Łódź University of Technology () was created in 1945 and has developed into one of the biggest technical universities in Poland. Originally located in an old factory building, today covering nearly 200,000 sq. meters in over 70 separate buildings, the majority of them situated in the main University area. Almost 15,000 students are currently studying at the university. The educational and scientific tasks of the university are carried out by about 3,000 staff members. Faculties Faculty of Mechanical Engineering The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is one of the first departments of the Lodz University of Technology conducting research activity and teaching. The Faculty offers full-time, part-time, doctoral and postgraduate studies. It educates students in seven study areas being part of technical sciences, both full-time and part-time. Organizational units The faculty comprises 3 institutes and 6 departments: Institute of Materials Science and Engineering Institute of Machine Tools and Production Engineering Institute of Turbomachinery Department of Vehicles and Fundamentals of Machine Design Department of Strength of Materials Department of Dynamics Department of Manufacturing Engineering Department of Automation, Biomechanics and Mechatronics Department of Materials Engineering and Production Systems Fields of study The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering offers full-time and part-time, first and second cycle studies in seven fields of study: Automation and Robotics Energy Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics Materials Engineering Production Engineering Transportation The faculty also offers third cycle studies in the following fields of study: Construction and Operation of Machines Mechanics Materials Engineering Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering The Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering is one of the largest faculties of Lodz University of Technology. It came into existence in 1945. The faculty educates students in the fields of Automation and Robotics, Electronics and Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Information Technology, Occupational Safety Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechatronics and Transport. Organisational units The faculty comprises the following units: Institute of Electrical Engineering Systems Institute of Automatic Control Institute of Mechatronics and Information Systems Institute of Electrical Power Engineering Institute of Electronics Institute of Applied Computer Science Department of Electrical Apparatus Department of Microelectronics and Computer Science Department of Semiconductors and Optoelectric Devices Fields of study The Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering offers full-time and part-time, first and second cycle studies in the following fields of study: Automation and Robotics Electronics and Telecommunications (both in Polish and English) Electrical Engineering Power Engineering Information Technology (in Polish