The students returned to Rybnik
Continuing Education Centre - a branch of the Silesian University of Technology in Rybnik has been educating the first group of students in the field of logistics since October. Thus, full-time studies have returned to the Rybnik centre, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary.
After the break, the first field of study offered by the Rybnik branch of the Silesian University of Technology is logistics, run together with the Faculty of Organization and Management. This is one of 16 fields of study that has a modernized formula from this academic year. – There are common curricular structures in the first year, and we try to educate these young people, for example, in what they cannot do in mathematics – said after the inauguration prof. dr Eng. Jan Kaźmierczak, dean of the Faculty of Organization and Management. – Then students choose thematic paths. I require employees to update the content they teach to students, to participate in conferences, and to publish in highly rated and frequently cited journals. – added the dean.
Logistics in Rybnik is focused on urban engineering, which is particularly important for the region.
– Human capital is the most important, we want to ensure that the cities of the subregion are not depopulated. Young people should find a place of education, work and residence here - said dr hab. Zygmunt Łukaszczyk, prof. SUT, director of Continuing Education Centre - a branch of the Silesian University of Technology in Rybnik. – We see depopulation in some municipalities in the western subregion due to this mono-industrial culture. We have to create new quality, new proposals.
In the first year of logistics, 17 students started their studies. – We set very high recruitment conditions because we wanted the quality of education to be at a very high level – emphasized prof. dr hab. Eng. Arkadiusz Mężyk, Rector of the Silesian University of Technology. – I am extremely glad that we managed to rebuild the academic potential of Rybnik, also because higher education institutions have a stimulating influence on the development of the regions and cities in which they are located. We want to educate the staff of the future, we want the Silesian University of Technology, which focuses on modern technologies, to also be a symbol of the Rybnik Hydrogen District, as defined by the mayor of the city. – added the rector.
The presence of the Silesian University of Technology in Rybnik favours the transformation for which the city authorities are preparing its inhabitants. Rybnik is turning towards green energy. Hydrogen-powered buses run on the streets, and the first publicly available hydrogen station in Silesia and the second in Poland was recently opened. – We are glad that the Silesian University of Technology participates in the life of the city and is developing a new full time course of studies here – said Janusz Koper, deputy mayor of Rybnik – We know that mining, which dominates in our region today, will be an increasingly less significant industry in the coming years, and due to that we have to think about what will happen in 20, 30 years, so that the inhabitants can work here and want to live on our Earth.
During the ceremonial inauguration and matriculation of first-year logistics students, prof. Jerzy Kucharczyk, creator of the Rybnik Coal District was commemorated. The bust of the professor, who contributed greatly to the development of the Rybnik region, was unveiled by his daughter in front of the branch campus of the Silesian University of Technology.
– Professor Kucharczyk launched and organized the Rybnik Coal District in such a way that a group of separate mines formed a common entity. I hope that what is starting here in Rybnik will also function in this way, we will prepare young people to create uniform organisms of cities and communes willing to cooperate with each other. – added prof. Kaźmierczak.
Logistics is the first full time course of study at the Rybnik branch of the Silesian University of Technology, but the centre’s management already plans to open more. Due to the architectural profile of classes at the Academic Secondary Comprehensive School in Rybnik, it is planned to create fields of study in architecture and civil engineering.
