Prezentacja-Uw en Main 2024

The University of Warsaw was founded in 1816.
Today, it is the largest university and the best

research centre in Poland.
www.en.uw.edu.pl
UW – Facts and Figures
▪ UW holds 1st place in national university rankings
▪ belongs to 3% top universities in the world according to Times

Higher Education, Quacquarelli Symonds, and ARWU rankings;
Shanghai’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023
includes 7 disciplines at the UW, with physics and mathematics
ranked highest (101–150)
▪ is a member of the 4EU+ Alliance, which has the status

of a European university granted by the European Commission
▪ has the status of a research university for the years 2020–2026

due to taking 1st place in the competition of the Ministry
of Science and Higher Education “Initiative Excellence
– Research University”
▪ holds the “HR Excellence in Research” distinction awarded

by the European Commission
6 future Nobel Prize winners studied at UW
Nobel Memorial Prize

Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Peace Prize
in Economic Sciences
▪ Henryk Sienkiewicz
▪ Menachem Begin
▪ Czesław Miłosz ▪ Leonid Hurwicz
▪ Józef Rotblat
▪ Olga Tokarczuk
UW Community
8,090 employees
4,106 academic teachers
1,742 doctoral candidates
36,300 students of first-, second-, and full-cycle studies
3,662 international students and doctoral candidates
2,116 postgraduate students
over 8,000 graduates per year

25 Faculties
▪ Faculty of Applied Linguistics ▪ Faculty of Law and Administration

▪ Faculty of Applied Social Sciences ▪ Faculty of Management
and Resocialisation ▪ Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics
▪ Faculty of Archaeology and Mechanics
▪ Faculty of „Artes Liberales” ▪ Faculty of Medicine
▪ Faculty of Biology ▪ Faculty of Modern Languages
▪ Faculty of Chemistry ▪ Faculty of Oriental Studies
▪ Faculty of Culture and Arts ▪ Faculty of Philosophy
▪ Faculty of Economic Sciences ▪ Faculty of Physics
▪ Faculty of Education ▪ Faculty of Polish Studies
▪ Faculty of Geography and Regional ▪ Faculty of Political Science
Studies and International Studies
▪ Faculty of Geology ▪ Faculty of Psychology
▪ Faculty of History ▪ Faculty of Sociology
▪ Faculty of Journalism, Information
and Book Studies
First-, Second-, and Full-
Cycle Studies
▪ programmes in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences
▪ programmes with elements of medical sciences and engineering
▪ interdisciplinary studies in humanities and social sciences

(MISH), and sciences and natural sciences (MISMaP, MSOŚ)
▪ 42 programmes in English
▪ over 20 double or multiple degree programmes run jointly with

foreign universities
▪ PEU/RPL (Confirmation of Learning Outcomes) – possibile

shortening of studies by passing selected subjects on the basis of
knowledge and skills previously acquired at work, in courses and
trainings
The UW offers the education that graduates find
94% to be an asset
t on the job market – according
to research, 94% of UW alumni find employment
within a year after graduation.
Study Programmes in English
▪ Adult Education and Developmental Activities Design (second- ▪ International Economics (second-cycle)
cycle) ▪ International Legal Communication (second-cycle)
▪ Applied Multilingual and Multicultural Studies (second-cycle) ▪ International Management and Intercultural Communication –
▪ African Studies (second-cycle) Global MBA (second-cycle)
▪ American Studies (first-, second-cycle) ▪ International Relations (first-, second-cycle)
▪ Archaeology (first-, second-cycle) ▪ International Studies in Philosophy (first-cycle)
▪ Business and Management (first-cycle) ▪ Machine Learning (second-cycle)
▪ Chemistry (second-cycle) ▪ Master in Food System
▪ Cognitive Science (second-cycle) ▪ Migration Studies and New Societies (second-cycle)
▪ Data Science and Business Analytics (second-cycle) ▪ Oriental Studies – Inner Asia: Mongolian and Tibetan Studies
▪ English Studies – Linguistics (first-, second-cycle) (second-cycle)
▪ English Studies – Literature and Culture (first-, second-cycle) ▪ Physics (second-cycle)
▪ EU Energy and Climate Law (second-cycle) ▪ Political Science (first-, second-cycle)
▪ European Politics and Economics (first-cycle) ▪ Psychology (full-cycle)
▪ Finance, International Investment and Accounting ▪ Quantitative Finance (second-cycle)
(first-cycle) ▪ Quantum Physics and Chemistry – Individual Research Studies
▪ Global Environment and Development (second-cycle) (second-cycle)
▪ History of Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations (second-cycle) ▪ Religions of Asia and Africa: Buddhism, Islam and Others
▪ Humanitarian Action (second-cycle) (second-cycle)
▪ Interdisciplinary Studies on Social Change: Mediterranean and ▪ Social and Public Policy (first-cycle)
Other European Borderlands (second-cycle) ▪ Sustainable Development (second-cycle)
▪ International Business Program (second-cycle) ▪ Teaching English to Young Learners (second-cycle)
Doctoral Schools and
Postgraduate Studies
▪ 4 doctoral schools offering education in Polish and English:

▪ Doctoral School of Humanites
▪ Doctoral School of Social Sciences
▪ Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences
▪ Interdisciplinary Doctoral School
▪ around 100 postgraduate programmes, including:
▪ Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration)
▪ School of Education – full-time studies for future teachers,
a programme developed with Columbia University and run by
the UW and the Polish-American Freedom Foundation
Other Forms of Education
▪ Open University courses:

▪ approximately 300 in each of the three trimesters,
▪ available to participants aged 16 and over, taught
by academics
▪ courses and training to develop professional competences
▪ language courses and language certification examinations
▪ classes for children and adolescents
Research University
▪ research university status for 2020–2026

▪ PLN967mln subsidy from the Ministry of Science
and Higher Education for maintaining teaching and research
potential
▪ over 1,700 national and international grants
▪ 8 disciplines with the A+ category
Excellence Initiative
– Research University
▪ the UW receives additional funding between 2020 and 2026

▪ 5 priority research areas:
▪ Research for the Earth
▪ At the core of micro and macro world
▪ The petabyte challenge
▪ Extending boundaries of the humanitites
▪ In search of regional solutions to global challenges
▪ 70 activites including programmes to support the development
of employees, doctoral candidates and university students
▪ the UW was assessed positively during the 2023 mid-term
evaluation of the programme
Sources of Research Fundings
▪ programmes of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (within 2023 –

272 projects)
▪ grants from the National Science Centre (987 projects)
▪ grants from the National Centre for Research and Development

(10 projects)
▪ projects financed by the Łukasiewicz Research Network PORT

– Virtual Research Institute (2 projects)
▪ other national sources, e.g. projects commissioned by Bank PKO SA,

Advanced Industrial Technologies Sp. z o.o., City of Ostrołęka, Capital City of
Warsaw (53 projects)
▪ European Union framework programmes: Horizon 2020 (54 projects),

Horizon Europe (66 projects)
▪ other international programmes, e.g. European Molecular Biology

Organisation, International Visegrad Fund, Polish-German Foundation for
Science, Rothschild Foundation, DeepMind Technologies Limited
European Research Council
Grants
▪ funded by the EU Framework Programmes
▪ 33 ERC grants were awarded to UW employees between 2007

and 2023; in total, researchers working in Poland received 81 ERC
grants during this period
▪ one grant was awarded to a foreign researcher, who decided to

carry out his project at the UW
▪ UW grants in 4 categories: Starting, Consolidator, Advanced,

Proof of Concept
▪ areas covered by the projects: algorithms, anthropology,

archaeology, astronomy, chemistry, economics, physics, history,
cultural studies, cryptography, linguistics, logic, sociology
▪ the UW is a partner in 2 ERC-funded projects coordinated

by the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the University of Oxford
International Research
Programmes
▪ UW researchers participate in 4 EU communities of the

European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT)
▪ EIT Food – Knowledge and Innovation Community

in the area of food
▪ EIT Climate – Knowledge and Innovation Community

on climate change
▪ EIT Raw Materials – Knowledge and Innovation

Community in the area of raw materials
▪ EIT Health/EIT Health InnoStars – Knowledge and

Innovation Community in the area of innovation
in medicine and healthcare
▪ the UW hosts the Center for Quantum Optical Technologies

(QOT) International Research Agenda, established in
collaboration with the University of Oxford
The UW has implemented university-wide programmes for
development: t
▪ Multiannual Programme of the University of Warsaw (2016–2027)
▪ The University’s Integrated Development Programme – ZIP (2018–2023)
Multiannual Programme
▪ investments that serve to create the right conditions

for the University’s development
▪ objectives:
▪ developing research in humanities and social

sciences, strengthening interdepartamental
cooperation, conducting interdisciplinary projects
▪ developing mobility of academics, doctoral

candidates and students
▪ supporting initiatives that take into account

cooperation with social and economic enviroment
▪ creating the centre for popularisation of science,

training, expertise, and lifelong learning
▪ budget: PLN970mln
ZIP Programme
▪ objectives:
▪ improving the quality of teaching
▪ enriching the offer of doctoral education
▪ developing competences of students and employees
▪ modernising management
▪ 150 teaching projects and 1450 training events enhancing

competences of UW employees, doctoral candidates and
students
▪ budget: over PLN41mln from the Operational Programme

Knowledge Education Development (EFS)
▪ the programme was completed on 31st December 2023

International
Cooperation
▪ more than 1,000 national and international

partners
t
▪ more than 380 partners cooperating with the UW
under direct cooperation agreements
▪ approx. 600 universitites cooperating with the UW

within the Erasmus+ programme
▪ nearly 90 international scientific societies

and networks, including the UW as a member
▪ membership of the 4EU+ Alliance,

which has the status of a European University
4EU+ Alliance
▪ In 2019, the 4EU+ Alliance was awarded a European

University status in the European Commission’s “European
Universities” competition for 2019–2022
▪ In 2022, One Comprehensive Research European

University (1CORE), a project of the 4EU+ Alliance, was
granted funds in the “European Universities” competition
organised by the European Commission under the
Erasmus+ programme
▪ The Alliance’s objectives:
▪ increasing the mobility of researchers, students

and administrative employees
▪ establishing a common framework for education
▪ fostering the integration of European higher

education and its sustainability
Flagship Programmes of 4EU+
▪ Health and democratic change in urban environment

▪ Europe in a changing world: understanding and engaging
societies, economies, cultures and languages
▪ Data – Models – Transformations
▪ Environmental transitions
Outreach
▪ UWRC sp. z o.o. – a special purpose vehicle supporting

the UW and its employees in the commercialisation
of the results of scientific work; 30 spin-off companies
have been created with the UWRC’s participation
▪ expert centres and laboratories offering services

to external institutions and companies: Biological
and Chemical Research Centre, Center for Forensic
Sciences, Centre for Political Analyses and Security
Studies
▪ Centre for Dialogue and Cooperation – a platform

for cooperation and communication between
the University and the socio-economic environment
▪ UW Incubator – supports students, doctoral candidates,

employees, and graduates in commencing their business
activities
University of Warsaw
Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
t
00-927 Warsaw
www.en.uw.edu.pl

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The University of Warsaw was founded in 1816.

Today, it is the largest university and the best

▪ UW holds 1st place in national university rankings

▪ belongs to 3% top universities in the world according to Times

▪ is a member of the 4EU+ Alliance, which has the status

▪ has the status of a research university for the years 2020–2026

▪ holds the “HR Excellence in Research” distinction awarded

Nobel Memorial Prize

4,106 academic teachers

1,742 doctoral candidates

36,300 students of first-, second-, and full-cycle studies

3,662 international students and doctoral candidates

2,116 postgraduate students

over 8,000 graduates per year

▪ Faculty of Applied Linguistics ▪ Faculty of Law and Administration

▪ programmes in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences

▪ programmes with elements of medical sciences and engineering

▪ interdisciplinary studies in humanities and social sciences

▪ over 20 double or multiple degree programmes run jointly with

▪ PEU/RPL (Confirmation of Learning Outcomes) – possibile

▪ 4 doctoral schools offering education in Polish and English:

▪ Open University courses:

▪ research university status for 2020–2026

▪ the UW receives additional funding between 2020 and 2026

▪ programmes of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (within 2023 –

▪ grants from the National Science Centre (987 projects)

▪ grants from the National Centre for Research and Development

▪ projects financed by the Łukasiewicz Research Network PORT

▪ other national sources, e.g. projects commissioned by Bank PKO SA,

▪ European Union framework programmes: Horizon 2020 (54 projects),

▪ other international programmes, e.g. European Molecular Biology

▪ funded by the EU Framework Programmes

▪ 33 ERC grants were awarded to UW employees between 2007

▪ one grant was awarded to a foreign researcher, who decided to

▪ UW grants in 4 categories: Starting, Consolidator, Advanced,

▪ areas covered by the projects: algorithms, anthropology,

▪ the UW is a partner in 2 ERC-funded projects coordinated

▪ UW researchers participate in 4 EU communities of the

▪ EIT Food – Knowledge and Innovation Community

▪ EIT Climate – Knowledge and Innovation Community

▪ EIT Raw Materials – Knowledge and Innovation

▪ EIT Health/EIT Health InnoStars – Knowledge and

▪ the UW hosts the Center for Quantum Optical Technologies

▪ investments that serve to create the right conditions

▪ developing research in humanities and social

▪ developing mobility of academics, doctoral

▪ supporting initiatives that take into account

▪ creating the centre for popularisation of science,

▪ 150 teaching projects and 1450 training events enhancing

▪ budget: over PLN41mln from the Operational Programme

▪ the programme was completed on 31st December 2023

▪ more than 1,000 national and international

▪ approx. 600 universitites cooperating with the UW

▪ nearly 90 international scientific societies

▪ membership of the 4EU+ Alliance,

▪ In 2019, the 4EU+ Alliance was awarded a European

▪ In 2022, One Comprehensive Research European

▪ The Alliance’s objectives:

▪ increasing the mobility of researchers, students