Uniwersytet Łódzki

address: 65 Narutowicza St.,
91 – 131 Lodz, Poland
phone: +48 42 635 42 36, +48 42 635 47 90
fax: +48 42 635 47 89, +48 42 635 42 39
e-mail: dwzul@uni.lodz.pl, iso@uni.lodz.pl
internet: www.uni.lodz.pl

University of Lodz

The University of Lodz was founded in 1945 as a continuation of tradition of city’s educational institutions active in earlier periods. The city of Lodz is located in the centre of Poland at a crossing point of many important European routes. At its beginning Lodz was inhabited by four nationalities – Polish, Jewish, German and Russian – this fact contributed to Lodz’s rich and diverse cultural past.

Today the University of Lodz is highly respected and one of the biggest and most popular Polish universities. The University treats international cooperation as a way to foster its development. It is possible to study at the University of Lodz within 45 major and 188 specializations at 12 faculties. More over, UL offers doctoral studies, more than 90 postgraduate studies including MBA studies and those financed by EFS. Nine programmes though entirely in English have been introduced, such as: administration, computer science, development economics, ecohydrology, English philology, informatics and econometrics, international marketing, management and women’s and gender studies as well as three programmes in French and one in German.

The University employs more than 3800 people, among which 2252 are the academic teachers, including 217 full professors. More than 41 000 students of first and second level degree studies, doctoral and postgraduate studies attends UL. The university regularly hosts politicians, businessmen and representatives of culture from Poland and abroad as a guest speaker lecturers.

As a result of cooperation with number of foreign universities, such as: Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Université François – Rabelais (Tours), University of Texas at Austin, Westfälische Wilhelms – Universität Münster, University of Michigan, University of Baltimore, the R. H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland and the Towson University students of UL can graduate with dual diplomas.

International relations of UL are visible in various areas. It takes part in such projects as Lifelong Learning Programme (Comenius, Leonardo da Vinci, Erasmus, Grundtvig), Jean Monnet, Erasmus Mundus, Campus Europae and Baltic University Programme. Currently, University of Lodz cooperates with 230 partner Universities all over the world. Within the Erasmus scholarship exchange programme UL has signed approximately 390 agreements. As a result each year UL receives more than 110 foreign students and sends 490 Polish students abroad.

The University of Lodz is proud of its new research centers, such as the Center for European Studies, Center for Translation Studies, Center for Women’s Studies, Regional Centre for Patent Information and many others.

Since 1952 more than 15 000 foreign students have graduated from the Poland’s oldest School of Polish Language for Foreigners. The school runs one, five and nine months courses preparing students to study in Polish language in such fields as humanities, medical, technical sciences, economics, agriculture and postgraduate PhD studies. School graduates very often choose to study at the University of Lodz. The University’s campus is located in a beautiful green area only 15 minutes walking distance from the city centre. Campus offers housing in 9 dormitories with modernly equipped rooms, access to fully equipped Centre of Physical Education and Sports (with swimming pool, sport halls, gym and BIO Regeneration Room), canteens and clubs. The University’s Library is one of the largest and most modern libraries in Poland. At present its total collection contains about 3 millions volumes.

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Study programmes

Fields of study in Polish

Facts & figures

• Founded in 1945
• 2 252 academic staff
• 41 000 students (67% women)
• 270 foreign students

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