In 1923, to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, the newly created junior high school adopted his name, Copernicanum.

The commissioned architects, Carl Zaar and Rudolf Vahl, had just completed together in 1901 the Słupsk Town Hall in the nearby Prussian Province of Pomerania within the German Empire.

After the war, the edifice housed vocational schools: Since 2005, the Copernicanum building has been the property of Bydgoszcz University, or UKW Polish: Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego.

Between 2005 and 2007, heavy restoration works, including upgrades to current standards, were performed over the facility,[7] allowing UKW to house the Institute of Mechanics and Applied Informatics, Polish: Instytut Mechaniki i Informatyki Stosowanej.

It is adorned on the top with owl shapes -symbol of knowledge- flanking a decorative stucco ribbon, crowned by the date of completion of the edifice (1906).

Facade shows high openings at each floor, topped by dormers with various shape: kernel, semi-circular with pediment or even grand ogee model.