Uniwersytet Warszawski

address: Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
00-927 Warsaw, Poland
phone: +48 22 552 40 43
fax:
e-mail: admission@uw.edu.pl
internet: www.uw.edu.pl

University of Warsaw

The University of Warsaw (UW),
founded in 1816, is the top higher education institution in Poland offering over 80 fields of studies and specializations within the humanities, exact and natural sciences. In 2010 the UW celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Fryderyk Chopin, a great composer who was a student at the Royal University of Warsaw in the years 1826–1829.

Why is it worth studying at the University of Warsaw?
The interest in studies at the University of Warsaw is determined not only by the University's prestige resulting from high quality of education offered to young people but also modern programs of studies adapted to the needs of the changing world as well as scientific researches conducted at the University, the results of which are highly valued in the world. It's adequate just to mention the last landmark discovery of the earliest tetrapod tracks that changes our understanding of the origins of tetrapods – human distant ancestors. The UW scholars regularly receive awards and win competitions for research grants and the UW students are well-educated and very competitive, winning many contests and championships.

The UW infrastructure is constantly improved and developed. Renovated and expanding university buildings provide convenient environment to study. Scientific and vocational development of the UW students is supported by appropriate offices, organizations, and cooperation with numerous institutions and companies that increases opportunities of graduates at the labour market.

International cooperation.
Firm cooperation with most of the renowned foreign educational institutions strengthens international position of the University of Warsaw. In 2009 over 170 universities from 51 countries of the world cooperated with UW through bilateral agreements and over 350 were partners within the European Union's Erasmus programme. Over 4700 young people from different countries from all over the world have selected the University of Warsaw – the most internationalized polish university – as the place to pursue their education.

A bagful of Nobels.
2007 Leonid Hurwicz – Nobel Prize in Economics. This Russian-born American researcher of Polish ancestry graduated in law from the University of Warsaw in 1938.
1995 Joseph Rotblat – Nobel Peace Prize in recognition for his efforts to reduce the role played by nuclear arms in international politics and to eliminate such arms in the longer run. Rotblat studied at the UW's Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and obtained a PhD in physics in 1938. In 1932-1934, he also attended lectures at the UW's Department of Humanities.
1980 Czesław Miłosz – Nobel Prize in Literature. One of the most outstanding Polish poets and writers, Miłosz studied at the UW's Department of Law for a year in 1932. During World War II, he worked as a janitor at the Warsaw University Library.
1978 Menachem Begin – Nobel Peace Prize. He received it jointly with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat for their political efforts for peace in the Middle East. Begin studied at the UW's Department of Law in 1931-1935 where he obtained a master's degree.
1905
Henryk Sienkiewicz – Nobel Prize in Literature. Sienkiewicz enrolled at the UW's Department of Law in 1866, but then he changed his major twice. First he moved to the UW's Department of Medicine, and then to the UW's Department of Philology, where he completed his studies without a degree in 1871.

Study programmes

Fields of study in Polish

• administracja (Administration)
• archeologia (Archaeology)
• astronomia (Astronomy)
• bezpieczeństwo wewnętrzne (Internal Security)
• bioinformatyka i biologia systemów (Bioinformatics)
• biologia (Biology)
• biotechnologia (Biotechnology)
• fizyka (Physics)
• chemia (Chemistry)
• dziennikarstwo i komunikacja społeczna (Journalism and Mass Communication)
• ekonomia (Economics)
• etnologia (Ethnology)
• europeistyka (European studies)
• filologia (Philology)
• filologia polska (Polish Philology)
• filozofia (Philosophy)
• finanse i rachunkowość (Finance and Accounting)
• geografia (Geography)
• geologia (Geology)
• gospodarka przestrzenna (Spatial Economics)
• historia (History)
• historia sztuki (History of Art)
• informacja naukowa i bibliotekoznawstwo (Scientific Information and Book Studies)
• informatyka (Informatics)
• informatyka i ekonometria (Informatics and Econometrics)
• kulturoznawstwo (Cultural Studies)
• matematyka (Mathematics)
• muzykologia (Musicology)
• ochrona środowiska (Environmental Protection)
• orientalistyka (Oriental Studies)
• pedagogika (Education)
• politologia (Political Science)
• polityka społeczna (Social Policy)
• praca socjalna (Social Work)
• prawo (Law)
• profilaktyka społeczna i resocjalizacja (Social Prevention)
• psychologia (Psychology)
• socjologia (Sociology)stosunki
• międzynarodowe (International Relations)
• wiedza o kulturze (Cultural Studies)
• zarządzanie (Management)

Facts & figures

• Established in 1816
• 3200 academic staff
• 66 000 students (65% women)
• 4700 foreign students

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