(Included in the AGH UST Senate’s Resolution no. 2/2017 of 25^th January 2017 on Development Strategy of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow)

   

The AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow is a modern state university which develops partnership collaboration with colleges and universities in Poland, Europe, and all over the world. The university’s priority is the accomplishment of tasks and the execution of projects that are part of the knowledge triangle: education – scientific research – innovation. The AGH University of Science and Technology is a technical university where science is foregrounded and constitutes the basis for the development of a wide spectrum of applied sciences accompanied by a gradually increasing role of social sciences and humanities. In line with global development trends, we establish new programmes of study but at the same time maintain the conventional ones which are indispensable for the proper development of science, technology, and the economy of our country. 

The system of education adopted at AGH UST aims to teach students to develop the skills of acquiring and applying knowledge, logical, constructive, and future-oriented thinking, quick and deductive reasoning, as well as making optimal decisions. The AGH University of Science and Technology conducts scientific research at a high world level in different fields and disciplines of science, which are the basis for a high level of education and the development of university staff. This constitutes one of the fundamental elements of the functioning and position of the university. 

From the very beginning, AGH UST has been closely connected with the units of the national economy and local governments, serving the Polish economy and advising state and local authorities. The university supports all activities that aim to establish strong inter-faculty, inter-university, and international research teams. A strong position of the AGH University of Science and Technology requires the intensification and involvement of the university in the area of national and international collaboration, both in educational and research-related fields. An element of this strategy is the establishment of a network of associated universities, scientific research centres, and industrial units. The university shall become a unique academic and economic consortium that develops its own business activity by creating conditions suitable for the transfer of technologies and business incubation. 

The AGH University of Science and Technology was established for the purpose of education and training of students, education and development of academic staff, and for the purpose of carrying out scientific research and development works according to the principles of freedom of education, mission of exploration, as well as freedom of science and sharing the truth, in the spirit of human respect and service for the well-being of the country and humanity. Our motto is to work in the spirit of the university slogan “Knowledge – Passion – Bond”.