University of Warsaw

University of Warsaw is the leading university in Poland and an important,internationally recognized research centre, featured by prestigiousinternational rankings. Founded in 1816, the University of Warsaw has a longtradition to build on, with its graduates including recognized scholars andwriters, also Nobel Prize winners. With over 42 000 students and 3 800 academicstaff, the University of Warsaw is also the biggest Polish higher educationinstitution. Active international cooperation is one of the main objectives ofthe UW strategy, which makes it actively participate in the Erasmus+ andErasmus Mundus programmes.

UW strives to combine tradition with modernity. It constantly renovates theeducation system through the synergy of research and teaching, and cooperationwith the environment. Examples include promotion of active learning methods andentrepreneurial attitudes (including Service Learning, Career Clinic, SkillBox, Spin Off Academy, summer schools), supporting bottom-up teachinginnovations, international cooperation and development of joint / double degreestudies, promoting student mobility, cooperating with external stakeholders,involving practitioners in teaching, applied diploma theses. It is planned todevelop study programmes in English based on the formula of individualizeddidactic and research paths, as well as to develop and implement a system fortransferring the results of the latest research and research trends toeducational programs.

The University of Warsaw consists of 24 faculties and 30 other independentteaching and research units offering a wide range of programmes in humanities,social, exact and natural sciences and numerous interdisciplinary programmes.Among over 100 Bachelors and long-cycle programmes, there are nine Bachelors study programmes offered fully in English:

• American Studies
• Archeology
• English Studies
• European Politics and Economics
• Finance, International Investment and Accounting
• International Relations
• International Studies in Philosophy
• Political Science
• Psychology (uniform Master’s cycle)

Further information: en.uw.edu.pl/education/degree-programmes-1st-2nd-and-long-cycle-studies-bachelor-and-master/