Objectives and the course of action

Bialystok University of Technology has joined the group of “ambassadors” of changes for sustainable development. Global goals of key importance in this regard were adopted by 193 countries at the United Nations General Assembly in 2015.

Aware of the responsibility for education and scientific progress, we strive to solve social, technical and environmental challenges, as well as to exemplarily reduce the environmental footprint of our activities. For years, we have been taking actions to eliminate the effects of environmental degradation, implementing technologies, conducting research and transferring knowledge in the field of respect for the principles of sustainable development.

By educating future leaders and specialists, we are moving towards a society developing within the limits of the capacity of the ecosystem, protecting a climate in which a good quality of life provides a high standard of living and social well-being.

The strategic goal of sustainable development of Bialystok University of Technology is to transform the University into a model space for research and didactics, in which we will teach young people to care for the environment, natural resources and even more strongly build ecological awareness of members of the academic community.

The University’s sustainable development strategy defines how we intend to face the current and future challenges of civilizational development and what role we will play in creating a more sustainable “green” future for the University, the region and the country.

We want to achieve our goals by acting in the following priority areas:

• Education – preparing future engineers, managers and leaders of economic and social life for the challenges of sustainable development; increasing the participation of sustainable development issues in the didactic process at all levels of academic education.
• Research – increasing the quantity and quality of research and innovation involved in the sustainable development of society; cooperation with other research centres, partners from industry, government and local government to meet the challenges posed by the changing world.
• Organization and Management – achieving a zero environmental footprint of the University’s campus: sustainable use of resources and protection of biodiversity, reducing the negative impact of our activities, consumption, travel and supply chain on the environment and biodiversity; developing policies, structures for the implementation of green development and monitoring its progress.

We will implement the activities by striving to achieve three operational objectives:

• Personnel for the future
• Green Campus
• Environmental Footprint

You can find more information about the goals in the sustainability strategy “My Green University”.