Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of Polish Academy of Sciences
The Institute is one of the leading research centres in the field of fundamental and applied materials science. The research activities correspond to the prioritiesof Ministry of Science, Research and Information Technology, Polish Academy of Sciences and 6th Frame-work Programme of the European Community. The research is performed based a long-term co-operation with large number of scientific institutions in Poland and such countries as: Austria, Canada, France, Germany, South Africa, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Korea, Russia, Spain, Slovakia, USA, Japan, Holland, Slovenia, Ukraine, Taiwan and Korea. In recognition of its scientific achievements, the main Polish scientific authority-State Committee for Scientific Research systematically in every-four-year assessments, awards the Institute the highest possible grade.
The Institute employees 88 persons, including 40 scientific staff: 7 professors with tenure, 10 associate professors (with D.Sc.), 21 assistant professors (with Ph.D.), 2 research assistants (stand for June 2008). The Institute is authorized to confer Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees in the field of metallurgy and materials engineering.