Student review [#18205] for Computer Science
at University of Science and Technology - AGH

AGH has an opinion of one of the best technical universities in Poland. While I did not study on the other universities I can say that in my opinion it can be a true statement. Depending what do you study. And what do you expect. I have studied Computer Science on the Electrical Engineering, Automation, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering faculty (because there are a few faculties where you can choose Computer Science course and it’s quite important on which faculty you are). And I wasn’t expecting that the university will completely prepare me to be a programmer or to do any other IT related job. And because of that attitude I wasn’t disappointed after graduating. If you think that you will learn the latest technologies and be ready to start working right after finishing the uni without doing anything on your own you’re wrong.
Why is that?
The syllabus is very extensive. You will learn a lot of math, physics and IT related stuff. But in most cases it will be rather an introduction than a detailed course. Especially when it comes to programming, web development or managing operating systems. You can learn basics, do some intro-level project but it won’t be enough to get a job in this field. You will need to do more projects on your own and learn additional things. And you need to be prepare for that.
Now I will quickly cover some aspects of AGH that may help you make a decision.
In terms of facilities – it’s great. There are many laboratory room that are well equipped, everything is in one place and they are continuously buying new stuff and building new buildings. However now (as of March 2021) the vast majority of classes are held online so you might not have the opportunity to use it. More about online studies later.
About professors – it’s a little bit of lottery unfortunately. For some subjects they were great, always helpful, always prepared and great in sharing the knowledge they had. For some subject you wouldn’t even notice that you have a professor. They were just sending us assignments and that was it. But generally, for the subjects that were the most important in my opinion like analysis, physics, programming – they were alright.
Location – short story – it is amazing. Everything in one place, city center, dorms close to the other facilities. 10/10
Student life – now everything is closed obviously but when there is no global pandemic you really can feel that you’re a student. Many clubs, huge space near dorms for a BBQ, 10 min walks to the Main Square. Would recommend.
I wasn’t living in dorms so it’s hard to say for me but everyone I know was recommending AGH dorms. One thing worth saying is that it can be quite loud as there are always a lot of people having parties and drinking near the dorms.
Internationality – again, I don’t know much but we have an ESN network working on the university, we’re supporting Erasmus program (and some others too I guess), there are some courses in English but mine was in Polish so idk.

I want to mention one more thing in this review that is really important and without it I would rate my experience much lower – research groups and students associations. There are dozens of them on the AGH. And everyone will find something for himself. You can find people interested in building racing cars, robots, people creating games, doing other IT projects, organizing events, developing soft skills, you name it. Most of them are working using Polish language but even without it you can still participate in many activities focused on English speaking students. You definitely should find something you are interested.

Summing things up, CS on AGH will not prepare you to do your job. But it will show you many paths in IT you can take and give you a lot of opportunities. It’s your decision what you will do with this opportunities and what path you will take.