Maria Curie-Skłodowska University

Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
Established	October 23, 1944
Rector	Andrzej Dąbrowski
Students	about 36,000
Location	Lublin, Poland
Affiliations	SOCRATES/ERASMUS, 5th and 6th EU Framework Programme, Gruntvig, Lingua, Jean Monnet for Poland, The Baltic University Programme, Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program
Website	www.umcs.lublin.pl
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Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (Polish: Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, UMCS) was founded October 23, 1944 in Lublin. It is named in honour of Marie Curie-Sklodowska.

Currently the number of students is almost 36,000. The university has 302 professors (157 full professors), 231 habilitated doctors, 826 senior lecturers, and 1829 teachers in total. Total staff is 3628.

To meet the growing demand for higher education, the university has recently established branches in other cities.

Rankings

In 2011 the Polish national daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita ranked the university 11th among Polish public universities (25).

Faculties

• Arts
• Biology and Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Economics
• Geosciences and Land Management
• Philosophy and Sociology
• Humanities
• Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science
• Pedagogy and Psychology
• Political Science
• Law and Administration

The main building of Marie Curie University as viewed from Sowińskiego St.

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External links

• Official Website