The Kielce University of Technology considers itself an heir and continuator of universal academic values. The traditions of the University draw on higher education institutions in the Kielce region, including the Mining Academy which was the first technical higher school in Poland founded by S. Staszic, the Clandestine University of Western Territories and Kielce-Radom Evening Higher Engineering School. As an academic community we have fostered and cherished traditional values such as search for truth and holding it in esteem, freedom of ideas, freedom of research and teaching, moral standards, patriotism, humanism and the respect for the national heritage. Guided by universal human, civic and academic principles, we work towards developing minds and characters of young people. We intend to share our knowledge, skills and the code of conduct. The major goal of the University is to pursue education, learning, and research at the highest levels of excellence. It is achieved by constant professional development of the staff, close inter-relationship between teaching and research, cooperation with other research centres and partnership with business. (Source: the university’s website)