Mechanical Engineering & Maritime Technology, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science & Information Technology
ZUT was established in 2009 from the merger of Agricultural University of Szczecin and Szczecin University of Technology. It is a comprehensive technical university with strong programs in engineering, agriculture, biotechnology, and maritime technology.
Domains taught:
Aerospace, Agriculture, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Marine Science, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
Public
Partnerships:
Leading technical university in Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship. Strong links with maritime and chemical industries.
Research:
Marine engineering & Shipbuilding, Food technology & Biotechnology, Advanced materials & Chemical processes, AI & Data science, Sustainable agriculture.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1500
Current students***:
10000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Comprehensive technical university with diverse programs, strong in maritime and chemical engineering, located in a major port city.
Cons
Recent merger compared to older institutions, some facilities may be from predecessor universities.
Best For
Comprehensive technical university with strong programs in engineering, agriculture, and maritime technology.
University of Szczecin shares the core fields of this university, namely marine science, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies; it is slightly larger, at about 12,000 students against roughly 10,000 here, and is also a public institution.
A good alternative in the same country is University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, which likewise covers marine science, aerospace and agriculture; it is larger, enrolling about 18,000 students against roughly 10,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences overlaps with this institution on marine science, aerospace and agriculture, so the two are easy to compare, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and has almost the same size, at about 9,000 students.
Another national school that puts aerospace, food science and transportations at the centre is Łódź University of Technology, and it covers metrology as well, and is slightly larger, at about 12,000 students against roughly 10,000 here.
Where this institution leans on agriculture, food science and transportations, University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz does the same, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on aerospace, agriculture and food science is Okayama University in Japan, and it covers astroscience as well, and is slightly larger, at about 13,000 students against roughly 10,000 here.
Mie University in Japan shares the marine science, aerospace and agriculture orientation of this university, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers astroscience as well.
Zhejiang University offers an international parallel to this university, with marine science, aerospace and agriculture as common ground; it covers astroscience as well, and is far larger, with about 60,000 students against roughly 10,000 here.
On content, Hochschule Anhalt in Germany and this university are close, as both teach aerospace, agriculture and food science; it also offers mba programmes, and is slightly smaller, at about 7,000 students against roughly 10,000 here.
Seen from abroad, Technische Universität Hamburg (Germany) is a close relative on subject matter, since marine science, aerospace and food science are central to both, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
Agriculture, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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