The university covers the area of about 30 hectares and is located in a few dozen buildings. Besides new structures built in the recent years the Lodz Univeristy of Technology adapted and revitalized a few historic 19th-century villas and factory buildings, adjusting them to its needs. All students are obliged to attend sports and recreation courses. Besides general fitness courses, like callanetics and aerobics, the students can choose among the following sections: volleyball, basketball, judo, football, handball, athletics, badminton, tennis, table tennis, ice-skating, taekwondo, rock-climbing, yoga, body-building, squash. The main task is to represent the interest of students at the Technical University of Lodz. In that scope, the Council of Students Self-Government on TUL (as a democratically elected representative of students) is closely cooperating with the university authorities and the Administration of TUL settlements in all matters relating to students of the Technical University of Lodz. In practice,, it may be said that Students’ Self-Government acts as students’ trade union and students’ culture maker.