University of Warsaw, one of the oldest and largest universities in Poland, is a leading centre of education and research. With over 40 thousand students and almost 3 thousand academic staff, it provides excellent opportunities for both studies and career development.
The university was founded in 1816 as the Warsaw Lyceum by Stanisław Staszic, a prominent Polish statesman, patriot and scientist. It was the first institution of higher learning in Congress Poland – an autonomous Polish territory within the Russian Empire. Initially, the lyceum focused on teaching mathematics and physics, but soon expanded its curriculum to include other natural sciences, humanities and social sciences. In 1818-19 it was renamed to Main School (Szkoła Główna), and in 1825 – to Main School of Fine Arts (Szkoła Główna Sztuk Pięknych).
After Poland’s November Insurrection of 1830-31 against Russia ended in defeat, all Polish institutions of higher learning were closed down by the Tsarist authorities. The university was reopened in 1862 as a Russian imperial university under the name Imperial University of Warsaw (Императорский Варшавский университет), after Poland had been partitioned between Russia, Prussia and Austria in 1795. During World War I most campuses were evacuated to Rostov-on-Don in Russia; however some activity continued throughout the war at small clandestine campuses such as “Little Warsaw” near Kiev which educated about 1% of total pre-war student population. After Poland regained independence following WWI, campus activities resumed at full scale under newly independent nation’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education headed by Wojciech Trąmpczyński who decided to rename school again into “Warsaw Higher School” (Wyższa Szkoła Warszawska). However this renaming did not last long as just three years later school was once more named “Imperial University”, only to be given back its original name “University Of Warsaw” right before World War II started with Nazi German Invasion Of Poland on September 1st 1939 resulting also eventually into complete shutdown for rest of WWII period until 1944 when Soviet Army pushed Nazi troops out from east side territories they have occupied since 1941 including city of Warsaw itself .
School’s post war history includes changes such as moving main campus from downtown area into newly built Ochota district where it stands today since 1955 even though few departments still remain at downtown locations due legal agreements made with city government during communism era or because new buildings were not ready yet at time when move took place . Also much like many other European schools University Of Warsaw experienced rapid growth starting from late 60s well into early 90s becoming one Among many large multi campus universities on continent ,with multiple thousands students attending each year . Since 2010 number has been around 50 000 undergraduate students with close to 10% being international coming from countries such as China , Ukraine , Vietnam or Belarus with majority however still representing various regions within Poland itself .
Academically speaking University offers wide range courses spread across multiple faculties including: Faculty Of Physics , Chemistry And Earth Sciences , Faculty Of Biology And Environmental Protection , Faculty Of Mathematics And Information Science , Faculty Social Sciences , Humanities And Arts As well As Faculties Dedicated To Management & Economics or Applied Linguistics & Slavic Philology among others totaling over 100 fields available for study . Many programs are also taught In English making university attractive destination not just for Poles but foreigners alike . Research conducted here covers vast array areas ranging form hard sciences such medicine & biology towards more interdisciplinary fields involving social aspects like political science combined together With economics giving rise to numerous think tanks that operate on behalf UW premises giving access To latest findings By their employees For general public via events open To all or media coverage .
In 2019 Times Higher Education ranked University 11th among top Universities established Within past century putting It ahead Institutions like Brown Or Sorbonne While Quacquarelli Symonds currently ranks It 76th within Europe & 245th globally out 600+ schools considered For comparison purposes making It one highest scoring Schools coming from Central & Eastern Europe region while simultaneously being cheapest option When compared Tuition fees charged By Western equivalents With similar levels prestige attached To them
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