The University in Liberec was established by government decision of 27 February 1953 as the University of Engineering (VŠS). The building of the former F. X. Šalda School in Hálkova Street was freed up for the new college. On 1 October 1953, a total of 259 students entered the first year of the newly opened college. The school focused on those industries typical for North Bohemia: engineering, textiles, clothing, glass and ceramics.
By Government Decree No. 120/60 Coll. of 5 September 1960, the school was divided into the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Textiles and became the University of Engineering and Textiles in Liberec (VŠST). From 1990-1994, four more faculties were established: the Faculty of Education (1990), the Faculty of Economics (1992), the Faculty of Architecture (1994) and the Faculty of Mechatronics, Informatics and Interdisciplinary Studies (1995). The original name no longer corresponded to the university’s focus and character, therefore, on the basis of Act No. 192/1994 Coll. of 27 September 1994, the University of Engineering and Textiles in Liberec could use the name Technical University in Liberec as of 1 January 1995.
