The Silesian University of Technology has received a total of almost PLN 7.7 million for five dual study projects from the National Center for Research and Development (NCBR) call.

The projects that have received funding under the “Dual Studies” call will be implemented at the following faculties: Mechanics and Machine Building, Rail Transport, as well as Logistics and Material Engineering.

The project of the studies Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was ranked first in the ranking list of the competition, ex aequo with the project of the Leon Koźmiński University in Warsaw.

The “Dual Studies” call is an initiative of the National Center for Research and Development, with aim to raise the competences of people participating in higher education and adapt the curricula to the expectations of future employees and their potential employers.