Obtaining foreign accreditation and certificates from industry committees by Polish universities increases the international competitiveness of universities, builds their international visibility, but also brings benefits from the preparation for accreditation processes. ABET accreditation - currently the most important and recognizable among students and employers accreditation for technical universities in the United States - is a confirmation of meeting the standards that make graduates of accredited programs ready to enter the labour market in important technical fields, leading in innovation and new technologies.

Written by Justyna Kopańska, MSc, International Cooperation Centre

This painful condition affects more than 20 per cent of the entire population, not just the human population. It usually ends with surgery or joint implantation. Researchers from Lodz University of Technology, together with medics, are developing an innovative method of treating it. Assoc. Prof. Marcin Kozanecki, from the Department of Molecular Physics at the Faculty of Chemistry, head of the OPUS project, explains the method.

The meeting of the TUL Masters of Didactics with the project manager, Dr inż. Dorota Piotrowska, TUL Prof., was held under the motto of 'co-tutoring'. Its aim was to exchange experiences and cooperation of staff in the search for an optimal tutoring model for Lodz University of Technology.

Written by International Educational Projects Division, International Cooperation Centre

The Masters of Didactics are a large group of academic teachers who are particularly keen on innovation in education. One of their recent meetings concerned a discussion on the tutoring model at Lodz University of Technology. Its main goal was the need to develop this method of collaboration between lecturers and students.

Written by Dr inż. Dorota Piotrowska, TUL Prof.,

Director of the International Cooperation Centre

I talk to Prof. Łukasz Kaczmarek, head of the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at TUL, about what links a microwave, a UV lamp and a backyard garden to graphene quantum dots for photovoltaic cell production.

Interviewee Ewa Chojnacka

In 1992, the Senate of Lodz University of Technology established the International Faculty of Engineering Studies, which four years later was transformed into the International Faculty of Engineering that exists to this day. A perfect occasion to celebrate the jubilee was the inauguration ceremony of the academic year 2022/23 for the newly enrolled IFE students which took place on 5 October in the building of "Alchemium - magic of the chemistry of tomorrow".

Written by M.Sc. Małgorzata Spodenkiewicz, International Cooperation Center

The 15th edition of the competition for scientific scholarships from the TUL Own Scholarship Fund.

Expanding international cooperation networks, synergies between business and science, or development through the Erasmus+ programme are just some of the challenges facing the innovation centre soon to be opened in Lodz. The agreement announcing the establishment of the Erasmus+ InnHUB Lodz was signed on 5 October as part of the ceremonial inauguration of the academic year at Lodz University of Technology.

Expanding international cooperation networks, synergies between business and science, or development through the Erasmus+ programme are just some of the challenges facing the innovation centre soon to be opened in Lodz. The agreement announcing the establishment of the Erasmus+ InnHUB Lodz was signed on 5 October as part of the ceremonial inauguration of the academic year at Lodz University of Technology.

Second-cycle students can apply for the new 'Bronowicki Family Scholarship' until October 11. The competition is organized under the Lodz University of Technology's own Scholarship Fund.