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Poznań University of Technology, PUT is a university located in Poznań, Poland. Poznań University of Technology is known as one of the best technical university in poland. URAP ranked PUT as in top 6% of world universities. webometrics ranked it at No.829 in world by Google citation 2015.Many graduates form PUT computer faculty work in Microsoft inc. USA. In 1995 it became the first Polish university to become a member of the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research, an organisation comprising the best technical universities in Europe. The university is also a member of the Socrates-Erasmus programme for exchange students from all over Europe, promoting advanced engineering and a European dimension. The university is home to many organisations and student circles, and the radio station Afera 98.6 MHz. The university has over 21,000 students and over 1100 academic staffs.FacultiesThere are ten faculties: ArchitectureChemical TechnologyCivil and Environmental EngineeringComputing and Information ScienceElectrical EngineeringElectronics and TelecommunicationsEngineering ManagementMachines and TransportationMechanical Engineering and Management Technical PhysicsHistoryPUT was officially founded in 1955 and the first rector was Roman Kozak. But a state school had existed in Poznań since 1919, under name of the Higher State School of Machinery. After adding a second department in 1929, its name was changed to the Higher State School of Machinery and Electrotechnics. It was supposed to became the University of Technology in 1940, but its development was interrupted by World War II. In 1945 the school received the status of Higher Engineering School and in 1955 it became the University of Technology.
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