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University of Warsaw – Summary

University of Warsaw – Summary

The best and the largest institution of higher education in .

2OO years of tradition

21 faculties

48,OOO students and doctoral students

310 million euro budget

8OO foreign partners POLAND – IN THE HEART OF EUROPE

Poland is a member of the European Union Polish belong to the European and Schengen Area. This means that who- Higher Education Area. Students and acade- ever enters Poland may freely travel around mics from other European countries can feel over 20 European states. at home here. The European Credit Transfer System and other tools developed through International reports and rankings confirm the Bologna Process make it possible for the high quality of the Polish education sys- students to commence, pursue or complete tem and higher education: their studies in a European country of their choice. • Poland was ranked 10th in “The Learn- ing Curve” – international ranking pre- Poland has 140 public Higher Education In- pared and compiled by the Economist stitutions (HEIs). Apart from the classic uni- Intelligence Unit, which measures the versities, there are medical, technical, econo- level of education in almost 40 coun- mic and pedagogical universities, universities tries in the world. of life sciences, physical education, artistic, • The best Polish universities are among theological, maritime, military and govern- institutions of higher education, which ment service HEIs, State Higher Professio- have appeared in the international nal Schools. Polish offer a wide rankings such as Academic Ranking of choice of programmes of 1st, 2nd, 3rd cycle World Universities, QS World studies and long cycle (uniform) Master’s Rankings or Times Higher Education studies, in full-time and part-time systems. World University Ranking. These rank- 1.5 million students every year receive their ings comprise 2% of the world’s top uni- education in Poland. This makes our country versities. one of European leaders, preceded only by The leading concepts of the University’s activity Great Britain, Germany and France. are the unity of teaching and research,

and the harmonious development of all branches of knowledge represented in its curriculum.

UW – THE COUNTRY’S LEADER IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH Poland has become The University of , the largest insti- University. We are the most active university an increasingly popular study tution of higher education in Poland, is the among Polish institutions of higher education country’s leader in teaching and research. participating in the European Union student destination, with almost The keynote of its activities is the unity of re- exchange programme – Erasmus+. 60,000 international students search and education, as well as a harmoni- ous development of all disciplines represented The university life concentrates in three cam- from 150 countries choosing at the University: , social and nat- puses: Central, and Służew, located to study here each year. ural sciences. in different districts of Warsaw. The Univer- sity’s historic seat, located in the heart of In the national universities rankings, the Uni- Warsaw, is widely appreciated for its ele- versity has been ranked 1st. Certainly, it is the gant architecture. The natural science de- best Polish university in the international partments’ campus in Ochota has recently rankings. It performs particularly well in the gained imposing new buildings, housing international rankings by subjects. 21 pro- state-of-the-art laboratories. These facilities WARSAW – ACADEMIC CITY grammes of study provided by the UW are provide their users with comfortable work among 200 the best university’s programmes and study areas, and interestingly arranged The University has its seat in Warsaw – the gence Unit). Not only is Warsaw a political, offered in the world – due to US News and recreational spaces. Investments that will be capital of Poland, one of the most dynami- economic, social and cultural centre; it is World Report 2016, QS World University Rank- undertaken under the multiannual develop- cally developing European cities. Warsaw is also an undisputed leader of Polish educa- ings 2015/2016, Eduniversal Best Masters ment plan (2016-2020) funded by the govern- steadily climbing in international rankings of tion – the city’s facilities provide education to and MBA’s Ranking 2015/2016. ment ca. 230 million euro, can provide a com- the world’s most attractive urban areas (Top 240,000 people each year. According to QS fortable working and study conditions to 50 of the City Brand Index, United Nations Best Student Cities 2016 Warsaw has been The University of Warsaw is the most inter- representatives of the humanities and social State of the World’s Cities report, Best cities on 2nd place in a list of the world’s most af- national academic institution in Poland. Each science. Dormitories along with sport and ranking and report by the Economist Intelli- fordable cities for international students. year more than 4,000 foreigners study at the cultural facilities will be provided to students. FACTS AND FIGURES

over 44,5OO students

3,2OO doctoral students

3,4OO postgraduate students

7,15O employees

Monitoring careers of the UW 4,2OO foreigners graduates is the largest research project of this type in Europe. 21 FACULTIES It provides proof that the University of Warsaw diploma 8OO foreign partners of Applied is advantageous on the labour

Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and market: 94% of respondents Resocialisation have found employment after Faculty of „Artes Liberales” graduation. Faculty of 5.9 million library’s holdings Faculty of

Faculty of Economic Sciences

Faculty of Education QUALITY OF TEACHING

Faculty of and Regional Studies Each year the University provides educa- The University’s system of language provi- 310 million euro budget tion to approximately 51,200 students. The sion sets a pattern for other universities at Faculty of Geology candidates are offered a wide choice of pro- home and abroad. It has been distinguished grammes in humanities, social and natural by the European Commission with the Eu- Faculty of science, as well as numerous interdiscipli- ropean Language Label award. 95.5 million euro R&D budget Faculty of , Information nary programmes, which combine know- and Book Studies ledge and skills in various fields. In conjunction with universities from abroad, the University of Warsaw runs 25 joined pro- Faculty of and Administration University of Warsaw offers: grammes of 1st and 2nd cycle of studies. Faculty of Management • a wide choice of programmes of 1st, 2nd The high quality of teaching at the University Faculty of , Informatics, cycle studies and long cycle (uniform) of Warsaw is confirmed by various accred- and Mechanics Master’s studies, iting bodies and is reflected in international 3,45O research topics Faculty of Modern Languages • 33 programmes of doctoral studies rankings such as the Quacquarelli Symonds (3rd cycle), World University Ranking, Eduniversal Best 1,47O grants Faculty of Oriental Studies • 3 MBA programmes, Masters and MBA Worldwide or US News • 145 postgraduate programmes, and World Report. The authors of these rank- Faculty of and 7,7OO publications per year • over 200 Open University courses. ings select each year the best two hundred Faculty of programmes out of thousands provided The University offers over 20 English-lan- worldwide. In 2016, twenty-one programmes Faculty of Polish Studies guage programmes. Within the Polish-lan- from the University of Warsaw received such guage programmes, approximately 2,000 distinction. Faculty of Political Science and International Studies courses are taught in foreign languages. 30 research and educational centres Faculty of UNIVERSITY OF RESEARCH The UW is a leading institution of higher The University employs 3,700 scholars. One cultural studies. They received more than 15 in four holds the title of professor. They par- million euro. education in Poland ticipate in over 180 projects financed by European and other international funds and Each year the body of publications pro- which employees were organizations, such as EU Horizon 2020 duced by the University scholars’ increases awarded ERC grants. and 7th Framework Programme, European by approximately 7,500 new items, most of Science Foundation, European Coopera- them appearing in prestigious international tion in the Field of Scientific and Technical journals. Research, European Economic Area and Norway Grants, European Molecular Biolo- gy Organization, European Space Agency, WORLDWIDE RENOWN Polish-Swiss Research Programme, US Of- fice of Naval Research, and Chiang Ching-kuo In many areas, the University scholars main- Foundation. The University of Warsaw is the tain an already well-established position in leader among all Polish institutions that won the world of science. One such example is the Horizon 2020 and 7th Framework Pro- the work carried out by the University archae- gramme grants. ologists in twenty countries, on five con- tinents. The discoveries made in Egypt, Since 2016, the University of Warsaw can Sudan or Peru have fundamental significance use the ‘HR Excellence in Research’ award to our understanding of the history of these given by the European Commission. The areas, and have contributed to the protection logo identifies the institutions and organisa- of local heritage. Spectacular discoveries of tions that adopted the principles included in our palaeontologists traces of tetrapods in the European Charter for Researchers and the Holy Cross Mountains that changed the the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of hitherto views on the evolution have gained Researcher. global recognition.

Among projects financed as part of the The University astronomers, who are actively European programmes, particularly intere- involved in many well-known astrophysical sting are prestigious grants of the European collaborations like OGLE, H.E.S.S., CTA, Research Council: in 2007-2016, ERC award- LIGO/VIRGO, Planck, Gaia, have also gained COOPERATION ed 22 grants to scientists working in Polish unquestionable reputation. The physicists institutions, 13 of those grants are carried out are members of the Graphene Flagship con- INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION COOPERATION WITH BUSINESS at the University of Warsaw. Our employees sortium supported by the European Com- PARTNERS are laureates of all the ERC schemes: the mission. They have also contributed both The University cooperates with over 800 for- Starting Grants, the Advanced Grants, the to the Large Hadron Collider, installed at the eign partners. It is a member of approximately The University has always supported both Consolidator Grants and the Proof of Con- European Organization for Nuclear Research 100 international associations and research basic research, which broadens our under- cept. Their research concern astronomy, infor- (CERN). networks. It is involved in activities of organi- standing of the world, and applied research, matics, physics, sociology, linguistic and zations that work for the integration of higher the findings of which have practical - appli education, e.g. the European University As- cations. Therefore, the University has es- sociation, Network of Universities from the tablished various business partnerships, for The University Capitals of Europe, and Heads of University example to find new uses for graphene or to Management and Administration Network in discover new radiopharmaceuticals used in scholars Europe, Network on Humanitarian Action. It the diagnosis and treatment of e.g. cancer. maintain actively supports initiatives for the develop- In 2015-2016, 7 spin-off companies were set ment of joint research and didactic projects. up at the University of Warsaw. They focus an already on, among others, bioremediation, biodeg- Our University is the most active Polish radation, medical and veterinary diagnosis, well-established academic institution in Erasmus+ (EU pro- genetics, satellite observations for forest position in gramme for education, training, youth and economy and agriculture. Broad cooperation sport, 2014-2020). We cooperate with 440 with business and social partners is possible the world universities from Europe and other countries through expert centres offering analytical, of science. like Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine and laboratory as well as computing services. the Republic of South Africa. We participate also in projects concerning innovations in Our University is open to contacts with socie- education, the improvement of the quality of ty and the world of business in Poland and teaching and an exchange of good practice beyond. Recently, we have established rela- between universities. tion with . The company has funded a new research centre at UW – the Digital Economy Lab (DELab). This is the first such project in Central and Eastern Europe. The University of Warsaw realizes projects funded by Google. AUTHORITIES 2016-2020 Prof. Marcin Pałys

VICE-RECTOR FOR RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Assist. Prof. Maciej Duszczyk

VICE-RECTOR FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AND QUALITY OF TEACHING Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika

VICE-RECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT Prof. Anna Giza-Poleszczuk

VICE-RECTOR FOR HUMAN RESOURCES AND FINANCIAL POLICY Prof. Andrzej Tarlecki

TWO CENTURIES OF TRADITION

In 2016, the University of Warsaw has cel- It has fostered the advancement of sciences, ebrated its 200th anniversary. For the last educated the country’s elites and been an two centuries, the University has been ex- important centre of social and cultural life. erting significant influence on the history of Warsaw and the whole country. A GLANCE INTO THE FUTURE

As the University of Warsaw enters the third • to develop interdisciplinary research century of its existence, it has set for itself initiatives, individualized education strategic goals. These include: programmes and cooperation with busi- nesses and social partners. It will be • to maintain a strong position among top possible due to the realization of the universities in Central Europe, multiannual development plan (2016- • to join the group of the best universities 2020) funded by the Polish govern- in our continent, ment. Financial support equals ca. 230 • to strengthen the research recog- million euro. nition of the UW, which contributes to the development of world science,

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