About us

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics was established in 1969 during the founding of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering as the Department of Electric Drives, originally emerging from the Department of Electrical Engineering created at the founding of the Technical University of Košice in 1953. Over the years, the department's name has been changed several times to more accurately reflect its activities and development. Today, it bears the name Department of Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics.

The professional and practical experience of the department's staff covers a broad field of electrical engineering, including the automotive industry, the electrical engineering industry, mechatronics, and robotics. These competencies are also reflected in the department’s teaching and research activities.

Currently, the department is responsible for education and research in the field of electrical engineering, particularly in power and industrial electronics, electrical machines and instruments, sensors, electromechanical systems, controlled drives, control systems, industrial and automotive mechatronic systems, and robotic drive systems. The department offers all levels of higher education, including one bachelor’s degree program, one master’s degree program, and one doctoral study program.

• 1953
  • Establishment of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Slovak Technical College (VŠT).
  • The first head of the department, serving until 1979, was Prof. Ing. František Poliak.
  • Prof. Poliak significantly contributed to the founding of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at VŠT and served as its first dean (1969–1971).
• 1969
  • Establishment of the Department of Electric Drives at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, VŠT.
• 1979
  • Assoc. Prof. Ing. Jaroslav Timko, CSc. becomes the head of the department.
• 1990
  • Assoc. Prof. Ing. Jozef Fedor, PhD. becomes the head of the department.
• 1997
  • Establishment of the Laboratory of Industrial Engineering.
• 1999
  • The department is renamed to the Department of Electric Drives and Mechatronics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Košice.
• 2003
  • 50th anniversary of the department.
  • Assoc. Prof. Ing. Ján Fetyko, PhD. becomes the head of the department.
• 2005
  • Formation of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, and Industrial Engineering (KEMPI) at FEI TU Košice.
    The present form of the department was created on December 1, 2005, by merging two previous units:
    • Department of Electric Drives and Mechatronics (KEPM),
    • Laboratory of Industrial Engineering (LPI).
  • From 1 September 2005 to 30 November 2005, the department was led by Assoc. Prof. Ing. Viliam Fedák, PhD. (acting head).
  • From 1 December 2005, Assoc. Prof. Ing. Michal Girman, PhD. becomes the head of the department.
• 2010
  • Renaming of the department to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics (KEM).
• 2013
  • 60th anniversary of the department.
    Prof. Ing. Daniela Perduková, PhD. becomes the head of the department.
• 2023
  • 70th anniversary of the department.