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List of universities in Poland

List of universities in Poland

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This is a list of universities in Poland. In total, there are approximately 457 universities and collegiate-level institutions of higher education in Poland, including 131 government-funded and 326 privately owned universities, with almost 2 million enrolled students as of 2010.[1] According to the March 18, 2011 Act of the Polish Parliament, the universities are divided into categories based on their legal status and level of authorization.[2]

There are forty publicly funded and two private universities considered classical, granting doctoral degrees on top of bachelor's and master's degrees in at least ten fields of knowledge. The remaining universities are divided according to their educational profile usually reflected in their differing names. Academy is used for institutions which focus on fine arts, music and drama. The technical universities specialize in engineering and the physical sciences. (The name refers to the subjects taught; they are not technical schools.)

In total, there are 24 cities in Poland,[3] with between one and eight state-funded universities each.[4] Among the top are Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań, Łódź and Wrocław.[5] The Polish names of listed universities are given in brackets, followed by a standard abbreviation (if commonly used or if existent). Note that some of the institutions might choose to translate their own name as university in English, even if they do not officially have the Polish-language equivalent name of uniwersytet.

Density of collegiate-level institutions of higher education across Poland

Public universities

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Technical universities

Business schools

Teacher universities

  • Academy of Special Education in Warsaw (Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej w Warszawie)
  • Jan Długosz University (Akademia im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie)
  • Pedagogical University of Cracow (Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. K.E.N. w Krakowie)
  • Pomeranian Academy in Słupsk (Akademia Pomorska w Słupsku)

Life sciences

Colleges of physical education

Specialist universities

Medical universities and colleges

Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin

Business schools

Universities of economics

  • WSB University in Dąbrowa Górnicza ( Akademia WSB, previously Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Dąbrowie Górniczej, WSB)

Academies of music

Academies of theatre and film

Academies of fine arts

Universities of social sciences

SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Theological universities

Maritime universities

Military universities

Non-public universities

Former universities and colleges in Poland

See also

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    Central Statistical Office (Poland): Studenci szkół wyższych (łącznie z cudzoziemcami) na dzień 30 XI 2008. Number of students at Poland's institutions of higher education, as of 30 November 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2012. (in Polish)
  2. [2]
    Ustawa z dnia 27 lipca 2005 r. – Prawo o szkolnictwie wyższym, Dziennik Ustaw, 2005, No.164, pos.1365. Legal Act of Polish Parliament. ISAP. Retrieved 13 June 2012. (in Polish)
  3. [3]
    "Ośrodki akademickie" [Academic centres]. Uczelnie publiczne i niepubliczne (see: left-hand column). Uczelnie.net. 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. [4]
    MNSW. "Wykaz uczelni publicznych nadzorowanych przez Ministra właściwego ds. szkolnictwa wyższego - publiczne uczelnie akademickie" [List of public universities in Poland, by Ministry of Science and Higher Education] (PDF file, direct download). Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego. Retrieved 30 September 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |format= (help)
  5. [5]
    Zadroga, Aneta (10 March 2008). "Studia w liczbach: Warszawa bije Kraków" [University studies in numbers: Warsaw beats Krakow]. Gazeta Wyborcza. Gazeta.pl, Kraków. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Studia Prawo". Wyższa Szkoła Prawa (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
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