About Department

AGH University of Science and Technology, founded in 1919, is ranked as one of top Polish universities involved in research and education in information technologies. The University consists of 15 Faculties and employs about 2000 faculty members serving nearly 30 000 students within undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education programmes.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is a part of the Faculty of Electrical, Automatic Control, Computer and Electronic Engineering, and is an important centre for education and research in communications technology focusing on high-speed networking and services to e-world.

The department faculty and staff consist of about 40 people, including 5 full professors. Since 1996 the Department of Telecommunications has been extensively involved in various European projects within ACTS (BBL, BTI, BIDS), IST (LION, MOBY DICK, NOBEL, DAIDALOS), Copernicus (MOCOMTEL, KNIXMAS), and Esprit programmes. It was also active in developing strategies and network planning for major Polish telecommunications operators.

Professors and researchers of the Department served as consultants for network operators, equipment vendors, and regulatory bodies in Poland and abroad. Faculty members have been active in professional societies, organizing international conferences (including IEEE and IFIP events) and workshops as well as holding important editorial positions in leading journals and magazines, such as IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Communications, or Annales des Télécommunications.

The short leaflet presenting research and education activities of the Department of Telecommunications can be downloaded here.

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