UST was able to obtain accreditation as the first university in Poland and one of a few in Europe. ENAEE accreditation Four first- and second-cycle programmes of study at the AGH UST received accreditation from the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education, namely, Mining Engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management, Technical Computer Science, Materials Engineering, and Metallurgy at the Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science. International cooperation The university has concluded more than 280 general agreements on cooperation with higher education institutions around the world. The AGH UST has partners in more than 60 countries. To date, the highest number of agreements have been signed with universities in Ukraine, France, the People's Republic of China, and the United States of America. The AGH UST participates in international programmes, such as Erasmus+, Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate (EMJD), SMILE, CEEPUS, T.I.M.E., VULCANUS in Japan, HUSTEP, SIT, NAWA, and Spinaker. The university is a member of the following international organisations: ACRU, EUA, IAU, SEFI, AEUA, KMM-VIN AISBL, C-MAC NSU NPO, T.I.M.E., Magalhaes Network, EIT InnoEnergy, CEEPUS, IROs Forum, SPIRE, and UN Global Compact. The AGH UST implements projects carried out jointly with international partners, within the framework of the following programmes: EU HORIZON 2020, KIC InnoEnergy, KIC RawMaterials, POLONEZ, HARMONIA, Visegrad Scholarship Program, Research Fund for Coal and Steel, ERA, bilateral cooperation programmes, Structural Funds. The AGH UST is a member of the European project UNIVERSEH – the European Space University for Earth and Humanity. The consortium, which comprises partner universities from France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Sweden, strives to develop space exploration technologies. Business cooperation Cooperation with the economic sector, higher education institutions, and research institutes, as well as participation in Polish and international scientific and industrial consortia allows the AGH UST to carry out numerous projects and implement them to the market. Annually, the university concludes about 100 contracts, letters of intent, and agreements on cooperation with industry, central administration, and business environment institutions. Additionally, the AGH UST implements about 1,000 research and development contracts annually, among which more than 75% are commissioned by industry. The innovative potential of the AGH UST is based on its intellectual property, which is expressed in the number of obtained patents, trademarks, and utility models, as well as the know-how and experience of its scientists and students. Each year, the university obtains nearly 100 patents and grants several dozens