Faculty of Environmental Engineering
Located at:
Nowowiejska 20, 00-653 WARSZAWA
phone: (+48 22) 621-45-60, (+48 22) 234-7425
phone/fax: (+48 22) 625-73-77
dziekan@saturn.iis.pw.edu.pl www.iis.pw.edu.pl
General information
The Faculty of Environmental Engineering offers a graduate programme in Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology. Student enrolment at the Faculty is approximately 450 (350 on full-time studies) annually and the total number of students is about 2000.
The Faculty employs an academic staff of 130, including 16 professors, 9 associate professors and 105 assistant professors. These are supported by 98 technical and administrative staff.
The Faculty of Environmental Engineering library contains specialised materials in 5 languages and subscribes to a wide range of publications.
Organisation
The Faculty is divided into three institutes:
- The Institute of Environmental Engineering Systems,
- The Institute of Heating and Ventilation,
- The Institute of Water Supply and Hydraulic Engineering.
Each institute is divided into several divisions dealing with particular areas of teaching and research.
Curriculum
The Faculty offers the following fields of study:
Environmental Engineering
Since 1999 education at the Faculty follows a flexible three-level system comprising studies leading towards: engineer, master and doctor's degrees.
Undergraduate studies leading to the degree of inżynier equivalent to a BSc (Bachelor of Engineering) degree last 3.5 years. Students are educated in the following specialisations:
- Environmental Engineering,
- Water Supply and Hydraulic Engineering,
- Heating and Ventilation.
Graduate studies leading to an MSc degree last 5 years. The first 3 years are common for MSc and BSc courses. Students are educated in the following specialities:
- Systems and Information in the field of Environmental Management,
- Systems and Techniques of Environmental Protection,
- Water Supply, Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Disposal,
- Water Engineering,
- Heating and Ventilation,
- Gas Engineering.
The last semester is devoted to preparation and defence of the master's dissertation. After graduation students are granted the degree of magister inżynier equivalent to an MSc degree in environmental engineering.
Postgraduate studies leading towards PhD degree last 3 years. After the defence of their doctoral thesis students are awarded the degree of doktor nauk technicznych equivalent to a PhD degree.
Biotechnology
Until the sixth semester studies are conducted jointly by the Faculty of Chemistry, the Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering and the Faculty of Environmental Engineering, after which students choose a specialisation.
The Faculty also offers the following:
Extra-mural studies
In these studies, which last 5 years (10 semesters), students specialise in Sanitation Systems, prepare a thesis and obtain the degree of inżynier equivalent to a BSc (Bachelor of Engineering) degree.
Evening Engineering courses
These studies, initiated in 1996, last 4 years (8 semesters). Students specialise in Municipal Engineering, prepare a dissertation and obtain the degree of inżynier equivalent to a BSc (Bachelor of Engineering) degree.
Research
The Institute of Environmental Engineering Systems comprises six divisions. Its main research areas are as follows:
- water resources management and hydrology,
- air pollution control,
- technical meteorology,
- urban waste control and soil protection,
- environmental chemistry,
- environmental biology,
- mathematical methods in environmental studies.
The Institute of Heating and Ventilation comprises three divisions. Its main research areas are as follows:
- heating and district heating,
- ventilation and air-conditioning,
- the design of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems,
- mathematical modelling of gas and heating systems,
- the simulation and optimisation of gas networks,
- computer-aided design for gas and heating systems,
- the design of smoke control systems.
The Institute of Water Supply and Hydraulic Engineering comprises three divisions. Its main research areas are the following:
- applied hydraulics,
- water supply, sewerage systems and household installations,
- water, waste-water and sludge treatment processes,
- municipal and industrial waste-water disposal installations,
- biotechnology in environmental protection, bioengineering processes in water and waste-water treatment,
- hydraulic structures: dams and reservoirs,
- river regulation and irrigation systems,
- hydraulic construction materials.
International cooperation
The Faculty cooperates with many foreign scientific institutes and universities. Regular exchanges of scientists and joint research projects are conducted with the following:
- École des Mines de Nantes, France,
- The Free University Brussels, Belgium,
- Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, N. Vietnam,
- Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, the UK,
- The University of Manchester, the UK,
- Politechnico di Milano, Italy,
- HR Wallingford, the UK,
- TNO Delft, the Netherlands,
- and others.
The Faculty also participates in numerous European research and educational programmes like TEMPUS, INCO-COPERNICUS, EUREKA, EU Framework V Research Programme, PHARE and others, being the Coordinator or Partner. Students and staff members often travel abroad for short term professional training.