University of Mining and Metallurgy is a technical university. Its scientific profile comprises broadly understood earth sciences and mining sciences, as well as mathematics, physics and informatics. The University conducts research in 27 scientific programmes. The University offers full time courses which permit a student to end education with M. Sc. diploma, realized by most Faculties in a two-stage system offering B.Sc.Eng. and M.Sc.Eng. diploma, as well as extramural syllabus, comprising B.Sc.Eng. and complementary programme (M.Sc.Eng). Now the University educates students at 15 Faculties, 31 disci- plines and 113 specializations. Faculty of Fuels and Energy is 28 years old and is one of the younger faculties. Its staff comprises 50 scientists, among them 12 professors. The Faculty educates students in chemical technology in the following specializations: fuel technology, environmental protection in power and chemical industry, and fuel and energy economy and management. The programme of the studies has an interdisciplinary character, taking into account that a graduate will, in practice, have contact with not only technological matters but also environmental protection, production organization and economy, principles of rational utilization of fuels and energy and many other problems. The educational system of the Faculty is compatible with requirements of international educational systems which allows students to take part in educational programmes of many renowned foreign universities with the possibility of ending education with a double (Polish and foreign) diploma. The specialization of Fuel Technology prepares specialists in distribution and utilization of gas fuels, technology of coal and graphite products and physicochemical aspects of utilization of specialized tech- nological materials.