The university was established in 1950 as a School of Engineering of General Technical Organization.

Students may choose from 27 degree courses (27 undergraduate and 12 graduate) and more than 100 specializations (majors).

The university also provides 6 doctoral programmes (economics, fine arts, transport, electrical engineering, mechanics and mechanical engineering and machine building ).

The ECTS system is fully implemented and used in each Faculty.

The university also accepts foreign students within the Erasmus Programme, too.