technical university of liberec - Technická univerzita v Liberci

The Technical University of LiberecFaculty of Textile EngineeringThe Technical University of Liberec (TUL) is a middle-sizeddynamic school which matches forms of technical educationwith university education system. Within six faculties anduniversity institutes, it offers a large spectrum of acquirementsin technical, scientific, humanity as well as artistic andinterdisciplinary study branches. TUL has well equippedlaboratories and top quality teams of research workers forhumanities. TUL has actively participated in creation of commonEuropean education area and common European research area.The Technical University of Liberec reaches excellent results inthe fields of science and research.The Faculty of Textile Engineering was established in the year1960 and provides as the only one in Czech republic academiceducation through whole textile subject. There is possible tostudy textile technologies, marketing and design. Faculty ofTextile Engineering is active in research and development.Inventions like new technology for production of flat nanofibertextiles classify the faculty to prestigious institutes. The facultyparticipates in greatness on cooperation with industry andsolves a lot of projects supported by different grants.Faculty of Textile Engineering consists of seven departments.There are Department of Textile Technologies, Department ofNonwovens, Department of Clothing Technologies, Departmentof Textile Materials, Department of Design, Department ofTextile Chemistry and Department of Textile Evaluation.Faculty of Textile Engineering at Technical University of Liberecis one of the leading research institutions in field of textile andclothing technologies in Europe. Research and development is afollow-up to earlier directions, in which the faculty has always hadhigh class and top quality research workers. Research activitiessupported are those, which are consistent with the rapidlydeveloping research trends. The focus of future research activitieswill be oriented towards following main areas:New materialsUtilization of new materials in field of apparel and technicaltextiles; development of composite structures containinginorganic fibers; nanoparticles and textile reinforcement;construction and evaluation smart textiles.3