Bialystok University of Technology Day 2025. Summary of the achievements of Employees, Students and Alumni

Bialystok University of Technology Day is an important part of the academic tradition of the largest technical university in north-eastern Poland and an opportunity to summarise the excellent achievements of academic teachers, doctoral students, students and alumni.

– Bialystok University of Technology is a globally recognised brand! Together with 8 universities from border regions, we co-create the ACROSS European University – emphasised Assoc. Prof. Marta Kosior-Kazberuk, DSc, PhD, Eng, Rector of Bialystok University of Technology.

The ACROSS European University is implemented by Bialystok University of Technology together with universities from Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina and an associate partner from Ukraine. Representatives of partner universities were present at the ceremony.

Continuing the presentation of the university’s achievements, Assoc. Prof. Marta Kosior-Kazberuk, DSc, PhD, Eng, informed that last year Bialystok University of Technology obtained over PLN 33 million for R&D projects, mentioning, among others, the AgroAI project (a system for testing agricultural machines using artificial intelligence algorithms) and Bio for Future (a biodiversity protection project in cooperation with national parks). She added that a Technology Transfer Centre was created in the university’s structure. The investment of Bialystok University of Technology was enriched with new laboratories, including a microscopy centre for material research.

Assoc. Prof. Marta Kosior-Kazberuk, DSc, PhD, Eng, also spoke about the unflagging popularity of technical studies. In 2025, Bialystok University of Technology recorded a record number of candidates interested in studies, over 4,700 applicants in the first intake. With students and the improvement of the quality of education in mind, the University is implementing two major projects: “PB 5.0”, with funding exceeding PLN 20 million, concerning the modernisation of study programmes and the digitalisation of teaching processes, and the WINGS PB programme (Support, Integration, Learning, Guarantee of Success), with PLN 4.5 million in funding, aimed at preventing student drop-out.

In conclusion, the Rector mentioned that for many years the campus of Bialystok University of Technology has been the venue of the Juwenalia student festival, which has become a Podlasie regional brand. The most recent investment serving the student community is the Recreational Student Culture Zone.

Letter from the President of the Republic of Poland

On the occasion of the Bialystok University of Technology Day, the President of the Republic of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, addressed a letter to the academic community of the university.

– I thank lecturers and university staff for their responsible effort in teaching and conducting research, and students – for their perseverance in acquiring knowledge and improving their skills – we read in the letter.

The President of Poland pointed out that “Poland can and must seize the opportunity offered by the global technological revolution taking place before our eyes. These changes affect all spheres of public life, including academia, but above all issues of security, agriculture, energy and the everyday life of citizens.” The construction of a strong, modern, secure and prosperous Republic of Poland is to be supported by the President’s legislative initiative concerning the establishment of the Breakthrough Technologies Development Fund.

Address by the Podlaskie Voivode

The Podlaskie Voivode, Jacek Brzozowski, PhD, who was the guest of honour at the ceremony, stated that Bialystok University of Technology Day is a joyful occasion that says a great deal about the achievements of the people who create the University.

– It is precisely at universities that ideas and concepts are born, trends emerge, and thoughts and inventions are created that change the world around us – said Jacek Brzozowski, PhD, Podlaskie Voivode.

In the further part of his speech, the Voivode proudly emphasised that over the past 35 years the Polish economy and science have achieved significant success, and the country itself has joined the group of trillion-dollar economies. Science and Polish scholars have played a major role in this achievement.

Academic promotions

Special congratulations on obtaining the title of professor in 2025 were received by:

• Prof. Elżbieta Szymańska, DSc, PhD (Professor of Social Sciences in the discipline of management and quality sciences),
• Prof. Łukasz Sajewski, PhD, DSc, Eng. (Professor of Engineering and Technology Sciences in the discipline of automation, electronics, electrical engineering and space technologies),
• Prof. Piotr Miluski, DSc, PhD, Eng (Professor of Engineering and Technology Sciences in the discipline of automation, electronics, electrical engineering and space technologies).

During Bialystok University of Technology Day, habilitated doctors and doctors who obtained academic promotions at the University in 2025 took the ceremonial oath:

The Scientific Councils of the faculties of Bialystok University of Technology awarded the degree of habilitated doctor to:

• Edyta Pawluczuk, DSc, PhD, Eng
• Marek Zaręba, DSc, PhD, Eng
• Paweł Dzienis, DSc, PhD, Eng
• Marta Borowska, DSc, PhD, Eng
• Magdalena Łępicka, DSc, PhD, Eng
• Adam Tomczyk, DSc, PhD, Eng
• Wiktor Jakowluk, DSc, PhD, Eng.

Congratulations on obtaining academic promotion were also received by Guray Yildiz, DSc, PhD from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Bialystok University of Technology, whose habilitation degree was awarded by the Scientific Council of the Discipline of Chemical Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology.

In 2025, the Scientific Councils of the faculties of Bialystok University of Technology decided to award the doctoral degree to 18 individuals.

During Bialystok University of Technology Day, the doctoral oath was taken by:

• Neri Banti, PhD, Eng (defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “An intelligent building from an existing building: integrated development, innovative storage systems and efficient use of energy developed from renewable sources” before the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences and at the University of Florence, Italy).
• Ewelina Bębas, PhD, Eng (employee of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)
• Jaroslav Daveiko, PhD from Vilniaus Kolegija (Lithuania)
• Patryk Dobrzycki, PhD, Eng. (from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences)
• Piotr Golonko, PhD, Eng (from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)
• Krzysztof Granatyr, PhD, Eng. (from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences)
• Karolina Ilczuk, PhD
• Paweł Jakończuk, PhD, Eng (from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)
• Piotr Koda, PhD, Eng. Arch. (from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences)
• Kondrat Krzysztof Kwaśniewski, PhD, Eng
• Aleksander Sawicki, PhD, Eng (from the Faculty of Computer Science)
• Robert Supronowicz, PhD, Eng. (from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering)
• Piotr Szymkowski, PhD, Eng
• Daniel Tochwin, PhD, Eng.

In addition, congratulations on obtaining the doctoral degree were received by Katarzyna Zabłocka, PhD from the Department of Graphic Design at the Faculty of Architecture, who defended her doctoral dissertation before the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.

Bialystok University of Technology Badge of Merit

Rector Assoc. Prof. Marta Kosior-Kazberuk, DSc, PhD, Eng, presented the honorary Bialystok University of Technology Badge of Merit to Assoc. Prof. Roman Kaczyński, DSc, PhD, Eng. This exceptional distinction expresses gratitude and honours individuals whose long-term contributions have significantly advanced our University.

Assoc. Prof. Roman Kaczyński, DSc, PhD, Eng. has been associated with Bialystok University of Technology since 1978. He served as Vice-Dean for Science at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, as Vice-Rector for Development of Bialystok University of Technology (2012–2019), Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (2019–2023), President of the Foundation for the Development of Bialystok University of Technology (2002–2008), and Chair of the Bialystok University of Technology Council (2013–2019). From 2016 to 2024, he was Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of Innovation and Technology Ltd. He is remembered primarily as an excellent host of the university, focused on academic and educational development.

– Tremendous work and tremendous challenges – recalled Assoc. Prof. Roman Kaczyński, DSc, PhD, Eng, referring to the period of strengthening the university’s infrastructure, scattered across campuses on Wiejska Street, Grunwaldzka Street (currently Oskara Sosnowskiego) and in Kleosin. – It was necessary to consolidate and strengthen our potential so that it better serves researchers and education. When building a university, one must remember that the only constant here is change. Today, we are moving in that direction, new programmes and specializations are emerging… and that’s exactly how it should be.

Competition results

During the celebration, congratulations were extended to the winners of competitions organized by Bialystok University of Technology.
In the competition for the Best Student of Bialystok University of Technology in the academic year 2024/2025, the following were awarded:

• Zuzanna Polak, student of Interior Architecture, Faculty of Architecture (GPA 5.0)
• Jakub Falkowski, student of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (GPA 4.97)
• Eng. Sebastian Szyjka, top student of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering (GPA 5.0)
• Eng. Łukasz Grzegorczyk, student of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science (GPA 5.0)
• Anita Remiszewska, student of Financial Management and Accounting, Faculty of Management Engineering (GPA 5.0)
• Eng. Jakub Piotrowski, student of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (GPA 4.93)

In the competition for the Best Doctoral Student of Bialystok University of Technology in the academic year 2024/2025, the following were awarded:

• Abel Belay, MSc Eng. (Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Transport)
• Paweł Cwalina, MSc Eng. (Environmental Engineering, Mining and Energy)
• Maciej Listowski, MSc Eng. (Automation, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, and Space Technologies)
• Klaudia Budna MSc Eng. (Management and Quality Sciences)
• Anita Gryko, MSc Eng. (Biomedical Engineering)
• Magdalena Urszula Rodziewicz-Weremczuk, MSc Eng. (Mechanical Engineering)
• Paweł Antoniuk, MSc Eng. (Information and Communication Technology)

In the 10th edition of the Professor Mikołaj Busłowicz Award Michał Harasimczuk, PhD, Eng, a young staff member of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, was recognized for outstanding scientific achievements in automation and robotics, electrical engineering, and electronics.

The competition for the best diploma theses addressing urban issues in Bialystok was also settled. The President of Bialystok awarded prizes and distinctions for the following works:

Architecture programme:

• Daniel Jarmoc, Eng. Arch., master’s thesis “Adaptation and Expansion of the Faculty of Law, University of Bialystok,” supervised by Prof. Jerzy Uścinowicz;
• Dominika Gil, Eng. Arch., engineering thesis “Modern Wooden House,” supervised by Adam Jakimowicz, PhD, Eng. Arch.;
• Bartosz Sikora, Eng. Arch., engineering thesis “Neighborhood Marketplace,” supervised by Piotr Łodziński, PhD, Eng. Arch.;
• Gabriela Kwasowska, Eng. Arch., engineering thesis “Author’s Gallery. Cyclical Exhibitions of Artists from Podlasie,” supervised by Robert Misiuk, PhD, Eng. Arch.;
• Jakub Masłowski, Eng. Arch., engineering thesis “Revitalisation of an Old Factory,” supervised by Assoc. Prof. Jarosław Szewczyk, PhD, Eng. Arch.;

Landscape architecture programme:

• Joanna Laszczkowska, Eng., engineering thesis “Rainwater Management Project Surrounding the Decathlon Store in Bialystok Using Small Retention Solutions,” supervised by Aleksander Kołos, DSc, PhD;
• Karolina Ewa Lipska, Eng., engineering thesis “Garden at the Kindergarten in the Dziesięciny II Housing Estate in Białystok,” supervised by Maciej Kłopotowski, PhD, Eng. Arch.

The Polish Forest Society also recognized students and alumni of Bialystok University of Technology, awarding two prizes for the best theses in Forestry.

The winners are:

• Daniel Skowron, Eng., master’s thesis “Impact of Diversity and Condition of Subboreal Marsh Forests on Moss and Liverwort Flora,” supervised by Dan Wołkowycki, PhD;
• Mateusz Jan Ziółkowski, Eng., engineering thesis “Adaptive Morphosis of the Root System of Common Fir in the Białowieża Forest,” supervised by Prof. Aleh Marozau

Best Teacher

The winners of the third edition of the Best Teacher Competition, organized by the Bialystok University of Technology Student Government, were also recognized. Statuettes and certificates of appreciation for exceptional dedication to teaching were awarded to:

• Jolanta Owerczuk, PhD, Eng. Arch., Faculty of Architecture
• Robert Czubaszek, PhD, Eng., Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences
• Krzysztof Rogowski, PhD, Eng., Faculty of Electrical Engineering
• Witali Bułatow, MSc, Faculty of Computer Science
• Daria Smarżewska, PhD, Faculty of Engineering Management
• Piotr Golonko, PhD, Eng, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Violetta Grabińska, MA, Foreign Language Centre
• Dawid Szczerbiński, MSc, Academic Sports Centre

State and ministry awards

During the ceremonial Senate meeting, university employees were presented with Medals for Long Service and the Medal of the Commission of National Education. These distinctions are awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland upon the recommendation of the Minister of Education and Science to individuals who have demonstrated exemplary and exceptionally diligent performance of their professional duties in public service.

In 2025, 37 employees of Bialystok University of Technology received Medals for Long Service. During the University Celebration, they were presented by Jacek Brzozowski, PhD, Podlaskie Voivode.

Gold Medal for Long Service was awarded to 14 employees:

• Dariusz Boruszko, DSc, PhD, Eng
• Eugenia Busłowska, PhD, Eng
• Jolanta Hanus
• Alina Joanna Jabłońska Domurat, MA
• Bogdan Jakimowicz
• Ewa Jolanta Janczewska, MA
• Adam Józef Łukowski, PhD
• Katarzyna Rutkowska, MA
• Helena Sajewicz, MA
• Wioleta Szkiłądź
• Wojciech Trzasko, PhD, Eng
• Mariusz Zalewski, Eng.
• Iwona Zasowska, MA
• Sławomir Krzysztof Zieliński, DSc, PhD, Eng

Silver Medal for Long Service was awarded to 16 employees:

• Adam Borowicz, PhD, Eng
• Marek Garbaruk, PhD, Eng
• Assoc. Prof. Ewa Glińska, DSc, PhD
• Anna Gogiel-Kuźmicka, MA
• Adam Klimowicz, PhD, Eng
• Urszula Kobylińska, PhD
• Agnieszka Konopelko, PhD
• Assoc. Prof. Cezary Kownacki, DSc, PhD, Eng.
• Assoc. Prof. Katarzyna Krot, DSc, PhD
• Janina Matysewicz, MSc, Eng.
• Assoc. Prof. Joanna Mystkowska, DSc, PhD, Eng.
• Assoc. Prof. Arkadiusz Mystkowski, DSc, PhD, Eng.
• Anna Poskrobko, PhD
• Agnieszka Sakowicz, MSc, Eng.
• Magdalena Topczewska, PhD, Eng
• Roman Trochimczuk, PhD, Eng

Bronze Medal for Long Service was awarded to 7 employees:

• Iwona Chmielewska, PhD, Eng
• Łukasz Dragun, PhD, Eng
• Paweł Dzienis, DSc, PhD, Eng
• Anna Falkowska, PhD, Eng
• Justyna Kozłowska, PhD
• Ewelina Julita Tomaszewska, PhD
• Mariola Wasil, PhD, Eng

The Minister of Culture and National Heritage awarded employees of Bialystok University of Technology with the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture for outstanding achievementsin artistic creation, cultural activity, or the protection of culture and national heritage.

Recipients included:

• prof. Jerzy Uścinowicz, PhD, DSc, Arch. – silver Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture
• Assoc. Prof. Tomasz Kukawski, DSc, PhD, Eng. Arch. – bronze Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture.

Thirteen academic staff members of Bialystok University of Technology were awarded the Medal of the Commission of National Education, granted for outstanding contributions to education by the Minister of National Education. Medals were presented by Agnieszka Krokos-Janczyło, Podlaskie Education Superintendent.

Recipients included:

• Anna Maria Białostocka, PhD, Eng
• Agnieszka Choroszucho, PhD, Eng
• Grażyna Teresa Gilewska, PhD, Eng
• Radosław Paweł Górski, PhD, Eng, Arch
• Magdalena Kacprzak, PhD
• Katarzyna Kalinowska-Wichrowska, PhD, Eng
• Joanna Karbowska-Chilińska, PhD
• Mateusz Kikolski, MA
• Prof. Marek Krętowski, PhD, DSc, Eng.
• Maciej Sadowski, PhD, Eng
• Magdalena Toczydłowska, PhD
• Andrzej Zankiewicz, PhD, Eng
• Malgorzata Zdrodowska, MSc

Bialystok University of Technology Golden Alumni

The Alumni Association of Bialystok University of Technology awarded the title of Golden Alumni in four categories.

In 2025, the recipients were:

• prof. Piotr Miluski, PhD, DSc, Eng. – Science category
• Karol Walesieniuk, MSc, Eng. – Young Engineer category
• Jarosław Kiryluk, MSc, Eng. – Inventor category
• Łukasz Szymański “Lukasyno”, MSc Eng. Arch – Art, Sport and Other Achievements category.

Podlaskie Children’s University – Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements for active involvement in the Bialystok University of Technology educational project Podlaskie Children’s University were presented to:

• Adriana Dowbysz, MSc, Eng.
• Anna Falkowska, PhD, Eng
• Marzena Filipowicz-Chomko, PhD
• Karolina Gabrysiak, MSc, Eng.
• Assoc. Prof. Ewa Girejko, DSc, PhD
• Ewelina Gołębiewska, MSc, Eng.
• Grzegorz Hołdyński, PhD, Eng
• Katarzyna Karp, MA
• Piotr Klimowicz, PhD
• Anna Kondracka, MSc, Eng.
• Assoc. Prof. Jacek Kusznier, DSc, PhD, Eng.
• Bogumiła Matys, MA
• Łukasz Nazarko, PhD
• Paweł Nowik, MA
• Anna Pawłowicz, MSc, Eng.
• Tomasz Pawłowicz, MSc, Eng.
• Monika Puchlik, PhD, Eng
• Ewa Śleszyńska, MA
• Bartosz Śliwecki, PhD, Eng, Arch
• Tomasz Trochimczuk, MA
• Konrad Wilamowski, MSc, Eng.
• Malgorzata Zdrodowska, MSc.

Bialystok University of Technology Day is a special celebration. On 1 December 1949, the then Ministry of Education authorized the Supreme Technical Organization to establish the Private Evening Engineering School in Bialystok. Two years later, it was renamed the Evening Engineering School. In 1964, the school gained the right to offer full-time studies and became the Higher School of Engineering. Ten years later, it was transformed into Bialystok University of Technology.

Today, Bialystok University of Technology is not only the largest technical university in north-eastern Poland. It is a brand and a value, tradition and modernity. Across six faculties, the University currently educates 7,494 students and 137 doctoral students, employing 1,318 staff members.

Our guests

We are pleased that, on such a significant occasion for our academic tradition, the following guests attended the Bialystok University of Technology Day celebration:

• Łukasz Prokorym, Marshal of the Podlaskie Voivodeship
• Jacek Brzozowski, PhD, Podlaskie Voivode
• Tomasz Klim, Deputy President of the City of Białystok
• Agnieszka Krokos-Janczyło, Podlasie Education Superintendent
• Rector of the University of Bialystok, Prof. Mariusz Popławski
• Rector of the Podlasie Academy of Applied Sciences in Białystok, Assoc. Prof. Marek Jasiński, with Anna Kienig, PhD, Vice-Rector for Student Affairs
• prof. Katarzyna Socha, Vice-Rector for Development and Cooperation with the Economic Environment of the Medical University of Bialystok
• prof. Artur Dwulit, Vice-Rector of The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, Bialystok Branch
• Konrad Gromaszek, DSc, PhD, Eng., Vice-Rector for Digitization and Commercialization of the Lublin University of Technology
• Monika Szulżyk, PhD, Vice-Rector for Student Affairs of the Bialystok School of Economics
• Jolanta Puczel, PhD, Vice-Dean for the Organisation of Classes, Practical Education and Apprenticeships at the International Academy of Applied Sciences in Łomża
• Ms. Alla Bolotnikova, National University – Poltava Polytechnic, Ukraine
• His Excellency Archbishop Józef Guzdek, Metropolitan of Białystok
• Piotr Borowik, Orthodox Academic Chaplain, representing His Excellency Archbishop Jakub of Bialystok and Gdańsk
• Father Archimandrite Sergiusz, representative of His Excellency Bishop Andrzej Borkowski of Supraśł
• Wojciech Kapica, Father of the Archdiocesan Higher Theological Seminary
• representatives of uniformed services, including: the Polish Army, the State Fire Service, the Podlasie Police, the Internal Security Agency
• Janusz Bucki, PhD, Eng, Director of the Office of the Polish Academic and Economic Forum
• Jarosław Antychowicz, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bialystok
• Janusz Zastocki, Honorary President of Polonia Technica USA and first president of the Alumni Association of Bialystok University of Technology
• Mateusz Adaszczyk, President of the Alumni Association of Bialystok University of Technology
• Ms Wanda Busłowicz
• members of the University Council, chaired by Krzysztof Falkowski, PhD, Eng.

Representatives of academic centres from Algeria, Belize, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Kosovo, Morocco, Mexico, Germany, Nigeria, Romania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe also attended – participants of the 15th International Staff Week at Bialystok University of Technology, a recurring meeting of partner universities under the Erasmus+ Programme.

We also hosted participants of the 11th International AMCM Conference – “Analytical Models and New Concepts in Concrete and Masonry Structures”, organized by the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Bialystok University of Technology in cooperation with the Polish Association of Civil Engineers and Technicians, Bialystok Branch, and the Concrete Structures Section of the Committee of Civil and Water Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences.

Musical setting of the ceremony: Choir of Bialystok University of Technology conducted by Prof. Wioletta Miłkowska.

Organised by: BUT Promotion Department. Broadcasting: Platon TV Bialystok.

See the photo gallery from the Bialystok University of Technology Day on 4 December 2025.

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