, serving as deputy minister of agriculture and rural development in 2006-2007.