Elektrotechnisches Institut within the Technische Hochschule zu Danzig | Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering at the Gdańsk University of Technology

The faculty is located in a specially designed and constructed building with an area of ​​approximately 1,800 m2, known as the Electrotechnical Institute (German: Elektrotechnisches Institut). As in the case of the entire campus of the university, the general designer of the building was the German architect Albert Carsten, and the cost of building and equipping the headquarters of the Faculty amounted to over half a million German marks.

After World War I, the university was taken over by the Senate of the Free City of Gdańsk and changed its name to the Higher Technical School of the Free City of Gdańsk (German: Technische Hochschule der Freien Stadt Danzig). As part of the reorganization, in 1922, three faculties were created - including the Division III of Machine Technology, Ship Technology and Electrical Engineering (German: Fakultät III für Maschinen-, Schiffs- und Elektrotechnik).

In the 1926/1927 academic year, the name of the faculty was changed to the 3rd Department of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Ship and Aviation Technology (German Fakultät III für Maschinenbau, Electrical Engineering, Schiffs- und Flugtechnik), to be renamed the Faculty in the academic year 1938/1939 III of Machines (German: Fakultät III für Maschinwesen).

During the entire interwar period, the department was divided into three divisions, one of which was the Electrical Engineering Division (German: Abteilung für Elektrotechnik). The curriculum of studies was modeled on the curricula of German universities.

During the first four semesters at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, students were educated in basic sciences. After the so-called After the post-graduate examination, it was possible for the next four semesters to continue specialized studies in a chosen field: high-current (German Fachrichtung Starkstromtechnik) or low-current (German Fachrichtung Schwachstromtechnik). The studies ended with the so-called the main diploma examination.

The German university operated until 1944, when a military hospital was established in its buildings. In March 1945, the main building of the university was destroyed as a result of a fire caused by arson by Soviet soldiers. The building of the Electrotechnical Institute was not damaged during the war.

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