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University of Silesia in Katowice
www.us.edu.pl
www.us.edu.pl
University of Silesia in Katowice
Poland
Upper Silesia
6 cities of the region:Katowice, Sosnowiec, Cieszyn,Chorzów, Rybnik, Jastrzębie Zdrój
Poland
Upper Silesia region
Jastrzębie Zdrój
www.us.edu.pl
University of Silesia in Katowice
one of the largest universities in Poland
almost 40,000 intramural and extramural students, postgraduate and PhD students undertaking 47 undergraduate and postgraduate courses, with almost 130 majors (all courses recognized by the European Credit Transfer and Acceptance System (ECTS))
over 2,000 research workers
www.us.edu.pl
University of Silesia in Katowice
Faculties & interdisciplinary units
1. Faculty of Fine Arts and Music 2. Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection3. Faculty of Computer Science and Materials Science4. Faculty of Earth Sciences5. Faculty of Ethnology and Educational Studies 6. Faculty of Law and Administration7. Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 8. Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology 9. Faculty of Philology 10. Faculty of Radio and Television11. Faculty of Social Sciences 12. Faculty of Theology13. Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in the Humanities14. Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics
and Natural Sciences15. International School of Political Science 16. School of Management17. School of Polish Language and Culture
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University of Silesia in Katowice
Fields of study
Bachelor’s degree & Master’s degree programmes
Postgraduate and Doctoral studies
• Administration • Biology • Biotechnology• Chemistry • Fine arts education• Music education• Education in technology and informatics• Econophysics • Ethnology • Philology (Classics, English, German,
Polish, Roman, Slavic, East Slavic)• Philosophy • Physics • Medical Physics • Geography • Geology • Geophysics • Graphics• History
• History of Art• Library and Information Science• Computer Science• Computer Science Engineering• Biomedical Engineering• Materials Engineering• Cultural Studies• Mathematics • Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in the
Humanities• Inter-Faculty Studies Programme in
Mathematics and Natural Sciences • Family Studies• Environmental Protection• Film and Television Production• Pedagogy• Political Sciences• Social Work • Law
• Psychology • Cinematography, Directing and Art
Photography• Film and Television Directing • Sociology • Theology • Management
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University of Silesia in Katowice
Internationalization - a priority for the University of Silesia
• active cooperation with international institutions
• bilateral agreements on academic and research cooperation with universities from approximately 40 countries
• participation in international education and research projects
University of SilesiaFACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES
www.wnoz.us.edu.pl/
University of SilesiaFACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES
www.wnoz.us.edu.pl/
University of SilesiaFACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES
GEOLOGYDEPARTMENT OF GEOCHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY AND PETROGRAPHY www.kgmip.wnoz.us.edu.pl/ GEOGRAPHY
GEOPHYSICS
Research activities: ● mineralogy and petrography of the Tatra Mts, Sudety Mts, and Upper Silesia ● radioactive minerals as analogues for the radioactive waste forms ● physics of minerals ● organic matter and trace elements in minerals and rocks ● mineralogy of atmospheric dust from Upper Silesia
University of SilesiaFACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES
GEOLOGYDEPARTMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL GEOLOGYhttp://kgp.wnoz.us.edu.pl/
Research activities: ● geodynamics of platforms in Poland and in neighbouring countries ● the Quaternary paleomorphology of central Poland ● dynamics of clastic and carbonate sedimentation ● geotectonics and exodynamics
University of SilesiaFACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES
GEOLOGYDEPARTMENT OF APPLIED GEOLOGY http://kgs.wnoz.us.edu.pl/
Research activities: ● prospecting, investigation and documentation of deposits ● protection of deposits and environment in mining areas ● tectonophysics and investigation of the processes of rocks destruction ● mining seismology, seismoacoustics and microseismology ● geophysical investigation of pollutant migration in groundwater and soil ● application of geophysics to archeology
University of SilesiaFACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES
GEOLOGYOTHER INDEPENDENT UNITS SECTION OF HYDROGEOLOGY AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY http://khgi.wnoz.us.edu.pl/
Research activities: ● hydrogeological and sozological mapping ● management of groundwater resources in mining areas ● protection and monitoring of grounwater quality in Upper Silesia ● regional hydrogeological characterisation of the Upper Silesia massif ● hydrochemical zonation in sedimentary basins
University of SilesiaFACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES
GEOLOGYSECTION OF STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY http://www.zsp.wnoz.us.edu.pl/Research activities: ● Late Paleozoic miospores and acritarchs in Poland ● palynological studies in the Upper Silesia area ● faunal successions in Devonian, Carboniferous and Triassic of southern Poland● taxonomy of selected groups of fossils (conodonts, brachiopods, corals, ammonites, gastropods, echinoderms) ● paleoecology and biogeography of faunal communities in Paleozoic and Mesozoic, mostly in Devonian and Cretaceous ● integrated ecosystem analysis of geological events, as exemplified by late Devonian mass extinction
University of SilesiaFACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES
Research projects: Ground Coupled Heat Pumps of High Technology (GROUNDHIT) – 5 EU Framework Programme; realization period: 2003-2008; US – partner;
Redevelopment of European Mining Areas into Sustainable Communities by Integrating Supply and Demand Side based on Low Exergy Principles (REMINING-LOWEX) – 6 EU FP; realization period: 2007-2012; US – partner;
Governance of Shrinkage within a European Context (SHRINK SMART) – 7 EU FP;realization period: 2009-2012; US – partner;
Projections of the Cryospheric Contribution to Sea-level Rise (ice2sea) – 7 EU FP;realization period: 2008-2012; US – partner;
University of SilesiaFACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES
Hypogene Caves Morphology – Europe/Australia Comparison (HYPOCAVE) – 7 EU FP;realization period: 2010-2013; US – coordinator;
Improvement of Coal Carbonization through the Optimization of Fuel in Coking Coal Blends(RATIO-COAL) – The Research Fund for Coal and Steel; realization period: 2010-2013; US – coordinator;
Innovative Carbon Products for Substituting Coke on BF Operation (INNOCARB) – The Research Fund for Coal and Steel; realization period: 2010-2013; US – partner.
University of SilesiaFACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES
Thank you for your attention.