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The University of Warsaw
The most prestigious University in Poland is the University of Warsaw (though Krakovians will fight you to the death to defend their beloved UJ’s honour). Founded in 1816, the University may be young by European standards, but its existence arose out of necessity; with Poland partitioned by three empires, Warsaw was separated from the academic centre of Poland, Krakow, and needed its own academic institution to match that of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow. During the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw, the School of Law and the Medical School were first established. After Warsaw came under the Russian Empire's yoke again, Czar Alexander I permitted the Polish authorities to create a university in 1816, consisting of five faculties: Law and Administration, Medicine, Philosophy, Theology and Art and Humanities. The University quickly became the premier academic institution in Russian Poland, though it was closed and reopened several times by the Russian authorities, as the faculty and students tended to take part in uprisings. The University remained largely in foreign hands and limited in its activities until Poland gained its independence after the First World War, and the University was completely restructured into a modern Polish academic institution.
By the 1930s, Warsaw University was the largest university in Poland, and its level of education had reached a western European level. During the Second World War, the Nazi authorities closed all Polish institutions of higher education. Despite this ban, underground education continued on an incredible scale, and by 1944 there were more than 300 lecturers and 3,500 students attending the "Secret Warsaw University." Unfortunately, the Warsaw Uprising resulted not only in the physical destruction of the University, but in the loss of most of the faculty and students. After the end of the War, the University was reorganized once again, this time with the "help" of Soviet authorities. In December 1945 lectures were resumed in the ruins of the campus and the buildings were gradually rebuilt.
Education in Poland during communism was similar to education in most of the other Soviet Bloc countries; heavy censorship, arrests by secret police, and general weariness of students from the authorities was the norm, especially before 1956. At the same time, universities were most often the centres of protests and actions of defiance. In 1968, outbreaks of student demonstrations in Warsaw were brutally crushed by the militia and groups of workers, resulting in many expulsions, firings, and exile for some.
Since 1989, Warsaw University has remained not only the largest university in the country, but a leading academic institution in Europe. The main part of the campus can be found on the Krakowskie Przedmiescie street, a stone's throw from the Royal Castle and the Old Town. If you walk through the historic campus towards the Vistula, you're bound to run into the brand new Warsaw University Library, a stunning building with a gorgeous roof-top botanical garden ...and the books are pretty too!
Today, the University consists of 18 faculties, 16 libraries, 126 total buildings (and growing yearly), as well as several other units and institutions, and awards Licencjats (the equivalent of a Bachelor's) and Master's degrees, and Ph.D.s as well as professorships.
Other Universities in Warsaw
In addition to Warsaw University, several other prestigious universities call the city home:
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University: website
Academy of National Defense: website
Warsaw School of Economics: website
Warsaw University of Life Science: website
Warsaw University of Technology (Politechnika Warszawska): website
English-Language Studies in Warsaw
Warsaw would seem like the ideal city to get your Master's in: tuition is far less than in, say, the U.S. (not to mention the cost of living while you're a student), the student atmosphere is immense and fantastic, and the nightlife will definitely compete with your precious studying time. Add a bunch of first-rate institutions in the city and why would you want to study anywhere else? Oh right - Polish. But fear not, even if your Polish language skills are not up to par with a 3rd grader, much less a university student, many Warsaw universities offer classes and even whole graduate and postgraduate programmes in English, French, or German. Several Warsaw universities also cooperate with Erasmus and Socrates exchange programmes all over Europe.
Warsaw University offers several courses in English, including:
Degree programmes:
o American Studies
o Executive MBA
o International Business Program
o International MBA Program
o M.A. Program in International Economics
o M.A. Program in European Finance and Banking
o M.A. Program in Development Economics
o M.A. Program in International Relations
o M.A. Program in Political Science
o M.A. Program in European Studies
o 5-year M.A. Psychology Program
And non-degree programmes:
o School of Polish Law
o Promoting Poland
o Polish Studies in English
o Warsaw Program for Jewish Studies
In addition, the College of Europe, founded in 1949, is an independent university institute of postgraduate European studies with campuses in Bruges, Belgium and Natolin (Warsaw). Courses are taught in English and French: website
The Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) offers Master's studies in International Business: website
The Warsaw University of Technology offers many courses in English, with more details on their website. In addition, the Warsaw University of Technology's Business School offers an MBA programme in English: website
Be sure to check back here often, because as Warsaw becomes more and more an international city, new programmes will be offered in English to draw an array of international and exchange students to our lively city! | | | |
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Germany
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Jordan
Mar.27.2008
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United States
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Jamaica
Feb.03.2008
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Bangladesh
Jan.28.2008
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| | "I need to know more about MBA programme in your institution" | Ekemezie Ogochukwunn
Nigeria
Jan.22.2008
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| | "am an undergraduate student of fedral polytechnic oko in anambra state nigeria wishing to further my educational career in your institution,i want to know the possibility and the school requirement for that,also iwant to know the period of yopur admission.thanks" | ofokansi wilfred okechukwu
Nigeria
Jan.07.2008
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| | " Please how can i be enroll as a master student in your institution and what is the requirement as well as fee and scholarship packages available.pls i urgently need an a response to enroll in this prestigious institution " | daniel amoako sakyi
Ghana
Dec.24.2007
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Ghana
Dec.24.2007
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I am Mister Oladimeji Babalola from Nigeria in West africa,I am interested
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Nigeria
Dec.13.2007
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| | "Salam nd Hi sir i surff ur websit nd i got knowledge. Sir marely i say that i want to take admission in warsaw..... soooo sir plz tell me the right way for admission in warsw colleges.I Wait for ur respose.........
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Pakistan
Dec.10.2007
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| | "i got information about this dear citadel and i will happy if admission favours me.thanks" | olawusi emmanuel
Nigeria
Dec.06.2007
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| | "i go through your site and i love what i saw,i will like you to send me your entry requirement for 2008 admission please." | adeyemi a anthony
Nigeria
Dec.05.2007
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| | "hello dear sir madam
im hicham come from morocco im interetsed about warsaw city and the study there coz i have meet a friend from there so i decdie to study there but i wonder hwo to aply for the undergraduets school and if there is private school ?
and the progrrames are they in english or in polsih ?
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Morocco
Dec.02.2007
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| | "after going through your site i will like to study in your unoversityin the coming session 2008 i will like to send me the requirment." | uchai chukwuma
Nigeria
Dec.01.2007
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| | "Greetings, we only offer information on the University of Warsaw and other universities in the city, but we do not represent them. If you have specific questions about admission please contact the universities directly. You can find their contact information on the websites linked above. Thank you,
The Warsaw Life Team" | Warsaw Life
Poland
Nov.06.2007
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| | "Hey Liam, perhaps you should learn English first before studying Polish..." | Kent
United Kingdom
Nov.06.2007
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| | "l lowe learn polish languages in poland can u help me what l have to do thanks l live in k
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United Kingdom
Nov.05.2007
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| | "i will love to know your requirement for next admission session" | Onyebuchi Arinze Sampson
Nigeria
Oct.24.2007
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| | "hi i read about your institution.i like it,so how do apply for admission for the forth coming admssion.i wants to do my postgraduate course on information system technology." | NWOSU TOCHIKWU C.
Nigeria
Oct.09.2007
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| | "I have read the Infos in your website. I will like to do an Undergraduate Course in your University. Please how do I go about the admission. How do I get the application Form?" | Virginus Njoku
Nigeria
Oct.02.2007
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| | "I JUST FINISH MY HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN NIGERIA AND I WILL LIKE STUDY POLITICAL SCIENCE IN YOUR SCHOOL. PLEASE TELL ME THE REQUIREMENTS AND TUITON FEE" | OKEKE ANTHONY CHUKWUNONSO
Nigeria
Oct.02.2007
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| | "i have teken time to read about the school,the school is one of the best.i want to apply for an undergraduate." | lamidi owolabi afeez
Nigeria
Sep.28.2007
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| | "I am a graduate student and i want to take an admition in International Relations in October session please tell me how can i admit, fee for this course and visa applying system.I am waiting for your email. " | Khuram Shahzad Butt
Pakistan
Sep.06.2007
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| | "i want to study master degree in psychology in warsaw university.i have passed master degree in population with first division in tribhuvan university,nepal." | ramraj dhamala
Nepal
Aug.23.2007
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| | "i want to study master degree in psychology in warsaw university." | ramraj dhamala
Nepal
Aug.23.2007
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| | """i checked the website,please i want to apply foe an undergraduate course starting in october,what can i do,thanks." "
" | OJIMADU JAMES CHINEDU
Nigeria
Aug.13.2007
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| | ""i checked the website,please i want to apply foe an undergraduate course starting in october,what can i do,thanks."
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Belarus
Aug.04.2007
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| | "i checked the website,please i want to apply foe an undergraduate course starting in october,what can i do,thanks." | Senaike Adekunle
Nigeria
Jul.30.2007
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| | "I went through the site of this University and became interested to join MBA. How can I apply for the spring session?" | Rajan Adhikari
Nepal
Jul.19.2007
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| | "I would love to study in Warsaw university this coming February.How do I go about it and what help can you give me to that regard?" | Christian Mathew
Nigeria
Jul.16.2007
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| | "I would like to study at your college for this comming session so please inform me as early as possible that what are the requirements to be admitted.
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Nepal
Jul.01.2007
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| | "iam sakib.i like warsaw university.iam from bangladeshi want to know about. more and more.good wishes." | sakib
United States
Jun.22.2007
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| | "Don't you guys get it that this is not a university homepage? Well and I guess you guys should also improve your English before you start to study in English..
Regards,
Tiago" | Tiago
Portugal
Jun.18.2007
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| | "i waite for addmistion in law
i am like the poland" | irfan ali
Pakistan
Jun.11.2007
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| | "i will like to study about banking and finance in your school i don,t know whether it is possible" | okoro jethro
Nigeria
May.26.2007
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| | "I will want to get admission into your school as a computer graduate.What are the requirements" | Okoro Kizito Ugochukwu
Nigeria
May.25.2007
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| | "AM INTERESTED IN GETTING ADMISSION INTO THE SCHOOL BUT I WILL LIKE TO KNOE THE REQUIREMENTS." | OKOYE ALEXANDER TOCHUKWU
Nigeria
May.20.2007
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| | "what are the admission requirement " | theophilus okonoboh
Nigeria
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Nigeria
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