International position
Taking into account the total number of research universities that reaches 20 thousand, the University of Warsaw is among the top 3% of the world’s best universities. According to international rankings, it also is the best university in Poland and one of the leading ones in this region of Europe. In addition, the University of Warsaw holds very good positions in comparative evaluations of the quality of education, in particular study programmes, such as the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Ranking and Eduniversal Best Masters and MBA Worldwide. 17 programmes provided by UW have been listed in QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021. 9 subjects run by UW were ranked in the Shanghai Ranking of Academic Subjects 2021 (Physics and Mathematics were ranked 76-100 worldwide).
The quality of education
The quality of education at the University of Warsaw is confirmed by the annual appraisals conducted by the university itself which show that the majority of students are satisfied with their selection of the university and the education programme. The University’s strongest points are: its prestige, development opportunities, the study environment. The quality of education is also confirmed by research conducted with the University’s graduates. The University of Warsaw conducts the largest research enterprise of its kind in Europe by monitoring the careers of former students. Results demonstrate that having a diploma from the University of Warsaw is a definite asset in the job market; 94% of respondents have found employment after graduation.
The broad offer
Approximately 40,000 people study at the University of Warsaw (1st, 2nd and long cycle studies, doctoral programmes and post-diploma courses). The candidates are offered a very broad range of courses in the fields of humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, as well as many interdisciplinary courses combining knowledge and skills of many disciplines:
· The UW encompasses 25 faculties and over 30 research units.
· a wide choice of programmes of 1st, 2nd cycle studies, and long cycle Master’s studies,
· 44 English-language programmes,
· programmes of doctoral studies in 4 Doctoral Schools (each doctoral candidate has an opportunity to follow a complete learning pathway in English)
· over 100 post-diploma programmes,
· courses in 36 languages.
University of research
The leading concepts of the University’s activity are the unity of teaching and research, and the harmonious development of all branches of knowledge represented in its curriculum. The University employs nearly 4,000 scholars. Their scientific enquiry extends over 1,400 research topics; students who they concurrently teach have the opportunity of joining in their research projects. The University’s research teams have won worldwide recognition in many areas of knowledge and have joined international research programmes.
University graduates have won 6 Nobel Prize awards:
· Henryk Sienkiewicz, writer, winner of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded “because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer”,
· Czesław Miłosz, poet, prose writer, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature,
· Menachem Begin, prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978,
· Joseph Rotblat, physicist and radiobiologist, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995,
· Leonid Hurwicz, economist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2007, awarded “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory”,
· Olga Tokarczuk, prose writer, poet and psychologist, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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