AGH University of Science and Technology (Polish Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica ) is the second largest technical university in Poland, located in Kraków. The university was established in 1919, and was formerly known as the University of Mining and Metallurgy. It has 15 faculties and two schools, which will become new faculties in the near future.
At the conference of the Polish miners and metallurgists held in Kraków on 24 F...
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AGH University of Science and Technology (Polish Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica ) is the second largest technical university in Poland, located in Kraków. The university was established in 1919, and was formerly known as the University of Mining and Metallurgy. It has 15 faculties and two schools, which will become new faculties in the near future.
At the conference of the Polish miners and metallurgists held in Kraków on 24 February 1912, a resolution was passed indicating the need for the university of mining. A campaign of support was started in the Parliament of Austria-Hungary. The Ministry of Public Works agreed to the founding of the Academy in 1912, in April 1913 the Organizing Committee was appointed and on 31 May 1913 the Academy of Mining was officially established. The building site was chosen and the competition for the architectural designs announced.
The Academy opened on 1 October 1919 in the sovereign Polish Second Republic. Initially 80 students...
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