Announcement of the 15th competition for financing project-based education – PBL
The Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Education Prof. Anna Chrobok announces the 15th competition for the implementation of project-oriented education in the form of the PBL (Project-Based Learning) project in the winter semester of the academic year 2026/2027.
The competition is organized as part of the Initiative of Excellence– Research University program.
Applying for projects, , their financing and settlement is carried out according to the rules set out in the Rules of financing Project-Based Education– PBL , as part of the Excellence Initiative – Research University Program, (IDUB), contained in the Ordinance No. 251/2024 of Rector of the Silesian University of Technology of 18th December 2024 (as amended)
According to the assumptions of the program, PBL projects should be of interdisciplinary character, and each project group should include students of the Silesian University of Technology representing at least two fields of study, diploma paths, or specialties. A student may participate in a given semester in only one PBL project. Additionally, pupils from Academic Secondary Comprehensive Schools for which the Silesian University of Technology is the governing body, as well as pupils from schools that have concluded a cooperation agreement with the Silesian University of Technology may be involved in the implementation of the project.
Applications for co-funding project– based education - PBL, drawn up on the basis of Annex 1 of this Ordinance, should be sent by e-mail to the dedicated address: COS-PBL.IDUB@polsl.pl by the 26th of June 2026.
The projects will be implemented the winter semester of the academic year 2026/2027.
Projects with the involvement of foreign universities, implemented on the basis of a bilateral agreement, will be particularly promoted. The International Relations Office will provide support to interested applicants in searching for a foreign partner under the concluded agreements, in particular in connection with the participation of the Silesian University of Technology in the European University Initiative programme.
The annexes contain the principles of implementing PBL projects and the templates of documents specified in the Rector’s Ordinance No. 251/2024 of 18th December 2024.
