27. Famous Poles
Lech Wałęsa
Labour activist who helped form and led
(1980–90) communist Poland’s first
independent trade union ‘Solidarity’. The
charismatic leader of millions of Polish
workers, he went on to become the president
of Poland (1990–95). He received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1983.
Pope John Paul II
28. Fryderyk Chopin - Polish
composer and a virtuoso pianist. He
was one of the great masters of
Romantic music.
29. Marie Skłodowska Curie
(7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934)
was a physicist and a chemist.
She was a pioneer in the field of
radioactivity, the first person honored
with two Nobel Prizes, receiving one
for physics and later, one for
chemistry. She was the first woman
who worked as a professor at the
University of Paris.
30. Ignacy Łukasiewicz Ignacy Łukasiewicz was a chemist and
the pioneer of petroleum industry.
In 1852 in the laboratory at the chemist’s
shop, he carried out the distillation of
petroleum, charged with this task by the
owner of the chemist’s. A year later he
constructed the first oil lamp which was
used to light the shop windows at the
chemist’s.
31. Ignacy Jan Paderewski
– virtuoso pianist
Krzysztof Penderecki
is a Polish composer of classical music
and a conductor.
32. Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Lech Wałęsa Józef Rotblat
1983 Nobel Prize Winner 1995 Nobel Prize Winner
33. Nobel Prize Winner for Physics and Chemistry
1903 and 1911 Nobel Prize Winner
34. Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine
Tadeusz Reichstein
1950 Nobel Prize Winner
35. Nobel Prize Winners for Literature
1905 Nobel Prize Winner
Henryk Sienkiewicz
1924 Nobel Prize Winner
Władysław Reymont
36. 1980 Nobel Prize Winner
Czesław Miłosz
Nobel Prize Winners for Literature
1996 Nobel Prize Winner
Wisława Szymborska
54. The history of Rzeszow University of Technology goes back to 1951
when The Evening Engineering School was founded.
When the right academic and scientific standards had been reached, steps to
change the status of the school were successfully undertaken, creating the first
independent Higher Engineering School on 25th June 1963 on the basis of 153rd
ordinance of the Council of Ministers.
Rzeszów University of Technology
acquired its present status on 1st
October 1974 on the basis of ordinance
of the Council of Ministers passed on 19th
September 1974.
Rzeszów University of Technology provides
higher education at 5 faculties:
Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Management and Marketing
56. THE UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW was established in 2001 through
the merger of Higher Pedagogical School, Rzeszów branches of
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin and the Economics
Faculty and the Agricultural Academy in Cracow.
The University registers twelve interest groups:
Applied Linguistics
Archaeologists
Economists
Educators
Historians
Information Technologies
Korczak Students' Circle
Mathematicians
Naturalists
Physicists
Sociologists
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