Szczecin University of Technology was established on 1 December 1946 as School of Engineering in Szczecin (Szkoła Inżynierska w Szczecinie). Initially it included three faculties - the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Wydział Elektryczny), the Faculty of Civil Engineering (Wydział Inżynierii Lądowej), and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Wydział Mechaniczny). 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.
