Thermal No. 4 January 31, 2022

Thermal No. 4 January 31, 2022
in a national ranking. The ranking is conducted every four years. The teaching programs are regularly
accredited by a state accreditation body.

PolandMember of ICHMT, EUROTHERM(1) Overview(Poland Standard Time: UTC+1 / UTC+2, Population: 38.2 million)

The academic ranks are: assistant (Polish asystent), assistant professor (Polish: adiunkt), associate professor(Polish: profesor uczelni), and full professor (Polish: profesor).
In addition to the higher-education system, research institutes form networks. The leading examples are theinstitutes of the PAS and the Łukasiewicz network.

1. Organizations
There are two streams of activities related to heat transfer in Poland: scientific and professional engineering. The
scientific stream is represented by the Committee for Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academyof Sciences (PAS). The thirty members of the Committee are elected in a voting process. The electorate consistsof researchers with at least a Doctor of Science degree (Polish habilitation) and scientific interests in thermalscience-related disciplines.

by R. Białecki and W. LipińskiThe Polish Federation of Engineering Associations FSNT–NOT (Polish: Naczelna Organizacja TechnicznaNOT) is focused on professional engineering applications of thermal sciences. The organization, gathering 110000 members, represents professional engineers and technicians in 49 regional and 39 professional engineeringorganizations. NOT is a member of FEANI (Fédération Européenne d'associations d'Ingéniours), Brusselsbased, associations of engineering organizations from 33 European countries and having a consultative statusof UNESCO, UNIDO and the European Council.
Heat transfer research and engineering are in the focus of activities of several member organizations of NOT.
The Association of Polish Mechanical Engineers and Technicians and the Association of Fire Engineers are
the two most notable examples.
2. Major meetings
Symposium of Heat and Mass transfer organized every three years and Meeting of Thermodynamics, also held
every three years. Universities organize both events under the auspices of the Committee of Thermodynamics andCombustion of the PAS.
3. Major journals
Archive of Thermodynamics publishes papers in English and has an international Editorial Board. The journal ispublished by the Committee of Thermodynamics of the PAS. A no-fee open access policy is implemented.
Journal of Power Technologies is published by the Institute of Heat Engineering of the Warsaw Universityof Technology.
4. Education (Undergraduate/Graduate)- 8 years of primary school education- 4 years of high school education- 3–4 years of undergraduate engineering education- 1.5 and 4 years of Master’s and doctoral education, respectively
5. University system
There are over 400 institutions of higher education in Poland, of which about 100 are publicly funded.
Engineering and technology programs are offered at 18 universities of technology (UT) and 37 higher
vocational schools. The majority of the latter institutions offer technical subjects at the bachelor's level.
Engineering courses are also offered in selected general universities.
The main engineering education institutions are Warsaw UT, Gdańsk UT, Silesian UT, Wrocław UT, Poznań(UT), Kraków UT, Łódź UT, Lublin UT, Rzeszów UT, and the AGH Science and Technology University.
Warsaw UT, Gdańsk UT, Silesian UT, and AGH are among Poland's top 10 research and higher-education
institutions. The financial support and ability to grant doctoral and habilitation degrees depend on a position

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