POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA (WUST) is a leading research and teaching center, and one of the most dynamically developing technical universities in Poland. There are currently over 22000 students, over 350 doctoral students and almost 500 people at the Doctoral School pursuing their degree programmes under the supervision of over 1500 academic teachers at WUST’s 13 faculties and three branches. There are also almost 1000 foreign students from over 60 countries. The faculty members of WUST participated in FP5 (33 projects), FP6 (50 projects), FP7 (56 projects), Horizon 2020 (30 projects), CIP EU programs and participate in HE, LIFE, COSME, Coal and Steel Fund, COST, Erasmus +, Structural Funds as well as in national research programs. In June 2016 European Commission granted WUST the logo "Human Resources Excellence in Research”.