Technical University of Liberec
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The Technical University of Liberec is a public university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 in Liberec
Liberec
Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic....

, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. Its roots lie in the Technical College of Mechanical Engineering, which was founded in 1953. The college was promoted to a university and took its current name in 1995. There are currently more than 8,000 students enrolled in six faculties and one institute: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Faculty of Mechatronics, Informatics and Interdisciplinary Studies and Institute of Health Studies.

Neisse University

In 2001, in cooperation with the Wroclaw University of Technology
Wroclaw University of Technology
Wrocław University of Technology is an autonomous technical university in Wrocław, Poland. With buildings dispersed throughout the city, its main facilities are gathered at a central location near Plac Grunwaldzki, alongside the Oder River...

 in Poland and the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Goerlitz in Germany, the Neisse University
Neisse University
The Neisse University is a trinational academic network held by the cooperating partners University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Technical University of Liberec and Wroclaw University of Technology...

 was established. The academic network provides own study courses using the resources of the partner institutes. In that way, students study in three countries and acquire intercultural and interdisciplinary knowledge and experiences.

Renovation

Part of the team village at the university complex was renovated as part of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 that will take place February 18 - March 1.
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