Establishment
The school was established by a government decision of 27 February 1953 as the University of Mechanical Engineering (V艩S). The building of the then F. X. 艩alda grammar school in H谩lkova Street was vacated for the new school. On October 1, 1953, 259 students entered the first years of the newly opened university. At that time, the school had six departments with just 19 teachers. Studies were focused on fields typical of northern Bohemia: engineering, textile, clothing, glass and ceramics industries. The students of that time were accommodated in a dormitory in Zeyerova Street.
Years of expansion
During the following years, the school expanded not only with new students, but also with new premises: new dormitories were built, the building of the former textile factory in Doub铆 was acquired, and other buildings in the vicinity of today’s Studentsk茅 n谩m臎st铆. In 1958, the first 121 graduates completed their studies with a graduation ceremony at the Liberec Theater.
痴艩厂罢
In 1960, the school was divided into the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Textiles and became the University of Mechanical Engineering and Textiles in Liberec (痴艩厂罢). Furthermore, buildings in Sokolsk谩 Street (former building S) were acquired, also the building after the abolished pedagogical institute in Komensk茅ho Street (building P).
Harcov dormitories
With the increase in the number of students, of course, the accommodation capacity of the then dormitories ceased to be sufficient. Therefore, in 1977, the construction of a complex of six dormitory blocks with a capacity of 2,300 beds, a new canteen and other facilities was started in Star媒 Harcov, Liberec. The complex was completed in its current form in 1990.
University Library & Vesec complex
Two years later (1992), the building of the former Stavoprojekt in Voron臎啪sk谩 Street (building H) was acquired, including the temporary headquarters of the Investment and Postal Bank newly rebuilt into a University Library. In the same year, the school also acquired a complex in Vesec serving as dormitories and laboratories, and in 1996 the former House of Political Education on 1. M谩je Street (building K).
New faculties
In the years 1990鈥�1994, the school established four other faculties: then named “Pedagogical faculty” in 1990 (now the Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education), Faculty of Economics (1992), Faculty of Architecture (1994, now the Faculty Arts and Architecture) and Faculty of Mechatronics and Interdisciplinary Studies (1995).
The newest and youngest faculty is the Faculty of Health Studies (FZS), which was established on August 1, 2016 by transformation from the Institute of Health Studies (脷ZS), which was established on the premises of TUL on December 1, 2004 in Liberec to accredit a three-year full-time form of study in the bachelor’s programme Nursing. Since then it is still growing and new accredited programs are being created.
TUL becoming a university
Thanks to such growth, own research activities and foreign relations, the school was by Act No. 192/1994 Coll. of 27 September 1994, awarded the 糖心传媒 on 1 January 1995.
Rectors
| prof. Ing. Dr. techn. Josef Ko啪ou拧ek | 1953鈥�1961 |
| doc. Ing. Vojt臎ch Dr谩b, CSc. | 1961鈥�1966 |
| akad. Jovan 膶irli膷 | 1966鈥�1969 |
| prof. Ing. Ji艡铆 Mayer, DrSc. | 1969鈥�1973 |
| akad. Jovan 膶irli膷 | 1973鈥�1985 |
| prof. RNDr. Bohuslav St艡铆啪, DrSc. | 1985鈥�1990 |
| prof. Ing. Zden臎k Kov谩艡, CSc. | 1990鈥�1997 |
| prof. RNDr. David Luk谩拧, CSc. | 1997鈥�2003 |
| prof. Ing. Vojt臎ch Konopa, CSc. | 2003鈥�2010 |
| prof. Dr. Ing. Zden臎k K暖s | 2010鈥�2018 |
| doc. RNDr. Miroslav Brzezina, CSc., dr.h.c. | 2018鈥�2026 |
| doc. Ing. Ale拧 Kocourek, Ph.D. | from 2026 |
