Lviv Polytechnic

The Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukrainian: Національний університет «Львівська політехніка») is a public university in Lviv, Ukraine, founded in 1816. According to the Times Higher Education, as of 2024, it ranks first as a technical institution of higher education and second among all institutions of higher education after Sumy State University in Ukraine. Lviv Polytechnic is also the largest educational institution in Ukraine by the number of students and one of the largest by the number of faculties and departments.

Lviv Polytechnic National University is one of the top public universities in Lviv, Ukraine. It is ranked #1001-1200 in QS World University Rankings 2026.

History

The history of the Lviv Polytechnic National University begins during the Austrian Empire, and extends through the Second Polish Republic, the Nazi German Occupation, the Soviet Union, and into independent Ukraine.

On 7 March 1816, the Imperial-Royal Real School was opened in Lemberg (Lviv). A technical school was established with the help of the newly introduced local industrial tax. In the curricula of the Imperial-Royal School, the main focus was assigned to the subjects of the natural-mathematical cycle, drawing, drawing and the study of new modern languages. The educational process was based on German educational programs that were adapted to local requirements. The newly created School was housed in a beautiful building at number 20 on the then-current Piekarska Street (now Virmenska).

In 1825, according to the Royal Decree of the Austrian Emperor Franz I, the three-level Imperial-Royal Real School was reorganised into the Imperial-Royal School of Technical Sciences and Trade in Lviv.

In 1835, the School of Technical Sciences and Trade turned into the Imperial-Royal Real-Trade Academy in Lviv. Here in 1841 the technical faculty was opened.

In 1844, in the house of Darowski, on the present Armenian street, 2, the Imperial-Royal Technical Academy was opened in Lviv with technical and trade departments (faculties). It was one of the first academic technical schools in Europe and the first in Ukraine. In 1877, at the start of a new academic year, under the leadership of the new rector Julian Zachariewicz, construction began of a new building to the academy (in the present Stepan Bandera street). Julian Zachariewicz was also an accomplished architect, and designed this building, based on the 1820s Technical University in Vienna, and the chemical laboratory.

At the same time, the academy was renamed Polytechnic School and included in the academic schools of the Austro-Hungarian Empire .

On 10 July 1912, Maria Sklodowska-Curie delivered a lecture at the Lviv Polytechnic School, and on the same day, she received the title of Honorary Doctor of Technical Sciences. Her name was commemorated on the honorary board of doctors honoris causa of Lviv Polytechnic.

Since 1921 the institution has been called "Politechnika Lwowska", and since 1939 - Lviv Polytechnic Institute.

In June 1993, one year before the celebration of its 150th anniversary, the Lviv Polytechnic Institute received the highest - the fourth - the level of accreditation, the status of the university and the name of the State University "Lviv Polytechnic" . In 2000 the Polytechnic received the status of a national university.

Structure

The National University "Lviv Polytechnic" includes:

16 educational institutes (as well as the Institute of distance learning and the International Institute of Education, Culture and Relations with the Diaspora);

• Research Centre
• Scientific and technical library;
• 8 colleges, two gymnasiums;
• 34 teaching and laboratory buildings;
• 12 dormitories;
• 3 sports and health camps for students and teachers;
• Publishing house of Lviv Polytechnic National University;
• People's House "Prosvita (Lviv Polytechnic)";
• Design and Construction Association "Polytechnic";

a geodetic polygon and an astronomical-geodesic laboratory.

The university has more than 35,000 students and extramural students. The training of specialists is carried out in 64 bachelor's areas and 124 specialities, of which 123 are master's level.

The teaching process is provided by a teaching staff of more than 2,200 people, of whom more than 320 are doctors of sciences and more than 1200 are associate professors, PhD. The educational process involves scientists from scientific institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, production enterprises and design institutes.

Notable alumni

• Tatiana Anodina (Soviet aviation engineer, long-term chief of the Interstate Aviation Committee in Russia)
• Józef Adam Baczewski (alcohol entrepreneur and owner of J. A. Baczewski company)
• Stefan Banach (mathematician)
• Kazimierz Bartel (Prime minister of Poland)
• Stefan Bryła (Polish construction engineer and welding pioneer)
• Emil Czyrniański (Polish chemist)
• Bohdana Durda (artist, writer, poet, songwriter)
• Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (President of Mongolia)
• Vera Kamsha (Russian fantasy writer)
• Polina Katsen (Ukrainian Women's National Chess Champion)
• Yuriy Lutsenko (Ukrainian politician and Prosecutor General of Ukraine)
• Apollinaire Osadca (New York architect, class of 1942)
• Włodzimierz Puchalski (photographer and film director)
• Diana Reiter (one of the first female architects in Kraków, and Nazi concentration camp victim)
• Wilhelm Orlik-Rueckemann (Polish general)

Notable staff

• Stefan Banach (1892–1945), Polish mathematician
• Kazimierz Bartel (1882–1941), Polish mathematician and politician, Prime Minister of Poland
• Stefan Bryła (1886–1943), Polish engineer and welding pioneer
• Zoia Duriagina (born 1950), Ukrainian materials engineer
• Iryna Farion (1964–2024), Ukrainian linguist and politician
• Tytus Maksymilian Huber (1872–1950), Polish mechanical engineer
• Zygmunt Klemensiewicz (1886–1963), Polish physicist and physical chemist
• Kazimierz Kuratowski (1896–1980), Polish mathematician and logician
• Antoni Łomnicki (1881–1941), Polish mathematician
• Otto Nadolski (1880–1941), Polish engineer
• Władysław Orlicz (1903–1990), Polish mathematician
• Jan Henryk de Rosen (1891–1982), Polish artist and military officer
• Włodzimierz Stożek (1883–1941), Polish mathematician

Other

Ignacy Mościcki

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