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Lodz University of TechnologyProf. Piotr SzczepaniakVice Rector for University Development and Business Affairs

Compact overwiev

Lodz

Lodz University of Technology

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Forbes DiamondLodz University of Technology

FORBES DIAMONDS 2012 is a prestigious ranking presenting Polish enterprises which increased their value most dynamically in the last three years.

The companies recognized as the ‘Forbes Diamonds’ are profitable, have low risk of insolvency, very good liquidity and positive financial results in years 2008-2010.

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Lodz University of Technology

■ 4th among technical universities■ 8th among all universities■ 4th most chosen university in Poland■ 2nd place in the student ranking (among 23 technical

universities) and 3rd place in the student ranking (among 90 universities)

■ Best technical university in WPROST ranking (2011)

* according to prestigious journals and Ministry of Science and Higher Education resources

}Rzeczpospolita &

Perspektywy

ranking (2011)

Lodz University of Technology

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Lodz University of Technology

■ 3 100 staff members (including about 300 professors)■ 20 000 students and 600 Ph.D. students■ 3 200 graduates every year

■ 9 faculties, 75 departments, 36 fields of study■ 10 degree programmes taught in foreign languages

Lodz University of Technology

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PhD employees according to workplace (2000 - 2008)

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non-TUL employees TUL employees

Lodz University of Technology

LUT LUT

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■ Mechanical Engineering■ Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering■ Chemistry■ Material Technologies and Textile Design■ Biotechnology and Food Sciences■ Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering■ Technical Physics, Information Technology and Applied

Mathematics■ Organization and Management■ Process and Environmental Engineering

FacultiesLodz University of Technology

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International programmesLodz University of Technology

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LUT - best IT students

2004 – 4th place at national level

2005 – best group at national level, 3 rd best team in the world

2008 – 3rd place in Poland

2009 – 2nd best team in the world

2010 – best group at national level, world finals

2011 – best group at national level, world finals

3 times LUT students got the award for the best user interface designer (during 4 editions of this contest, organized by Polish Institute of Industrial Design)

Lodz University of Technology

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LUT electronic system to support distance education

Virtual campus - WIKAMPLodz University of Technology

LUT created, developed and implemented WIKAMP –distanced education supporting system.

WIKAMP is an addition to traditional way of teaching and examination.

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Technology Transfer Office

■ The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) at LUT serves as a bridge between university and the business community, identifying collaboration opportunities in the local, regional and international markets based on LUT’s research strengths.

■ National Leader of Innovation 2008 in the category „Innovative Organization”.

■ Leader of New Technologies contest - award for „Innovative science and research achievement”, 2009.

Lodz University of Technology

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Achievements 2008 – 2011

• Broker in licence sale for commercial exploitation of several patented

technologies, joint patent ownership and know-how agreement consultant and

a negotiator of terms of such agreements.

• 2 licensing agreements,

• 5 agreements on joint ownership of pending patents,

• 31 agreements on community rights to the patent pending,

• 4 know-how agreements.

• Advisor on the development of new innovative companies based on using the

intellectual property of the university:

• 4 spin-off companies ,

• 3 preincubation projects.

Technology Transfer OfficeLodz University of Technology

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Technology Transfer Centre, Ltd.

■ TTC Ltd. is the first technology transfer company in Poland operating within the University. Established in August 2009.

■ TTC Ltd., a company wholly owned by the University, was created in order to take better advantage of intellectual and technical potential of the University and help scientists to commercialize potentially valuable inventions arising from their research.

Lodz University of Technology

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ChancellorVice-Rector for University Development

and Business Affairs

Technology Transfer Center, Ltd.

TUL Division for Technology TUL Division for Technology TransferTransfer

BUSINESS

information exchange

technology transfer and information exchange

Model of the Technology Transfer

Lodz University of Technology

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■ LUT cooperates with over 400 universities, research centres, institutes and companies in 40 countries of the world.

■ LUT coordianates activity of Centre of the Baltic University in Poland (180 universities from 14 countries of the Baltic Sea region).

■ LUT is member of European Consortium of Innovative Universities

International cooperation – examplesLodz University of Technology

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Universities for the region and country

■ Lodz University of Technology and University of Lodz, as well as public partners significantly contribute to development of Internet services to the environment and the city provides LODMAN City Computer Network.

Lodz University of Technology

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■ Eye-blink controlled human-computer interfaceHuman-computer interfaces allow for a more natural communication between human beings and machines, and they are particularly useful for the elderly and the paralysed.

■ Smart phone device software for the visually impairedThe software package enables visually impaired people (the blind, the elderly) to move around town unconstrained by the limitations of their disability.

■ „Decode Lodz” („Odkoduj Łódź”)„DECODE LODZ” is the first in Europe virtual guide book which you may

access from your mobile phone and which makes use of the technology of smart codes.

Activities for region and country - examplesLodz University of Technology

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■ Humboldt Research Prize for Professor Jan AwrejcewiczProfessor Jan Awrejcewicz (Dept. of Automatics and Biomechanics) has received

the prestigious Humboldt Research Prize.

■ Award for Professor Andrzej GórakProf. Andrzej Górak (Faculty of Process Engineering and Environment) received the

“Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande” awarded by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany for his services in the Polish-German cooperation. This is the German state distinction, and the only order given by the federal government.

■ Award for Professor Ireneusz Zbiciński Prof. Ireneusz Zbiciński has received the prestigious Technical University in China

Qilu Friendship Award to honour of foreign experts (only 20 people outside of China).

Last researchers awards Lodz University of Technology

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■ The Information Technology Center will support university education in the development and use of innovative technologies in various areas of technical sciences.

■ It will focus mainly on the area of IT, i.e. software engineering, artificial intelligence, multimedia processing, computer graphics and animation, imaging, computer networks, computer modeling and simulation, computer architecture, etc.

■ It will help to improve teaching process in other fields.

Information Technology Center Under construction – until June 2012

■ four videoconferencing studios available for students,

■ 3-D imaging and motion capture laboratory,■ computing cluster, operated, maintained and

administered by the students.

Lodz University of Technology

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NumbersNumbers■1 engine room■22 specialized laboratories, including measurement and technological labs■31 workrooms■8 ICT laboratories■8 500 m2 and 55 000 m3 volume

The Factory of Engineers for XXI century Under construction – until August 2012

Lodz University of Technology

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Lodz Universityof Technology

Beauty of our campus

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LodzUniversityof Technology

Beauty of our students