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Two programmes conducted in English: Computer Science (at the Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering in cooperation with the International Faculty of Engineering) and Information Technology (at  the Faculty of Technical Physics, Information Technology and Applied Mathematics in cooperation with the International Faculty of Engineering) at Lodz University of Technology have been accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org

ABET accreditation assures that programmes meet standards to produce graduates ready to enter critical technical fields that are leading the way in innovation and emerging technologies, and anticipating the welfare and safety needs of the public.

Developed by technical professionals from ABET’s member societies, ABET criteria focus on what students experience and learn. ABET accreditation reviews look at programme curricula, faculty, facilities, and institutional support and are conducted by teams of highly skilled professionals from industry, academia and government, with expertise in the ABET disciplines.

According to Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik, Rector of TUL: The process of the programmes accreditation required exceptional involvement of our university staff. Ultimately, as a result of the procedures performed, ABET accreditation was granted to both fields of study we applied for. The fact that Lodz University of Technology has received such significant accreditation is an extremely important step in the implementation of a new, innovative model of designing study programmes at our university. The experience gained during this long accreditation process will allow us to develop new quality standards, which will once again bring Lodz University of Technology the status of a leader in the field of higher education in Poland.

ABET is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization with ISO 9001:2015 certification.  It currently accredits 4,361 programmes at 850 colleges and universities in 41 countries and areas.

More information about ABET, its member societies and the accreditation criteria used to evaluate programmes can be found at www.abet.org

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Computer Science

Information Technology

The project has been financed by the Ministry of Education and Science within the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development, Measure: 3.3 Internationalisation of Polish higher education, project “International Accreditations”. The aim of the project is obtaining international accreditations and certificates by Polish HEIs, increasing the international competitiveness of universities.

 

EASD Castelló invites administrative and academic staff to International Lecturing and Staff Days which will take place on 13th – 17th February, 2023.

The host institution invites the academic personnel of universities to deliver lectures/workshops for students and for staff. The organiser is planning different activities available for both administrative and academic staff for example lectures, workshops, student projects.

More details and programme will be available soon.

Registration form is available here.

World TOP3 are American universities - Harvard University, Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Polish TOP3 are University of Warsaw (342nd place in the world),  Jagiellonian University in Kraków (380th place) and the AGH University of Science and Technology (572nd place).

The ranking methodology considers three indicators: visiblity/impact (number of external networks/subnets linking to the institution's webpages), transparency/openness (number of citations from university Top210 authors, excluding the first 20) and excellence (number of papers amongst the top 10% most cited).  It is the first indicator in which TUL has recorded such a large increase (from 6239th to 1121st place) moving university up 775 places in the general classification.  

The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain. It is attached to the Ministry of Education and its main objective is to promote scientific research.

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Comparing to the previous edition the number of fields in which universities are ranked has increased from 62 to 79. Lodz University of Technology has been classified in 15 disciplines.

The highest increase has been noticed in Technology (TUL has moved up 108 places) and in Chemical Sciences (73 places up). In the former one TUL has been ranked 678th out of 1500 HEIs and in the latter – 541st out of 1500 HEIs (and 5th out of 32 Polish HEIs). In Materials Engineering TUL has been ranked 464th out of 1000 (4th place out of 19 Polish universities), and in Chemical Engineering - 495th out of 1000 (6th place out of 17 Polish universities). In Polymer Science only two HEIs from Poland have been included - Lodz University of Technology (199th place) and Gdańsk University of Technology (293rd place).

The main objective of URAP is to develop a ranking system for the world universities based on academic performance indicators that reflect the quality and the quantity of their scholarly publications. In line with this objective URAP has been annually releasing the World Ranking of Higher Education Institutions since 2010, and Field Rankings since 2011.

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The call is open for 14 PhD candidates of foreign institutions to conduct a short-term scientific visits at Lodz University of Technology.

The objectives of the mobility should be closely related to the subject matter of the PhD thesis being carried out by the candidate. The 5-30 day long mobility should be conducted before March 31^st 2023.

The application process is carried out accordingly to the on-going procedure, until the pool of available funds is exhausted.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, incoming mobilities may be implemented only when taking into account the restrictions imposed by the authorities of the Republic of Poland and the home country of the Candidate as well as the resulting decisions of the authorities of the sending and receiving institution.

For more information please visit the project website https://www.ife.p.lodz.pl/en/promobility and contact the Project Office - promobility-incoming@info.p.lodz.pl, phone: (48) 42 638 38 73

The project is implemented under the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development, co-financed from the European Social Fund.

We are pleased to announce the first hybrid meeting of the Masters of Didactics of the Lodz University of Technology with the project leader, dr inż. Dorota Piotrowska, TUL Prof., Director of the ICC took place at the International Cooperation Centre on February 24, 2022 in the IFE Hall.

The leading topic of the meeting was the presence of tutoring in the academic reality of TUL and its participation in a personalized approach to working with talented TUL students in later years.  Among the speakers were experienced in tutoring academic teachers of the Lodz University of Technology, who invited to join the discussion and to share good practices of all those present stationary and remotely at the meeting.

 The recording of the meeting organized on Teams and multimedia presentations of the speakers were made are available on Teams in the "Masters of Didactics" team platform, which was dedicated to all TUL Masters participating in the project from the year 2019.

We cordially invite you to the photo gallery from our meeting: link Hybrid meeting of the Masters of Didactics of TUL 24-02-2022

 

Yours faithfully,

Project office "Masters of didactics"

Section of International Educational Projects of the ICC of TUL

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hereby introduce the following rules of conduct for foreign students participating in international exchange programs in the case of suspected or confirmed infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus:

Chapter 1

DEFINITIONS

§ 1

For the purposes of this Announcement, the following definitions are introduced:

1) student - foreigner - student / doctoral candidate, completing the period of studies at TUL as a participant of the international exchange program;

2) exchange program coordinator - Head of the International Cooperation Centre of Lodz University of Technology;

3) Vice-Dean for Student Affairs - Vice-Dean for Student Affairs competent for the field of study carried out by the student, participant of the international exchange program;

4) close contact with a person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus:

a) being in close proximity (face to face) with a sick person, less than 2 m away for more than 15 minutes,

b) direct physical contact with a person infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus, e.g. handshake,

c) direct, unprotected contact with the secretions of a person with COVID-19, e.g. touching a used handkerchief, exposure to a sick person's cough,

d) being in the same room with the person with COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes, e.g. lecture room, conference room, office work room;

5) close contact person - a person who has had close contact with a person infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus within 3 days preceding the day of referral for a SARS-CoV-2 virus test in an infected person;

6) quarantine - isolation of a healthy person who was exposed to SARS-CoV-2 infection, which is imposed by authorized entities (State Sanitary Inspection);

7) isolation in home conditions - isolation of a person who has been tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, imposed by authorized entities (State Sanitary Inspection);

8) self-isolation at home - self-isolation of a person at home due to symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection, as a result of an order issued by the Coordinator of the exchange program at Lodz University of Technology. Self-isolation at home takes place in the period from receiving the order issued by the Coordinator of the exchange program until the referral / registration for the SARS-CoV-2 virus test;

9) studying with the use of distance learning methods and techniques - learning with the use of methods and techniques using infrastructure and software ensuring synchronous and asynchronous interaction between students and teachers;

10) self-observation - activity consisting in self-observation of one's health condition, in terms of possible symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection, by people from close contact who have not been quarantined by the sanitary services.

Chapter 2

PROCEDURE FOR STUDENTS WITH A SUSPECTED INFECTION

§ 2

Student with symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection

1. A student who develops symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection should immediately perform the following actions:

1) immediately inform the Exchange Program Coordinator, if possible without contact (by phone and / or e-mail) about the suspected virus infection;

2) contact a general practitioner/doctor or a night/day medical service doctor within 24 hours at the latest for a telemedicine/consultation/medical visit and to obtain a referral for a SARS-CoV-2 test; current information is available at: https://www.gov.pl/web/coronavirus;

3) if health permits, participate only in classes conducted using distance learning methods and techniques (absence from classes conducted during the period of the exchange programme coordinator's referral for self-isolation will be excused)

2. The coordinator of the exchange program should, in relation to the student referred to in 1 immediately do the following:

1) instruct the student to contact their GP or night/holiday doctor as soon as possible (within 24 hours at the latest) for a telehealth consultation/visit and to obtain a referral for a SARS-CoV-2 virus test; up-to-date information is available at: https://www.gov.pl/web/coronavirus;

2) instruct the student to self-isolate at home and to limit contacts to a minimum (household members);

3) if the student's health condition allows it, order the student to participate only in classes conducted with the use of distance learning methods and techniques.

§ 3

Student referred for SARS-CoV-2 virus test

1. A student who has been referred for the SARS-CoV-2 virus test should immediately perform the following steps:

1) inform the Exchange Program Coordinator by phone and / or e-mail that you have been referred for a SARS-CoV-2 virus test;

2) provide the Coordinator of the exchange program at Lodz University of Technology with information about people from close contact at Lodz University of Technology, with whom he had contact during the 3 days preceding the day of commissioning the test;

3) perform a test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus;

4) stay at home until the test result is received (in the period from the test referral to the test result, the student is quarantined by the sanitary services);

5) if the state of health allows, participate only in classes conducted with the use of distance education methods and techniques (the student's absence during the classes during quarantine will be excused).

2. The coordinator of the exchange program should, in relation to the student referred to in 1 immediately do the following:

1) if the student's health condition allows, order the student to participate only in classes conducted with the use of distance learning methods and techniques;

2) establish, in consultation with the Vice-Dean for Student Affairs, a list of employees/students/doctoral candidates of Lodz University of Technology who are persons in close contact with the student (the list should include names, surnames, contact telephone numbers of the persons indicated);

3) all students, members of a student's/deans's group, and employees of the University who had classes together with the student referred to in 1, in the period of 3 days preceding the symptoms characteristic of infection with SARS-CoV-2 in the case of the student referred to, shall be treated as close contact persons and taken into account when establishing the list referred to in 2 (2).

§ 4

Student with positive test for SARS-CoV-2 virus

1. A student who has tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus should:

1) immediately inform the Exchange Program Coordinator by phone and / or e-mail;

2) follow the recommendations of doctors and sanitary services;

3) if the state of health allows, while in isolation at home, participate in remote classes for the period specified in 3 (3), while in the case of extending the period of isolation at home, participate only in classes conducted with the use of distance education methods and techniques (the absence of a student / doctoral candidate during classes conducted during isolation at home will be excused).

2. The coordinator of the exchange program should, in relation to the student referred to in 1 immediately do the following:

1) provide information about a positive test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in a student / doctoral candidate referred to in section 1, to the Crisis Management Centre of Lodz University of Technology at the address office.vrector.students@adm.p.lodz.pl and to the Vice-Dean for Student Affairs appropriate for the study program carried out by an infected student;

2) at the written request of the Crisis Management Centre of Lodz University of Technology, provide the list of contact persons with the infected person to the address office.vrector.students@adm.p.lodz.pl.

3. The Vice-Dean for Student Affairs should, in relation to the student referred to in 1 immediately do the following:

1) notify the immediate superiors at Lodz University of Technology of the persons included in the list referred to in § 3 (2)(2), that they had close contact with a person who tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and should follow the guidelines set out in Announcement No. 1/2022 of the Rector of Lodz University of Technology;

2) decide that the classes of the student / dean group, in which, during the 3 days preceding the referral for the SARS-CoV-2 virus test, a person with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 virus infection participated will be conducted only remotely (online) for the period specified in 3 (3) (regardless of the fact whether they were originally planned as stationary or remote). Classes are to be carried out on the dates provided for in the current weekly timetable. In cases where it is not possible to conduct classes using distance learning techniques, appropriate modifications to the timetable should be made by postponing these classes to the period after the deadline specified in 3 (3);

3) instruct staff who teach classes for dean's/students group referred to in 3 (2) to immediately and temporarily change the mode of teaching for the group to a distance/online mode of teaching using distance learning methods and techniques. Changing the mode of classes is valid for a period of 10 calendar days from the date of issuing the instruction.

§ 5

Student with a negative test for SARS-CoV-2 virus

1. A student who tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus should:

1) immediately inform the Exchange Program Coordinator by phone and / or e-mail;

2) resume studying under the current rules.

2. The exchange program coordinator should give the student referred to in 1 an instruction to return to his/her studies under the currently applicable rules.

Chapter 3

CLOSE CONTACT PERSONS - PROCEDURE

§ 6

Students - people from close contact - Procedures

1. If the person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus is another student of Lodz University of Technology, Student - close contact person with a person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus:

1) conducts self-observation, and in the event of the appearance of symptoms characteristic of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, informs the Exchange Program Coordinator about them and follows the procedure described in § 2;

2) is in quarantine, if it has been imposed by sanitary services (State Sanitary Inspection);

3) participates in remote classes for the period specified in § 4 (3)(3).

2. If the person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus is not another student of Lodz University of Technology, the Student - a close contact person with a person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus:

1) conducts self-observation, and in the event of the appearance of symptoms characteristic of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, informs the Exchange Program Coordinator about them and follows the procedure described in § 2;

2) is in quarantine, if it has been imposed by sanitary services (State Sanitary Inspection);

3) participates in stationary classes, while, when quarantine has been imposed on them, participates only in didactic classes conducted with the use of distance learning methods and techniques (the student's / doctoral candidate’s absence during the classes carried out on the premisses of the university during the quarantine will be excused).

§ 7

Procedure for the Exchange Program Coordinator in the case of students - close contacts

1. If the person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus is another student of Lodz University of Technology, the Exchange program coordinator should:

1) immediately inform the student - a person from close contact, about the obligation to conduct self-observation, and in the event of symptoms characteristic of infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus, about the need to immediately inform about this fact;

2) in the case of reporting information about the symptoms characteristic of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection in case of a student - close contact person, order the student to follow the procedure described in § 2;

3) order the student - a close contact person to participate in remote classes in the period specified in § 4 (3)(3).

2. If the person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus is not another student of Lodz University of Technology, the Exchange program coordinator should:

1) immediately inform the student - a person from close contact, about the obligation to conduct self-observation, and in the event of symptoms characteristic of infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus, about the need to immediately inform about this fact;

2) in the case of reporting information about the symptoms characteristic of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection in case of a student - close contact person, order the student to follow the procedure described in § 2;

3) order the student - a person from close contact, to continue participation in classes, and if the student has been quarantined, order the student to participate only in classes conducted using distance learning methods and techniques (the student's absence during class activities during quarantine will be excused).

Chapter 4

FINAL PROVISIONS

§ 8

In other circumstances, not covered in this announcement, related to the suspicion of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection, in particular with regard to the organization of teaching activities and work of the employees of Lodz University of Technology, the rules set out in the Announcement No. 1/2022 of the Rector of Lodz University of Technology apply.

§ 9

The Announcement comes into force on January 26, 2022.

Announcement No. 4/2022 of the Rector of Lodz University of Technology of 25 January 2022 issued on the basis of the Ordinance No. 21/2020 of the Rector of Lodz University of Technology of 9 March 2020 on specific measures related to the prevention, counteraction and combat of COVID-19 at Lodz University of Technology

Due to the worsening of the epidemic situation resulting in disruptions in the organisation of credits, final course tests and examinations I am introducing the following rules for the organisation of the verification of learning outcomes and the settlement and assessment of learning progress in the winter semester of the academic year 2021/2022.

§ 1

1. The verification of the achievement of learning outcomes in the winter semester of the academic year 2021/2022 is carried out in accordance with the Study Rules at TUL and the Regulations for Doctoral Studies at TUL, the binding schedule of the winter semester and the determined schedules of credits, final course tests and examinations.

2. In the period 28 February 2022 – 20 March 2022, additionally, those semester credits, final course tests and examinations that could not be conducted onsite during the winter examination session due to the referral of teachers, student/doctoral groups or individual students/doctoral students to remote work/classes as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection shall be conducted.

3. Academic staff in charge of final course tests or examinations should prepare, in the period from 28 February 2022 - 20 March 2022, supplementary dates for final course exams and examinations intended for those students/doctoral students who, as a consequence of being sent to quarantine or isolation under home conditions by the State Sanitary Inspectorate, were not able to participate in final course tests or examinations conducted on an onsite basis.

4. The dates of the supplementary final course tests or examinations scheduled for the period 28 February 2022 - 20 March 2022 must take into account the schedule for the summer semester of the academic year 2021/2022, in particular, final course tests or examinations conducted in onsite or distance mode, respectively, may be scheduled on days planned in accordance with the weekly timetable specified in the Announcement No. 2/2022 of the Rector of Lodz University of Technology of 13 January 2022 for the given student groups as onsite or distance learning days, respectively. The dates of the supplementary final course tests or examinations are set and communicated to the students or doctoral students concerned by course instructors in charge of final course tests or examinations at least 3 days in advance.

5. The total number of final course tests or examinations dates organised during the winter examination session and during the period 28 February 2022 - 20 March 2022 may not be less than that provided for in the TUL Study Rules and should be adapted to the size of the groups and the technical possibilities for organisation of final course tests or examinations The number of credit and exam attempts available to students will remain in accordance with the number specified in the Study Rules.

6. Verification of the achievement of learning outcomes in the winter semester during the winter examination session and in the period 28 February 2022 - 20 March 2022 takes place in the scopes, forms, modes and on the basis of the rules for determining the result and grades specified in the course syllabi. This means that, as a rule, credits, final course tests or examinations scheduled as onsite are taken in onsite mode, and credits, final course tests or examinations scheduled as remote are taken in remote mode.

7. It is possible to change the planned onsite mode of credits, final course tests or examinations into a remote mode, while retaining the same scope, forms, duration and rules for determining the result and grade. A decision on the above change is made by the course leader with the consent of the students/doctoral students concerned. In the absence of such consent, the original, onsite form of the credits, final course tests or examinations must be retained.

8. During the winter examination session and in the period 28 February 2022 - 20 March 2022 in the event that a member of the diploma examination board or a diploma student is referred to quarantine or isolation under home conditions by the State Sanitary Inspectorate, the Dean for Student Affairs decides to change the date of the diploma examination and informs the student at least 7 days in advance about the new date of the examination.

9. At the request of the student concerned, it is possible to conduct the examination on the original date remotely using distance learning methods and techniques. The decision in this matter shall be taken by the Vice Dean for Student Affairs. The diploma examination conducted remotely is organised in accordance with the rules laid down in the Announcement of the Vice-Rector for Education on the rules of organising diploma examinations using distance methods and techniques of 29 June 2020.

§ 2

1. Settlement and assessment of academic progress in the winter semester of the academic year 2021/2022 shall take place in accordance with the Study Rules at TUL.

2. The academic year schedule for 2021/2022 shall remain unchanged.

3. Obligatory dates and deadlines in the winter semester of the academic year 2021/2022 will be changed.

4. The obligatory dates and deadlines binding at Lodz University of Technology in the winter semester of the academic year 2021/2022 are set forth in the appendix hereto.

§ 3

The Announcement shall enter into force on 25 January 2022.