University of Bielsko-Biała

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The University of Bielsko-Biała is a university in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, established in 2001. It was previously part of the Technical University of Łódź.HistoryThe University of Bielsko-Biała was founded in October 2001 as an independent government academic institution. Previously it was a branch of Łódź University of Technology, founded in 1969 at the request of the Bielsko-Biała industrial region.Student lifeAt present there are 10,000 students in the university. The machine-building, electrical and textile industries are traditional for the region, so the main courses of education have been long-established. As the economy changed, the university followed, developing new faculties such as Management, Environmental Protection, Information Sciences and Humanities.The university employs an experienced academic staff: professors and other experts from the region, who deliver lectures and carry out research. The number of the academic staff is growing constantly. At present, it comprises about 350 people, including about 160 professors and doctors.AcademicsThe main educational and scientific core of the college consists of:Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Information Sciences Faculty of Textile Engineering and Environmental ProtectionFaculty of Management and Information SciencesFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesFaculty of Health Sciences There are several inter-faculty units, including the Department of Foreign Languages, the Department of Physical Education and Sport, the Main Library and Centre of Postgraduate Studies and Vocational Training.Levels of studyLicentiate Master of Arts and Master of Sciences Advanced/postgraduate studyDoctorateHigher/post doctorate