University of Warsaw (UW) is the leading university in Poland and an important, internationally recognized research centre, featured by prestigious international rankings. Founded in 1816, the University of Warsaw has a long tradition to build on, with its graduates including recognized scholars and writers, also Nobel Prize winners. UW strives to combine this tradition with modernity, of which a good example is a growing offer of interdisciplinary programmes, offered also in English (5 BA and 18 MA programmes) and other foreign languages, or the construction of the Centre of New Technologies to support academic research. Active international cooperation is one of the main objectives of the UW strategy, which makes it actively participate in the Erasmus+ and Erasmus Mundus programmes through around 1500 bilateral agreements. The University of Warsaw consists of 20 faculties and 30 other independent teaching and research units offering a wide range of programmes covering Humanities, Physical, Life, Social and Computer Sciences. With almost 50 000 students and 3600 academic staff, the University of Warsaw is also the biggest Polish higher education institution. The BA Programmes offered fully in English are the following:
- American Studies,
- Archaeology,
- Quantitative Finance,
- International Relations,
- Philosophy.
