Rzeszow University of Technology

Rzeszów University of Technology is a state-run institution of higher education in Rzeszów, Poland. It originated as a vocational engineering school established in 1951 on the initiative of employees of the PZL WS-2 aircraft factory and developed into a full university between 1952 and 1974. Since 1976, it has operated an aviation training centre and is the only Polish polytechnic awarding degrees to civil aviation pilots; its students also won the University Rover Challenge in 2015.