Report on the activities of Gdańsk University of Technology for 2020 | Gdańsk University of Technology

Science

In 2020, the number of scientific promotions increased: the title of professor was obtained by 11 scientists (compared to eight nominations in 2019), 56 researchers received the degree of habilitated doctor (36 titles in 2019), and the group of young scientists increased by 49 doctoral students.

Another year in a row the number of publications by scientists from Gdańsk Tech in the most prestigious journals on the JCR list also increased. In 2017, there were 696 of them, in 2018 - 822, in 2019 - 905, while in 2020 this number increased to 1,168.

When analyzing the number of publications per employee, the Faculty of Chemistry came first - with a score of 1.59. The top three most active faculties also include: FAP&M (1.29) and FE&CE (1).

The Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics was the most effective in obtaining funds from the IDUB program, while the Faculty of Architecture submitted in 2020 the most applications that were qualified for financing.

Internationalization

In 2020, over 350 foreign students came to Gdańsk University of Technology - most of them from Spain, Turkey and France. In turn, 150 GUT students went to study abroad, and the most willingly chosen countries were: Portugal, Spain and Germany. The students of the Faculty of Architecture (72 people) and the FM&E (46 people) turned out to be the most mobile ones.

Didactics

In the 2020/2021 academic year, the total number of students increased - both full-time and part-time ones (from 13,791 to 14,130). The number of doctoral students also increased: in 2019, the number of doctoral students was 527, while in 2020 - 569, including 25 students at the Implementation Doctoral School. By faculties, the greatest number of doctoral students study at the Faculty of Chemistry and at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics.

Gdańsk Tech maintains an optimal ratio between the number of lecturers and students, described by the SSR (Student Staff Ratio). In the scale of the entire university, the indicator is 11.55 and is slightly lower than the optimal at the level of 12.

Satisfaction of Gdańsk Tech graduates with the choice of: university - 94%, faculty - 88% (in 2019 - 86%) and the field of study - 82% (78% in 2019) remains at a consistently high level. It is worth noting that the improvement of these results was achieved despite learning in a hybrid or remote mode.

Finances

Gdańsk University of Technology closed the year 2020 with a net profit of over PLN 24 million. It was less than PLN 4 million lower than the profit in 2019.

Initiatives and achievements

In 2020, the Daniel Fahrenheit University Association was established, which was created at the request of the rectors of the Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk University of Technology and the University of Gdańsk. The most important task of the Association is to make the best use of the resources and possibilities of all three universities, which could create one academic center in the future through joint activities.

A new development strategy for the university for the next ten years of operation was also created. The strategy of Gdańsk University of Technology defines the system of values that guide the university in its activities, the so-called university's mission, i.e. the main goals of the activities undertaken, the vision of the university's development status in the indicated time horizon, as well as the basic methods and tools of action aimed at achieving the assumed goals.

In July 2020, the Senate of Gdańsk Tech decided to establish, from January 1, 2021, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology. It was created on the basis of two faculties previously functioning separately: Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology and Mechanical Engineering. Such integration allowed, among others: exchange of competences, experiences and capabilities of individual research teams of both faculties, use of common equipment, as well as integration of research in the field of the newly introduced (Act 2.0) discipline "mechanical engineering", under which the achievements of the university will be accounted for by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Moreover, Gdańsk University of Technology was included in the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, for the first time. Among the 1,000 best universities from around the world, there are eight Polish universities. Gdańsk Tech immediately found itself in the range of 801-900, ahead of two other Polish universities.

According to the data from the report of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Gdańsk Tech was once again ranked second among the technical universities in Poland most frequently chosen by candidates. With over 428 thousand people who started higher education at Polish universities in October 2020, as many as 25 thousand wanted to study at Gdańsk University of Technology. On the list of the most frequently chosen public universities in Poland - according to the total number of applications of candidates for first and second cycle studies – Gdańsk Tech took second place in the country, second only to the Warsaw University of Technology (45,000 applications).

We also enjoyed sports successes. Gdańsk Tech won in 2020 in the general classification of the Polish Academic Championships, ahead of the University of Warsaw and the Silesian University of Technology. The university was also the only one whose athletes took part in all 48 PAC disciplines. It also won the classification of technical universities.