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{{Infobox university
| name = Lviv Polytechnic National University
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| caption = Lviv Polytechnic [[coat of arms]]
| latin_name =
| motto = ''Litteris et artibus'' ([[Latin]])
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| established = {{start date and age|1816}} <small>(as ''Technical Academy'')</small>
| type = [[public university|Public]]
| endowment =
| rector = Bobalo Yuriy Yaroslavovich
| chancellor = Yuriy Bobalo<ref name="Owners">[https://opendatabot.ua/c/02071010 Ownership structure Lviv Polytechnic National University]. Retrieved April 30, 2023.</ref>
| vice_chancellor =
| students = 35,000
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| city = [[Lviv]]
| state = [[Lviv Oblast]]
| country = [[Ukraine]]
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| website = {{URL|http://www.lp.edu.ua}}
| affiliations = European University Association, Association of Ukrainian Universities
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[[File:Polytechnic Lwow 20092.JPG|thumb|The main building is crowned with allegorical statues and the Latin inscription ''Litteris et Artibus'']]
[[File:Polytechnic Lwow 2009 P1.jpg|thumb|Interior main staircase of Lviv Polytechnic]]
[[File:Polytechnic Lwow 2009 1.JPG|thumb|Marble bust of Julian Zachariewicz at the entrance of the main building]]
'''Lviv Polytechnic National University''' ({{lang-ua|Націона́льний університе́т «Льві́вська політе́хніка»}}) is
==History==
The history of the Lviv Polytechnic National University begins during the [[Austrian Empire]], and extends through the [[Second Polish Republic]], the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] Occupation, the [[Soviet Union]], and into independent [[Ukraine]].
On 7 March
In 1825, according to the Royal Decree of the Austrian [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Emperor Franz I]], the three-level
In 1835, the School of Technical Sciences and Trade turned into the
In 1844, in the house of
At the same time, the academy was renamed ''Polytechnic School'' and included in the academic schools of the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian Empire]] .
On 10 July 1912, [[Marie Curie|Maria Sklodowska-Curie]] delivered a lecture at the Lviv Polytechnic School,
Since 1921 the institution has been called "
In June 1993
On 8 July
In October 2017, the Tech StartUp School Business Innovation Center officially opened at Lviv Polytechnic National University with the aim
In May 2018 the IoT lab designed for students was established in the university with the support of Lviv IT Cluster organization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://perfectial.com/news/perfectial-helps-open-iot-lab/|title=The Opening of IoT Lab at Lviv Polytechnic|website=Perfectial|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>
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=== Austrian Empire ===
{{Prose|date=June 2011}}
In 1817, the [[Austrian Empire]] opened a secondary technical school in [[Lemberg]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.math.muni.cz/~sisma/English/enskoly.html|title=Technical Education in Europe}}</ref> divided into a technical school and a commercial school. However, the official change to a technical academy began in 1844, as noted in the following timeline:
* 4 November
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* 1851: The number of students at the technical academy was 220, out of which 98 were Polish, 50 Jewish, 48 German, 19 Ukrainian/Ruthenian, 4 Czech and 2 Hungarian. In the same year, professor [[Wawrzyniec Zmurko]] (graduate of the Vienna Polytechnic) became director of the Department of Mathematics, as the first Pole in the history of the school. Zmurko is considered as founder of the [[Lwów School of Mathematics]].
* 1852/1853: The beginning of the academy reorganization, which was suggested by [[Josef Weiser]]. He wanted the academy to be modelled after Paris Polytechnic, with two-level education.
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* 1870: A Decree of Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] established Polish as the official language of the school. Most professors who were not proficient in Polish left the Polytechnic.
* 1872: The Ministry of Affairs of Religions and Education gave permission to teach chemical technologies. Rudolf Günsberg started as the full professor of applied chemistry.
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* 1877: Technical academy was renamed to Polytechnical School (''Technische Hochschule''). However, the rector as well as other professors refrained from using a German-sounding name, and insisted on calling it in Polish ''Szkola Politechniczna''.
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* 1893: Due to efforts of [[Stanislaw Madejski]], Minister of Education of Galicia, diplomas of the Polytechnic are regarded equal to diplomas of other renowned European schools of this kind.
* 1894: The 50th jubilee of the Polytechnical School. To commemorate that date, Professor [[Władysław Zajączkowski]] published the book "''The Imperial Polytechnical School in Lviv. Historical essay on its foundation and development as well as its present state"''.
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* 1905: Lviv Polytechnical School possessed the second place in the number of students after Vienna.
* 1914: As there were no limits on foreign students, in that year, students from the Russian-occupied part of Poland were some 30% of all. In that year, the school owned 11 laboratories and an astronomical station, and its library had some {{gaps|20|000}} books.
* Russian occupation shut down the Polytechnic University for the 1914/15 academic year.
===Second Polish Republic===
* November 1918: Students and professors of the Polytechnic take part in the [[Polish-Ukrainian war]] over Eastern Galicia. Poland won the war. Among those fighting on Polish side, there are [[Kazimierz Bartel]], [[Stefan Bryła]] and [[Antoni Wereszczynski]], who later became the rector.
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* 1934: Construction of the building of the library on Professor Street 1 was finished.
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===Soviet Union===
* October 1939: The polytechnic was renamed to Lviv Polytechnical Institute.
===[[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] occupation===
* 4 July
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* Spring 1942 – Spring 1944: Special three-month courses for [[electrical engineers]], road and bridge [[civil engineers]], agrarian engineers, etc. were working in the premises, of the present Mechanical Technology Department. After the war, these classes were continued in [[Gliwice]].
* Autumn 1944: The 100th jubilee of Lviv Polytechnical Institute was celebrated very quietly in Lviv – the [[Second World War]] was still going on.
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* 1971: The Heating Engineering Department was founded.
* 1989: Democratic changes began at Polytechnical Institute
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===Ukraine===
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* June 1993: The Lviv Polytechnical Institute got the status of university, becoming Lviv Polytechnic State University.
* 1994: Lviv Polytechnic got the status of national university becoming Lviv Polytechnic National University.
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== Structure ==
The National University "Lviv Polytechnic" includes:
* 16 educational institutes (as well as the Institute of distance learning and the International Institute of Education, Culture and Relations with the Diaspora
* Research Centre
* Scientific and technical library
* 8 colleges, two gymnasiums;
* 34 teaching and laboratory buildings;
* 12 dormitories
* 3 sports and health camps for students and teachers;
* Publishing house of Lviv Polytechnic National University
* People's House "Prosvita (Lviv Polytechnic)"
* Design and Construction Association "Polytechnic";
* a geodetic polygon and an astronomical-geodesic laboratory.
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* [[Stefan Bryła]] (Polish construction engineer and welding pioneer)
* [[Emil Czyrniański]] (Polish chemist)
* [[Bohdana Durda]] (artist, writer, poet, songwriter)
* [[Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj]] (President of Mongolia)
* [[Vera Kamsha]] (Russian fantasy writer)
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* [[Apollinaire Osadca]] (New York architect, class of 1942)
* [[Włodzimierz Puchalski]] (photographer and film director)
* [[Diana Reiter]] (one of the first female architects in Kraków, and [[Nazi concentration camp]] victim)
* [[Wilhelm Orlik-Rueckemann]] (Polish general)
* [[Jan Jagmin-Sadowski]] (Polish general)
* [[Roman Shukhevych]] (Ukrainian politician and
* [[Klemens Stefan Sielecki]] (Polish engineer and technical director of [[Fablok]])
* [[Władysław Sikorski]] (Polish general and prime minister)
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[[Category:Technical universities and colleges in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Lwow Voivodeship]]
[[Category:1844 establishments in the Austrian Empire]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1844]]
[[Category:National universities in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Institutions with the title of National in Ukraine]]
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