SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF

TECHNOLOGY

February 28, 2014

Horizon 2020 conference

Gliwice, seat of Silesian University of Technology • Founded in 13th century

• Population: 190 thousand

• Member of World Technopolis Association

• Special Economic Zone – 14 thousand jobs,

UPPER SILESIA REGION: • Association of 14 neighboring towns • Population: 2 million, density 642 person/km2

• Most attractive region for investments in Poland • Traditional heavy industry region. 300k jobs in

minig lost • Turns into Hi-Tech region • 99,3% companies – SME

13,4 11,2

7,5

Poland Silesia Gliwice

unemployment rate

SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY TODAY • State University governed by democratically elected Rector and Senate • Main campus based in Gliwice, nearly 140 ha • Three branch campuses in Katowice, Zabrze, Rybnik

UNIVERSITY TODAY

13 faculties (schools) covering all

engineering disciplines

Enrolment nearly 30 thousand

49 courses 200 specializations

1800 academic staff,

160 full professors

3500 employees

46% of budget from research

Forbes Diamonds for worth accretion

Top managers - third University

nationwide

Salaries of alumni – fourth University

nationwide

Close collaboration with industry,

energy sector, IT, electrical, material

bio - engineering

BUDGET

Total budget: €100M per annum

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21

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Ministry, teaching

Ministry, research, ranking list dependent Ministry, research project, open competition Industry

Silesian University of Technology absorbed European Funds Innovative Economy - €16M for R&D infrastructure Innovative Economy - €12M R&D – 25 projects Infrastructure and Environment - €25M teaching-infrastructure Human Capital - €50M teaching infrastructure TOTAL over €100M

Significant enhancement in infrastructure, research and teaching

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT OF BUSINESS

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION

• Students Career Centre

• Centre of Innovation and Technology Transfer

• Academic Entrepreneurial Incubator

• Scientific Technological Park Technopark Ltd.

Joint venture of City of Gliwice, SUT and Katowice Special Economic Zone

2011 – National Leader on Innovation

2012 – National Best Municipal Corporation

Courses offered

Conforming to Bologna Process

3,5 years Bachelor 210 ECTS

1,5 year Master 90 ECTS

3-5 years PhD

1 year – Post Graduate Certificate

38 fields of study

Teaching Quality Assurance System

Distance Education Platform –

44 thousands users and 1648

courses

Selected Courses Bachelor and Master level

210 and 90 ECTS

Regular and part time students

• Architecture and Town Planning

• Automatic Control and Robotics

• Biomedical Engineering

• Biotechnology

• Computer Science

• Civil Engineering

• Chemistry

• Electrical Engineering

• Environmental Engineering

• Mechatronics

• Materials Science

• Mechanical Engineering

• Mining and Geology

• Nanotechnology in Material Science

• Power Engineering

….

5% courses given in English

Student Life

127 active Student Research Associations

• Three subsequent years winner at Greenpower

Corporate Challenge UK Silverstone F1 Circuit,

37 competitors

• International Trimo Urban Crash 2012

competition for students of architecture.

First place out of over 300 projects from

56 countries

• Programmers competition. First place,

600 competitors

• Steel Bridge Competition 2012 . First place

11 competitors

International Education • Member of

Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)

European University Association (EUA)

Santander Group (SG)

• ERASMUS - Student and staff mobility

Agreements with 202 Universities of 27 countries.

316 outgoing 131 incoming students/year

Intensive Programs, 2 Summer Schools

Thematic Networks, EUGENE network Europ. Eng. Educ.

• ERASMUS Mundus

emundus20 (2010-2012) with Latin America

BEMundus - Brasil (la Sapienza)

CARIBU – ACP countries (Vrije Univ. Brussels).

• TEMPUS IV

modernization of higher education in 27 countries in the Western

Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.

• CEEPUS

International research

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15

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25

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SUT; number of FP projects

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4

6

8

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FP funding

contracted €M mean annual €M

SUT – second rank nationwide in coordination of FP7 projects

International Research

• Research Fund for Coal and Steel

• COST – European Cooperation in the

Field of Scientific and Technical

Knowledge

• EUREKA – coordination of innovation

efforts of governments, research

institutes and commercial companies

• KIC – Knowledge and Innovation

Community Collocation center for clean

coal technologies

• Numerous bilateral and other projects

Cooperation with industry

Selected industrial partners

SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF

TECHNOLOGY

www.polsl.pl

REGIONAL CONTACT POINT Silesia

The Polish National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the European Union operates through a country wide – network

and consists of:

10 REGIONAL CONSORTIA OF

CONTACT POINTS

21 THEMATIC CONTACT POINTS

LOCAL CONTACT POINTS

Regional Contact Points structure:

• WARSZAWA • GDAŃSK • POZNAŃ • GLIWICE • LUBLIN • WROCŁAW • KRAKÓW • OLSZTYN • SZCZECIN • ŁÓDŹ

Regional Contact Point at Silesian University of Technology

main activities:

INFORMATION SUPPORT CREATION ORGANIZATION

• Information on Framework Programmes and other funds supporting research & development activities; • Support for SMEs and individual researchers in participation in

Framework Programmes, scholarships and grants

• Creation of international consortia cooperating under the projects;

• Organization of trainings, workshops and info days on FP 7 and other funds;

Nov. 19, 2012 déjà vu

Dec. 15, 2013 H2020 launched

Feb. 28, 2014, this meeting

• funding opportunities for research topics or ideas. • H2020 in Polish conditions • political objectives and strategies • how to write a successful proposal

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

February, 2014

Prof. Maria da Graça CARVALHO

• Member of European Parliament, Rapporteur of Horizon 2020

• Graduated Mechanical Engineer at IST, Technical University of Lisbon. Ph.D. at the Imperial College, London in energy intensive industries.

• Full Professor in energy and climate change at Technical University of Lisbon. Member of 22 scientific associations, fellow of AIAA; American Association for the Advancement of Science; World Academy of Art and Science, and Portuguese Academy of Sciences.

Prof. Maria da Graça CARVALHO

• Principal Adviser of President Barroso, in science, higher education, innovation, research policy, energy, environment and climate change (2006 to 2009).

• member of Industry, Research and Energy Committee, substitute member of Budgets Committee, substitute member of Special Committee on the Policy Challenges and Budgetary Resources for a Sustainable European Union after 2013; member of the ACP-UE Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

• Former Minister of Science and Higher Education and former

Minister of Science, Innovation and Higher Education. • International scientific publications: 415 articles. Author of 2

books, editor of 14 books.

Prof. Jerzy Buzek

• Member of European Parliament. Rapporteur of FP7

• Former Polish Prime Minister (1997-2001).

• Former President of European Parliament (2009-2012)

• Member of the Committee of Foreign Affairs

• Substitute Member of the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Prof. Jerzy Buzek

• MSc and PhD and DSc (habiliation) in technical sciences, Silesian

University of Technology, professor (1997).

• Professor at Institute of Chemical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Secretary of Scientific Committee, (1982-1997). Institute of Chemical Engineering, Scientific Director (since 1997).

• Dr h.c. of 9 universities

Prof. Jacek Guliński

• Under Secretary of State in Ministry of Research and Higher Education.

• Professor at Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU) of Poznań. MSc and PhD, DSc (habilitation) in chemistry from AMU and engineer in horticulture (University of Agriculture, Poznań).

• 2008 - 2012 Vice-Rector AMU, for European programmes and cooperation with business AMU

Prof. Jacek Guliński

• 1995-2008 Vice-Director of Poznań Science and Technology Park, first science and technology park in Poland.

• 1985-1987 a fellow at Department of Chemistry, University of

British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada).

• Member of the Polish Chemistry Society.

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