Szczecin University of Technology was established on 1 December 1946 as School of Engineering in Szczecin (Szkoła Inżynierska w Szczecinie).
In the following academic year, it was expanded with the opening of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering (Wydział Chemiczny).
On 1 September 1955 the university took over the departments of the liquidated School of Economics in Szczecin (Szkoła Ekonomiczna w Szczecinie) and established the Faculty of Engineering and Economics of Transport (Wydział Inżynieryjno-Ekonomiczny Transportu).
On 3 September 1955 it was transformed into the Technical University of Szczecin.
In 1985, University of Szczecin took over the Faculty of Engineering and Economics of Transport.