The best Faculty of Environmental Engineering in Poland | Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Gdańsk University of Technology

The very good past year allowed our university to advance and thus be among the five best universities in Poland. This is a great success, as is maintaining the 3rd place in the category of technical universities. – I am very happy that in the year in which we celebrate the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the university, we will advance in the national ranking of universities. Improving the ranking position and being among the elite group of the five best universities in the country is a confirmation for us that the activities we undertake at the university were and are very good. Our analyzes show that in terms of the university's scientific potential and the number of citations, we are developing faster than other leading universities in the world, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). We have the ambition to catch up with them. This motivates us to continue working hard for science and development - says Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of GUT. – Once again, we are among the top technical universities, and the fields of study we offer are among the best rated in the country. This shows that studies at the Gdańsk University of Technology are a guarantee of the highest quality of education, at a modern and developing university. PG – a university with high scientific potential The Perspektywy 2024 Ranking of Academic Universities was based on 31 indicators, grouped into seven groups of criteria.

The promotion and high place of the Gdańsk University of Technology in the general ranking are the result of progress in the first three most important groups of criteria. Our university improved its position last year in the following groups: scientific effectiveness, internationalization and scientific potential. In the latter, PG recorded the biggest jump - from 14th to 3rd place. The ranking is based on the following criteria: Scientific effectiveness (weight 30%) – measured, among others, the degree of staff development and scientific degrees awarded, the number of publications, citations, the effectiveness of obtaining funds for research or the presence of scientists' publications in 10% of the most frequently cited journals in the world; Scientific potential (weight 13%) - determined by the results of the evaluation of the university's scientific activities, the saturation of the staff with people with the highest qualifications, possession of doctoral and habilitation qualifications and the education of doctoral students at doctoral schools; Internationalization (weight 15%) – measured, among others, number of foreign students, number of people studying in foreign languages foreigners, participation in a European university, the number of teachers from abroad, the number of student exchanges (arrivals and departures) and the degree of multiculturalism of the student environment; Graduates on the labor market (weight 12%) - indicator according to data from the nationwide study Economic fate of graduates (ELA); Prestige (weight 12%) - which consists of the number of indications of a given university in a survey conducted among academic staff and the university's position in global academic rankings; Educational conditions (weight 10%) - determined by the availability of students to highly qualified academic staff and the number of accreditations and certificates held by the university; Innovation (weight 8%) – measured by the number of patents and protection rights obtained in Poland and abroad, as well as the contribution of university research to the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.