Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology (Polish name: Politechnika Krakowska) is a university located in downtown Kraków, Poland, established in 1946 and, as an institution of higher learning granted full autonomy in 1954. Over 37,000 students graduated from the Polytechnic to this day with degrees. Doctorate degrees were granted to 1200 persons and Habilitated degrees - to additional 300. The number of students admitted each year reaches 4500. In a survey conducted by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2008, Cracow University of Technlogy was selected as the best technical university in Poland and the best among all Polish universities.