Electrical sciences were included in the Electromechanics specialization curriculum of the Polytechnic School of Timișoara, since its establishment in 1920. In 1933, this section/specialization became the Faculty of Electromechanical Engineering. The Polytechnic School of Timișoara becomes the Polytechnic Institute with four faculties in the year 1948, marking an important point in the development of higher education in Timisoara. The four faculties were: Electrotechnics, Mechanics, Construction and Industrial Chemistry Engineering. The increase of interest in the electronic field is proven, among others, by the creation of a group of specialization in electronic computers in academic year 1964/1965.

At the semicentennial in 1970, the Polytechnic Institute of Timisoara took the name of Traian Vuia, an emblematic personality for the technical skills of Banat inhabitants. In the same year, within the Faculty of Electrotechnics Engineering, a section of electronics was set up, supported by the Applied Electronics Department. During the next two decades, the specialization in the electronic field (the first of this profile in the province) has undergone a continuous development. In the academic year 1975/1976, the new building of the Faculty of Electrotechnics Engineering was finished. The teachers from "Electronics and telecommunications" have done efforts for conceiving teaching materials and technical books, setting up and equipping didactic and research laboratories as well as obtaining remarkable results in leading fields (signal and image processing, industrial robots, medical electronic equipment). Thus, in 1990, the Department of Applied Electronics had 25 teaching labs and 4 research labs and from the teaching staff, 32 teachers had obtained the PhD degree title (31 doctoral theses in the field of electronics, telecommunications or related areas elaborated before 1989, are listed in Annex). Moreover, 5 young teachers were enrolled in PhD studies. Under these conditions, the department had the capacity to train more than 1000 students enrolled in electronics and telecommunications.

With enough teaching and administrative staff and well equipped laboratories, the Applied Electronics department became the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications (ETc) in 1990. This transformation was sustained by the increased need of specialists in the field.

The new faculty was approved on the basis of Order of Ministry of Education No. 26692 / 03.02.1990, of the Senate and by the rector of the "Traian Vuia" Polytechnic Institute of Timisoara. The Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications has three departments: Department of Applied Electronics, Department of Measurements and Optical Electronics as well as the Department of Communications.

The faculty changed its name to Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies in 2017, considering the rapid changes in the field, through Government Decision no. 140 / 16.03.2017. At this moment, the following curricula exist: Applied Electronics (in Romanian), Telecommunications Technologies and Systems (in Romanian and English). The specialization of Telecommunications Technologies and Systems is also provided in the form of distance learning.

ANNEX

Professor Anton Policec obtained the first PhD degree in 1960, among all teaching staff from the Applied Electronics department. The thesis title was " The study of the high frequency discharge in water vapor at reduced pressure", scientific adviser prof. Alexandru Cisman.