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Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan

Overview

Established (year): 1919

Type: Public University

Main specialization(s): Education English studies Language and literature studies

Rector: prof. dr hab. Andrzej Lesicki

Students (total): 43.20 thousand

Website: Adam Mickiewicz University Homepage

Profile - Short Description Profile

Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznaÅ„ is the major academic institution in PoznaÅ„ and one of the top Polish universities. Its reputation is founded on tradition, the outstanding achievements of the faculty and the attractive curriculum offered to students.
In addition to its facilities in PoznaÅ„, it has campuses in Gniezno, Kalisz, PiÅ‚a and SÅ‚ubice/Franfurt-Oder.

Students may choose between 180 possible professional specialisations. In recent years the educational offer has become increasingly diverse. New educational projects include: integrated studies in humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and program carried out in cooperation with other institutions both in Poland and abroad.

International Student Education at AMU Consists of:

• AMU PreMed Medical Study Course
• School of Polish Language and Culture for Foreign Students
• Summer School of Polish Language and Culture
• English intensive preparatory courses for further study
• BA, MA and PhD Degree Programs
• AMU-PIE: A YEAR AT AMU that co-ordinates nearly 300 regular courses on a variety of subjects taught in English, and some in French and Spanish (among others)

Highlights

AMU has been ranked among Top 3 Universities in Poland for the last 5 years
AMU has secured third place in the prestigious ranking of Higher Education Perspectives and the Republic for 2010
Advanced research opportunities are provided to students through 25 research projects that are funded by the 6th European Union Framework Program for Research and Technological
AMU has the largest population of students with disabilities in Poland
The University currently employs nearly 3,000 teaching staff, including 264 tenured professors, 439 associate professors and 1617 adjunct professors with the Ph.D. title and senior lecturers

The history of AMU

On October 28, 1611, under the Royal Charter granted by King Sigismund III Vasa, the Jesuit College became the first university in PoznaÅ„. The document was then affirmed with charters issued by King John II Casimir in 1650 and King John III Sobieski in 1678. Based on these charters, the university had the right to grant MA and Ph.D. degrees. The inauguration ceremony of the first academic year at the newly founded Piast University of the (the initial name of the University of PoznaÅ„; its current name was adopted on December 24, 1955) took place on May 7, 1919, i.e. 308 years after the university had been formally established by the Polish king. The day happened to be the 400th anniversary of the foundation of the LubraÅ„ski Academy, which did not hold the status of a university but is considered the spiritual predecessor of the Piast University.

The first faculty to begin educational activity immediately after the ceremony was the multidisciplinary Faculty of Philosophy, established on April 4, 1919. On April 5, 1919, at the first Faculty Meeting, Professor Heliodor ÅšwiÄ™cicki was elected Rector of the University. The newly founded Piast University was supported by professors from Kraków, Lviv, Vilnius and Warsaw. In the years between WWI and WWII, the university (renamed the University of PoznaÅ„) thrived, educating students at five faculties in the following fields: law and economy, medicine, the humanities, mathematics and natural sciences, and agriculture and forestry. Every tenth university graduate in Poland received their degree at the University of PoznaÅ„.

In 1939, Germans immediately closed all Polish higher education institutions, including the University of PoznaÅ„. However, the determination and heroism of professors and academic youth allowed for educating over 2,000 students in underground-university courses. Since November 1940, the university functioned as the underground University of the Western Lands, whose founder and first rector was Professor Ludwik Jaxa-Bykowski. It was mainly composed of academic staff from the University of PoznaÅ„ but within only three years its structure expanded from two to six faculties. With the beginning of the Warsaw Uprising, the university had to suspend operations.

However, immediately after the cessation of hostilities in the city, the university resumed its activity, admitting 4,000 students. After several years, a number of faculties separated from the main university to form independent higher education schools: School of Medicine, School of Agriculture and School of Physical Education. The University of PoznaÅ„, renamed Adam Mickiewicz University in 1955, has survived the fragmentation of its structure, remained the main university in PoznaÅ„ and gradually grown in importance within the Polish education system. With the collapse of the contemporary political regime in 1989, the University gained new opportunities for development.

Study programmes

Area	Programme	Level	Mode of studies	Unit	Language
Social sciences	Balkan studies	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology, Collegium Maius	EN
Science	Biotechnology	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of Biology	EN
Technological sciences	Business information science	Bachelor Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science	EN
Science	Chemistry	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of Chemistry	EN
Humanities	Cultural studies	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Collegium Polonicum	EN
Humanities	English in public communication	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	English studies	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	English studies	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	English studies	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	English studies	Bachelor Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	English studies	Bachelor Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	English studies	Bachelor Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	English track	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Collegium Polonicum	EN
Science	Environmental protection	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of Biology	EN
Social sciences	Ethnology	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology	EN
Social sciences	International relations	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Collegium Polonicum	EN
Humanities	International relations	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of Political Science and Journalism	EN
Humanities	Journalism and social communication	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	Language and literature studies (conference interpreting)	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of Modern Languages	EN
Humanities	Language and literature studies (Dutch)	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	Language and literature studies (English and Celtic)	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	Language and literature studies (English and Celtic)	Bachelor Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	Language and literature studies (English)	Bachelor Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	Language and literature studies (translation)	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN
Humanities	Linguistics	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Institute of Linguistics	EN
Science	Mathematics	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of Mathematics	EN
Medical, health and sport sciences	Medicine	Non-degree programme	full-time programme	Faculty of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science	EN
Humanities	Mediterranean studies	Master's Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology	EN
Humanities	South African studies	Bachelor Programme	full-time programme	Faculty of English	EN

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