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‘A logical step’
Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), Poland Applying for the ECTS Label was ‘a natural and logical step in our strategy of quality assurance,’ Barbara Zaleska says. She is the Head of the Quality Management Department at the Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT). ‘We have been working with ECTS rules right from the beginning of the Bologna Process. The ECTS Label proves that our strategy of quality was on the right track.’ The GUT is currently introducing a new education model, called Engineer of the Future. This emphasises personality development, effective teamwork, interdisciplinary projects and innovative ventures. ‘A significant part of this model is the ECTS Catalogue, with all the study programmes and the curriculum described in the language of learning outcomes,’ she points out. Meanwhile, the ECTS Catalogue ‘presents all information in two language versions: Polish and English. We have observed an increasing number of foreign visitors to our English website. The ECTS Label helps us to increase trust in our brand, both in Poland and abroad. Foreign students often tell us that it was the reason they chose GUT. The Label validates the quality of our education.’ It has also helped to promote student mobility, as it meant ‘adopting a system of grading that allows students to study partially outside their alma mater without losing the period of study abroad – and without the fear of not having that period of study recognised at home.’
A total of 25 217 students are currently enrolled at GUT, of whom some 300 are from other countries. It has nearly 1 300 teaching staff. Teaching in its 9 faculties includes 12 degree courses in English. It has more than 420 bilateral agreements within the Erasmus Programme and over 75 framework agreements. GUT is a founding member of the Baltic Sea Region University Network and was awarded the ECTS label in 2011.