Wood technology
recruitment items:
Studies conducted in Polish language.Detailed information on recruitment is available on the Polish version of the website
recruitment:
- 1st degree diploma in the following fields: wood technology, furniture;- a diploma of another field of first-cycle studies for which the learning outcomes are consistent with the outcomes expected from candidates; if this coincidence is incomplete, the student will be required to fill in the competency gaps by completing the subjects indicated during the interview, to the extent not exceeding 30 ECTS (the limit of the acceptable discrepancy);
- grade point average from first-cycle studies
obtained title: master of science
Stationary
expected admissions limit: 45
beginning of classes: summer recruitment
duration of studies: 1.5 years (3 semestry)
PART-TIME
expected admissions limit: 30
beginning of classes: winter recruitment
duration of studies: 1.5 years (3 semestry)
Description of direction
Wood Technology Graduates are highly qualified engineers who can work in large corporations in the wood sector as production process technologists, strategic buyers or furniture designers. Many of them run their own wood companies or carry out work in the field of broadly understood wood preservation.
The study program includes:
FIRST DEGREE STUDIES: structure and physics of wood, hydrothermal treatment of wood, structures and products made of wood, technology of wood materials, sawmilling, machine tools, furniture structures,
chemical processing of wood, protection and conservation of wood, refining of wood and wood materials, conservation of antique products.
SECOND CYCLE STUDIES: economics and organization of wood industry, wood pathology, drying, exotic wood science, wood modification, furniture decorative techniques. Depending on the level and form of studies, students can broaden their knowledge of the following topics:
• management and computer techniques in the engineering of wood materials,
• wooden and furniture structures,
• conservation of historic wood – the only such specialization in Poland.
The wood and furniture sector in Poland is currently the most dynamic area of industry – more than
65 thousand companies that employ over a quarter of a million people. Along with the dynamic development of the sector, the demand for specialists in the field of wood technology increases. The department cooperates with the largest companies in the wood sector in Poland, such as: IKEA Industry, Pfleiderer, Homag Polska, Festool, STEICO, TEKNIKA SA, FAKRO, ERKADO, PORTA KMI POLAND, Leitz, GTV and others.
Career prospects
Wood technology graduates are prepared to work in:
• wood industry plants (in the furniture, construction joinery, wood-based panels and sawmill industries),
• companies and commercial agencies (trading in wood raw materials, wood products, adhesives
and painting and varnish materials as well as tools and machines for wood),
• construction, shipbuilding and machinery industries,
• design offices and research and development institutions,
• vocational education,
• monuments protection and conservation laboratories.
