Title: Continuing education for adults at the Technical University of Gdansk

Authors: Jozef Wozniak, Aleksander Kolodziejczyk

Addresses: Technical University of Gdansk, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland. ' Technical University of Gdansk, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland

Abstract: This paper provides information on extra-mural and distance studies, as well as postgraduate and professional training courses, organised by the Technical University of Gdansk. The principles of organisation and running the studies and courses are discussed and illustrated by selected statistical data. Some details of the most popular studies and courses are also presented. Conclusions are drawn as to the trends in continuing education in the period of economic and political transformation accompanied by a recession in Poland.

Keywords: continuing education; delivery modes; Poland; Technical University of Gdansk; continuing engineering education; working adults; extra-mural courses; distance learning; postgraduate courses; continuing education; correspondence courses; MSc studies; professional training.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.1995.030252

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, 1995 Vol.5 No.1/2, pp.89 - 98

Published online: 12 Dec 2009 *

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