General information

The University of Technology and Life Sciences has been awarded:

Erasmus Extended University Charter nr 53891-IC-1-2011-1-PL-ERASMUS-EUCX-1.

in the scope of Erasmus Programme.

Partners of the UTP 

The UTP has participated in Erasmus Programme since 1997 and currently cooperates with over 120 partners:

List of bilateral agreements

Educational system at UTP

In 2007 the UTP introduced Bologna System of studying. The undergraduate studies lasting three or four years leads to the Bachelor of Science degree.

Undergraduates can choose from among 23 fields of study at two types of studies, full-time and part-time. The first level of study lasts 3 or 3,5 years depends on a course chosen by student.

This first stage can be followed by the second one, which leads to a Master degree after 1.5 or 2 years of studies.

Then one can go on to the third stage of the programme, in which the completion of another four years followed by personal research and leads to a PhD thesis and degree.

The UTP offers also non-degree postgraduate courses at part-time system, lasting 1 or 1,5 year, which give new skills confirmed by an appropriate certificate.

Courses of study (taught in Polish)

Undergraduate studies:

Postgraduate studies:

Doctoral studies:

Academic calendar

The academic year consists of winter and summer semester, end-of-semester examinations and winter and summer vacations. Each semester lasts 15 weeks.

The winter semester starts no later than 1^st October and ends at the end of the following January.The summer semester starts at the beginning of March and ends at the beginning of July. At the end of each semester there is an examination session lasting 2 weeks.

2011/12 academic year layout:

spring semester:   22nd February - 24sh June (examination period: 25th June - 8th July)

Fixed holidays:

• Inaugurations of the Academic Year - a day in the first week of October
• 1^st November          -  All Saints´ Day
• 11^th November        -  Independence Day
• winter break            -  Christmas - New Year
• 6th January            -  Epiphany
• spring break            -  Easter
• 1^st May                   -  May-Day
• 3^rd May                   -  Constitution Day
• aprox.15^th June       -  the University Celebration
• summer break          -  July - August

ECTS

The ECTS  was implemented in order to make the cooperation between European universities easier, in regard to the full recognition of students' achievements outside their mother university. The system is based on points and marks specifying the student workload required to get credits for given subjects. It also makes it possible to interpret the principles of higher education abroad. The UTP applies the ECTS at all courses.

The following grading system is used for exams and tests at UTP and how it refers to ECTS:

The ECTS grades have the following interpretation:

Receiving an unsatisfactory grade means failure to complete the course. All grades are recorded in undergraduates´ transcripts, evaluation cards and reports.

Registration and administrative procedure

International students going to take the opportunity of studying at the UTP within the Erasmus Programme are obliged to submit an on-line application form as well as the printed version of the form confirmed by their home university, together with their transcript of records.

The application forms have to be sent to the following address:

The enrolment procedure:

Students have to apply filling in an on-line application form available on the webpage www.utp.edu.pl/en/index.php and follow the instruction including in the form.

After receiving the students´ credentials the appropriate departmental coordinator takes decision about admission of the candidates.

Those students who are accepted will be provided with all necessary information and documents by the institutional coordinator.

The coordinator arranges all relevant administrative formalities and helps to provide accommodation in the university halls of residence.

Deadlines for submitting the forms:

fall semester - May, 31

spring semester - November, 30

Foreign students arriving within the Erasmus scheme do not incur any tuition fees. However, they have to cover their accommodation and boarding expenditures.

After completion the chosen courses and crediting pre-determined educational programmes, foreign students get official documents certifying their grades obtained as well as a certification of the length of studies.

International students can contact institutional coordinator:

Joanna Siołkowska

phone:  +48 52 3749364;   fax.: +48 52 3749399;

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Programme arrangement

In order to arrange a study programme, please select courses from the list below

Courses in English

or be in touch with the departmental coordinators:

Faculty of Environmenta and Civil Engineering

-          Dr. Jadwiga Bizon-Górecka, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering

-          Prof. Jacek Szymura, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

-          Dr. Marek Szczutkowski, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Faculty of Telecommunications and Electrical Engineering

-          Prof. Ryszard Wojtyna, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology

-          Dr. Ryszard Zamorski, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology

-          Dr Anna Seniczak, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Faculty of Management

-          Dr. Małgorzata Michalcewicz, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Institute of Mathematics and Physics

-          Dr. Mieczysław Naparty, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Before traveling to Poland

Students from non EU member countries are obliged to have visas enabling them to stay in Poland for the whole period of studies. Students from EU countries staying longer than 3 months need to apply for temporary residence which is issued by the Department of Civil Affairs atKujawsko-Pomorski Province Office in Bydgoszcz. In order to get it they have to have 2 passport photos, a confirmation form from their mother university that they are Erasmus exchange students with the information about the grant they receive during their stay. These documents should be in English.

It is also necessary to have a valid insurance policy in case of medical treatment necessity.

Students are requested to contact Institutional Coordinator and give the information about the exact date and hour of their arrival.

How to get to Bydgoszcz and the UTP

Thanks to its location, Bydgoszcz has convenient connections with most cities in Poland. The major north-south rail (PKP - Polish State Railway) and roads (PKS - National Transport Company) go through Bydgoszcz. A journey from Bydgoszcz to Poznań, Gdansk or Warsaw takes approximately 2-4 hours by train or by car.

There is an international airport with a regular connection with some European and domestic airports. The webpage is: http://www.plb.pl

In the city, students can use MZK (Municipal Transportation Company) trams and buses:

One-way ticket - 2.60 PLN (full fare), and 1.30 PLN (half fare - for students having students cards).

First steps upon arrival

After your arrival to Bydgoszcz:

• call one of the University Coordinators or a student who will pick you up from the railway station, the bus station or the airport,
• check in at the accommodation place agreed in advance with the University,
• come to the Institutional Coordinator of the LLP / Erasmus Programme in the International Relations Office in order to complete the required formalities concerning your admission to the University,
• complete the registration formalities at the Department of Civil Affairs in Kujawsko-Pomorski Province Office in  Bydgoszcz (3 Jagiellońska St.) regarding the legalization of your stay in Poland.

University support

Assistance for students is guaranteed in the following areas:

• lodging in a hall of residence or in private apartments,
• assistance in applying for residential permission,
• access to internet free of charge,
• Polish language courses arrangements,
• providing a document confirming the duration of stay to all incoming students,
• issuing an official certifications after completion of the studies.

There is the educational tradition of teacher-student relationship at the UTP, according to which the teacher is responsible for both educational and moral support of his or her student. In addition, the University ensures help from students and Erasmus coordinators who give their advice and support to international students in various areas regarding teaching, social life and everyday activities.

Orientation Programme

The Students´ Orientation Programme is organized to welcome all new international students to the UTP and takes place usually at the beginning of winter and spring semester.

We encourage all new students to attend, as it´s a great way to find out more about the University, settle into the life in Poland and meet other new international students before starting their courses.

The attendance at our International Students´ Orientation Programme is free of charge and includes many interesting events and information meetings.

Erasmus Intensive Language Courses

The Erasmus Intensive Language Courses are specialized courses in the less known and taught languages of the EU and the languages of other countries participating in Erasmus. The courses are designed for the Erasmus students who are going to undertake a study period in a country of a less used language. The courses are organized by selected academic centers in Poland. In order to obtain some details about the application procedure you can look at the Polish National Agency webpage: http://www.erasmus.org.pl

Money and cost of living

Polish currency is called the złoty (abb. -zł.- or -PLN-) and is subdivides into grosze (-gr.-).

In Bydgoszcz about 30 banks are situated. Most of them are open from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. having popular credit cards such as Visa, masterCard, Maestro etc. you can withdraw money from a bank or a cash machine in many points of the city. There are two cash points at the university campus in Fordon.

Accommodation

The UTP has three halls of residence, located in Fordon and Błonie districts.

In total, the halls of residence can house about 1500 people. The single, double and triple rooms are fitted with central heating and all sanitary necessities. Students have at their disposal rooms to study quietly, Internet, a loundry with a drying room, telephones on the floors, a body-building gym, sports fields.

Catering

There is one canteen at the University, which is to be found at the Fordon campus in the vicinity of the student halls of residence. Moreover, students have at their disposal three buffets, located at the Faculties of Agriculture, Chemical Technology and Engineering and Animal Breeding and Biology located in the city centre campuses.

Thanks to canteen and buffets students can have lunch cheaper than in the downtown.

Library

The Main Library is the major information resource of the University and provides a wide range of library based services in electronic and traditional forms.

The Library has a total stock of over 230,000 books and 50,000 volumes of journals, related to the teaching and research of the University. About 300 titles of periodicals are currently taken out. In addition, the Main Library has the greatest collections of patents and standards in the region. The books, periodicals and special collections are available in the reading rooms and in the borrowing service system. The borrowing facilities can be also used to obtain materials not held locally (interlibrary borrowing).

The Main Library provides a range of electronic information services (as well as electronic journals and databases) and the access to networked services, both locally kept and in other libraries.

Address of the Main Library: 7 Prof. Kaliskiego St., 85-789 Bydgoszcz,

phone:  +48 52 3408056,  fax: +48 52 3408063;

e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ,  http://www.bg.utp.edu.pl

Medical care

All UTP students are taken care of medically - preventive care and specialist examinations by the Academic Medical Centre, 9 Kołłątaja St. - phone:   52 3226066

Preventive care is a part of systematic health education. It comprises, among others, preliminary and periodical examinations, active advising in selected dispensary groups, professional advising and psychological examinations.

Specialist examinations are carried out on the strength of diagnostics laboratories in dentistry, throat diseases, neurology, ophthalmology, and others.

The Centre cooperates with other medical service organisational units in order to develop rehabilitation centres adapted to the current needs of the academic society.

Students´ Organisations

Students can participate in an undergraduate science organisation which is divided into 40 -science groups´ run at the various faculties. Undergraduates can also join the University choir. In addition, there are numerous other clubs for students, such as:

• The Student Union which represents students from all the faculties in the University Student Council and faculty councils.
• Students´ organisations such as the Student Radio Agency and Short-Wave Radio Club headquartered in the Fordon halls of residence, and others including: Independent Student Association, Polish Student Association, University Sports Association, with 17 branches representing various sports.
• Underwater Exploration Club ARIUS.

Application forms

Aplication form with study programme

Changes to the LA

Transcript of records

Assessment of student stay at UTP - Final Questionnaire

Useful addresses

The Kujawy-Pomorze Region: http://www.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl

Bydgoszcz and leisure: http://www.bydgoszcz.pl

Polish National Agency of Erasmus: http://www.erasmus.org.pl

Facebook Erasmus UTP: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002354757914