Maria Curie-Skłodowska University

Maria Curie-Sklodowska University

Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie
Established	October 23, 1944
Rector	prof. Radosław Dobrowolski
Students	25,192
Address	Pl. M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 5, 20-031 , Lublin , Poland
Affiliations	Erasmus EU FP5 and FP6 Gruntvig LINGUA Jean Monnet for Poland Baltic University Programme Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program
Website	www.umcs.pl/en

Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (MCSU) (Template:Lang-pl, 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 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
• Off-Campus Branch in Pulawy

Notable alumni

• Henryk Cioch (1951–2017), lawyer
• Zyta Gilowska (1949–2016), economist and politician
• Stanisław Michalkiewicz (born 1947), politician and activist
• Maciej Płaza (born 1976), writer and translator
• Jarosław Stawiarski (born 1963), politician
• Roman Szporluk (born 1933), Ukrainian and American historian, professor emeritus, doctor of historical sciences

Gallery

• 
  Marie Curie Monument in Lublin
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  Building of the Department of Humanities
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  The Faculty of Polish Philology
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  View of the Rector's Office
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  Institute of Information Technology
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  The main building of Marie Curie University as viewed from Sowińskiego St

External links

• Official website