Research at PK KUT happens where engineering meets real-world challenges: cleaner cities, smarter machines, safer infrastructure and better materials. Across eight scientific disciplines, our researchers work with partners in Poland and abroad, from Horizon Europe projects to experiments at CERN. Our educational offer covers 36 study programmes (1st and 2nd cycle) across 8 faculties.
Main Research Disciplines
Architecture and Urban Planning
We design cities and protect heritage that can face a changing climate.
- Heritage protection, from defensive architecture and fortified landscapes to conservation methods
- Climate-ready cities: climate standards for Kraków, blue-green infrastructure
- Sustainable living: Poland’s first energy-efficient social building and 15-minute city projects
Information and Communication Technology
From artificial intelligence to quantum computing, making data and complex systems work.
- AI and data analysis, medical data: neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary algorithms
- High-performance and quantum computing, simulation and modelling
- Cybersecurity, cryptography, blockchain and cloud computing
- Virtual and augmented reality
Civil Engineering and Transport
Buildings, structures and transport systems that last longer, use less energy and move people better.
- Zero-energy, climate-neutral buildings
- Building information modelling (BIM) supported by AI, VR and AR
- Durability, diagnostics and strengthening of concrete, steel, timber and composite structures
- Sustainable mobility and optimisation of transport and logistics systems
Automation, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Space Tech
Reliable, secure and efficient electrical and digital systems, from power grids to space applications.
- Renewable energy and storage: hydropower, photovoltaics, power quality
- Monitoring and diagnostics of electrical machines and drives, electromobility
- Security of critical infrastructure, IoT, cloud and fog computing
- Industrial and building automation, sensors, 3D printing
Mechanical Engineering
Machines, vehicles and production systems for cleaner, smarter industry.
- Eco-friendly vehicles and alternative fuels, including hydrogen
- Industry 5.0: robotics, AI in manufacturing, digital twins, underwater mobile robots
- Ultra-accurate coordinate measurements from nano to macro scale
Environmental Engineering, Mining and Energy
Cleaner water, smarter energy and healthier buildings.
- Water and wastewater treatment, sewage sludge and municipal waste, circular economy
- Heat technology, unconventional energy sources, nuclear energy
- Eco-friendly heating, ventilation and air conditioning, energy audits, thermal comfort
- Protection and management of water resources
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry that leads to new drugs, materials and clean energy.
- Design of drugs, nanomaterials and biomaterials, delivery systems for cosmetics and medical devices
- Industrial catalysis, molecular modelling, chemical and biochemical reactors
- Hydrogen technologies and renewable energy, circular economy
- Detection of trace amounts of toxic substances
Materials Engineering
Smarter, greener materials made to heal, build and power.
- Zeolites and geopolymer composites made from waste
- Additive manufacturing of metal, ceramic and geopolymer materials
- Smart biomaterials for tissue engineering and drug delivery, including cancer therapy
- Particle physics at CERN (LHCb, FCC) and hadron structure research at BNL, USA
