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- Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) 1.2 kilometres away
- Warsaw University of Technology 2.3 kilometres away
- Lazarski University 3.2 kilometres away
- Collegium Civitas 3.6 kilometres away
- Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences 3.6 kilometres away
- Institute of Philosophy and Sociology (PAN) 3.9 kilometres away
- Warsaw University of Life Sciences 4.6 kilometres away
- Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities / SWPS 5.7 kilometres away
- College of Europe 7.7 kilometres away
- Kozminski University 7.8 kilometres away
University of Warsaw
Institution Info
The University of Warsaw (UW), established in 1816, is Poland's largest and finest university. From its beginning the University of Warsaw has played a major role in the intellectual, political and cultural life of Poland, and has been recognized throughout the world as a leading academic centre in this part of Europe. In 2010 UW once again has been declared number 1 in the ranking published by the national daily Rzeczpospolita and the education monthly Perspektywy.
Dynamic political, social, and economic changes accompanying Poland's democratisation have brought the University new opportunities and challenges. In the beginning of 21st century, University of Warsaw is moving forward with a plan to modernise its structure, organisation and curricula in an effort to prepare its faculties, students and graduates to function freely in the international community.
Today UW employs over 6,030 people, including 3,170 academic teacher and educates almost 55,400 undergraduate and graduate students. Each year about 17,000 young people enroll as students at the University of Warsaw. Their interest in studying at UW results above all from the University's prestige, something UW has earned through the high educational level it offers and the research work.
Facts and Figures
| No. of students: | 55,000* |
| No. of Administrative staff: | 6,000 |
| Funding type: | Public |
Master's Programmes
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Masters Programmes in English
- Executive MBA (MBA)
- International Economics (M.A.)
- Political Science (M.A.)
- Philosophy of Being, Cognition and Value (M.A.)
- Warsaw International Studies in Psychology (M.A.)
- American Studies (M.A.)
- Archeology & Bioarchaeology (M.A.)
- Chemistry (M.Sc.)
- Development Economics (M.A.)
- Geo-information Science and Earth Observation for Environmental Modelling and Management (M.A.)
- International Business Program (M.A.)
- International Relations (M.A.)
- Quantitative Finance (M.A.)
- Environmental Management (M.A.)
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Faculty of Chemistry
- Chemistry (M.A.)
Student Life
The main campus of the University of Warsaw is in downtown Warsaw, in Krakowskie Przedmie´scie. It comprises several historic palaces, most of which had been nationalized in the 19th century. The chief buildings include:
* Kazimierzowski Palace (Palac Kazimierzowski) - the seat of the rector and the senate;
* the Old Library (Stary BUW) - since recent refurbishment, a secondary lecture building;
* the Main School (Szkola Glówna) - former seat of the Main School until the January 1863 Uprising, later the faculty of biology; now, since its refurbishment, the seat of the institute of archaeology;
* Auditorium Maximum - the main lecture hall, with seats for several hundred students.
There is also the New Library (Nowy BUW) - an impressive new building with spectacular roof gardens as well as several smaller campuses elsewhere in the city, most notably the physical and chemical center in Banacha Street (ulica Banacha), where the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Mechanics (MIM) is located.
The University of Warsaw owns a total of 126 buildings. Further construction and a vigorous renovation program are underway at the main campus.
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