Uniwersytet Warszawski

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

The University of Warsaw

The University of Warsaw, established in 1816, is Poland's largest and finest university. In 2007 UW was declared number 1 in the rankings published by the national daily Rzeczpospolita, the education monthly Perspektywy, and the weekly news magazine Wprost. UW employs over 5800 people, including over 3000 academic teachers. The University educates over 55 500 undergraduate and graduate students.

Why is it worth studying at the University of Warsaw?
The University of Warsaw offers 37 major fields and over 100 specializations in the Humanities and Earth, Social, and Natural Sciences. Each year about 18 800 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 it is famed for all over the world.

The University is constantly tailoring its research programs and curricula to the changing world. UW students have easy access to the latest research and literature in each discipline they study. Moreover, UW's computer infrastructure, without which a modern education is impossible, is ever being improved and expanded.

The University also owes its popularity to its highly qualified staff, including many eminent personalities. UW scholars and scientists - notable among them the University's archaeologists, astronomers, biologists, and political scientists - regularly receive awards and win competitions for research grants. The University's high standing is also the work of its students: in 2007, for instance, UW computer science students won the world championship in computer programming.

International co-operation
The international reputation of the University of Warsaw is attested to by its regular co-operation with the most renowned educational institutions in a host of foreign countries. In 2007 over 160 universities from 49 countries of the world co-operated with UW through bilateral agreements, and over 330 were partners within the European Union's Erasmus programme. Over 1400 young people from over 170 countries have selected the University of Warsaw 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.

Fields of study in English

Fields of study in Polish

Facts & figures

Contact