General description of the institution

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC
TECHNICKÁ UNIVERZITA V LIBERCI
Abbreviation in Czech: TUL

Technical university of Liberec has status public higher-education institution, university type.

 The history of the Technical University of Liberec goes back to 1953, when the Technical College of Mechanical Engineering was established. Since that time the College has offered academic programmes in Mechanical Technology, and in the Design/Construction of Textile, Glass, Ceramics and other Machinery. These academic programmes and related research activities corresponded directly to the typical industries found in Northern Bohemia. In the late 1950s, a new academic programme - Textile Technology  - was offered at the College. In 1960, the College was divided into two faculties, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Textile Engineering. Also, the name of the College was changed to the College of Mechanical and Textile Engineering.
Between 1990 and 1995, four new faculties were founded. On January 1, 1995, the College of Mechanical and Textile Engineering gained the status of a university, and became the Technical University of Liberec. In June 1995, the sixth faculty  - the Faculty of Mechatronics, Informatics and Interdisciplinaries Studies  - was established.

The University has an enrolment of more than ten thousand students. The academic programmes offered at the University, and the research performed by the academic staff is of great benefit to the City of Liberec and its surrounding region. The University´s graduates are able to satisfy the local demand for specialists in engineering, textile industries, for elementary and secondary school teachers, and for architects, economists and business specialists. The University´s academic staff and students take part in research and co-operate closely with foreign universities. Thanks to the Municipal and Regional authorities, the University has acquired new buildings, which have enabled it to set up additional classrooms and laboratories. It has also been possible for the university to increase its library holdings of resource materials, and to improve its information system.

In 2009 Technical unniversity of Liberec was awarded the prestige certificate of European Commission Diploma Supplement Label.

Structure of the Institution

The Technical University of Liberec consists of the following faculties:
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Textile Engineering
Faculty of Sciences, Humanities and Education
Faculty of Economics 
Faculty of Arts and Architecture
Faculty Mechatronics, Informatics and Interdisciplinary Studies

University Institutes
Institute of Health Studies
Institute pro nanomaterials, advanced technologies and inovations                                  

Organisation Structure
  pdf updated: 9.6.2011

Organisation of Studies
  updated: 17.2.2010

  updated: 15.12.2008