The foundation of the faculty and the first years of its functioning were extremely hectic. Management, employees as well as the first students had to prove the faculty's perspective thus ensuring its further functioning. Even though this period was challenging and the faculty faced a petition for its abolition, nobody gave up. On 15 April 1996, all efforts were rewarded by its transformation into a full-fledged faculty offering engineering study under the new name:

Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies of the Technical University of Košice with the seat in Prešov