ABOUT THE BUILDING
The current building of the Faculty of Philology at the University of Lodz was completed in July 2014. The appearance of the edifice is the result of the work of AGG (Grabowski Group Architects), which was entirely responsible for the design of the building.
As befits the Faculty of Philology, the entrance is decorated with sentences and quotations in various languages, carved in antiqua on stone slabs. The huge facades of the side wings are distinctive, with white, irregularly spaced vertical profiles against a background of dark glass planes. Inside, the focus is on the transparent, light-filled central hall (atrium) - the heart of the entire building, which connects and unites all its parts. The multicultural character of the Faculty of Philology is emphasised by the colour coding in the interior. The building consists of six storeys, each in a different colour of the rainbow.
The description above is taken from the building designer's information material.
LOCATION
The building of the Faculty of Philology at the University of Lodz is located at 171/173 Pomorska Street in Lodz, in the city centre, 2 kilometres from the Lodz Fabryczna railway station, in the immediate vicinity of the "Lumumbowo" student housing district.
The Faculty is well connected with the rest of Lodz. Our building can be reached by direct bus and tram connections from the most important points of the city - Piotrkowska Street and Manufaktura. In the immediate vicinity of our building one can find the seats of other university faculties, as well as the Physical Education and Sports Centre, the University of Lodz Library and the Rector’s Office.
The Faculty can be reached by various means of transport.
Tram lines:
- line 12
- line 15
- line 18
- line 45
Bus lines:
- line 86
- line 87A/B
- line 58A/B
Nearest bus and tram stops:
- Pomorska - Lumumby (kampus UŁ) 🚋
- Pomorska - Konstytucyjna 🚋🚌
- Pomorska - Tamka 🚋🚌
- Narutowicza - Radiostacja 🚋🚌
Nearest railway stations:
- Łódź Stoki (18 min. walk)
- Łódź Niciarniana (27 min. walk)
- Łódź Fabryczna (30 min. walk)
- Łódź Widzew (1 hour walk)
You can also use the Łódzki Rower Publiczny (Lodz Public Bike) station at the entrance to the building at Pomorska Street, available between the months of March to November 🚲.
VIRTUAL WALK-THROUGH
Wondering what the interiors of our building look like? Watch the video below and take a peek inside the most important areas of our building!
The video is available with English 🇬🇧 subtitles.
We also encourage you to take a virtual walk around our Faculty building via Google Maps. Thanks to the spherical images available on Google Maps, you can take a look at the Dean's office, walk through the faculty library or see what selected lecture theatres look like.
ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM
Can a university edifice become a smart building fit for the 21st century? Recent activities at the Faculty of Philology at the University of Lodz prove that this vision is not so far off!
Using the open Genetec platform, access control has already been implemented for some of the teaching rooms and special-purpose rooms (radio studio, translation studio equipped with translation booths or television studio). In the next steps, the Faculty authorities intend to integrate an alarm system, fire signalling, ventilation and access to car parks.
What has already been achieved and how the system functions is described by the staff of the Faculty of Philology and the Genetec company, which was responsible for implementing modern solutions in the building.
The video was produced by A&S Poland and Genetec Inc.
The video is available with English 🇬🇧 subtitles.
SPECIALISED TEACHING FACILITIES
What sets us apart are the professional classrooms, which have been equipped in such a way as to enable students of the various courses to acquire specialised skills. Part of our faculty infrastructure includes:
- radio studio;
- television studio
- a cinema room;
- a translation room with translation booths;
- language rooms (with a system of voice communication between participants and the instructor);
- theatre room;
- speech therapy and audiology rooms.
- Vending machines with refreshments
Vending machines with refreshments - Faculty canteen
Faculty canteen - Coffee Point
Coffee Point - Book Locker
Book Locker
SERVICE POINTS
The following service points are located within the building:
- Fil-Mil canteen (ground floor; check the current menu here or here);
- food and office supply shop (ground floor - opposite the gatehouse);
- "Źródło" (‘The Source’) catering outlet (level -1);
- Coffee Point (1st floor; more information on Facebook and Instagram);
- vending machines with hot drinks (on the ground floor and 3rd floor);
- print shop with ZECCER self-service printer (1st floor);
- a book locker machine (located on the ground floor at the side entrance, allows the collection and return of books from the faculty library).
WI-FI
Students and staff of the Faculty of Philology at the University of Lodz can use Wi-Fi throughout their period of work or study.
In order to use the internet, you need to connect to the “eduroam” network. To use the network, you need to log in with a student or staff AD account (ul######@edu.uni.lodz.pl or name.surname@filologia.uni.lodz.pl respectively).
Eduroam is a worldwide wireless access system for the scientific and academic community. It also allows the use of wireless internet at many other academic institutions in Poland and around the world.
Settings required to log into the "eduroam" network from an Android-based mobile phone:
EAP method: PEAP
Authentication Phase 2: MS-CHAP v2
It is required to select the option not to check the certificate.