Transcript Slajd 1 - Praktyki Erasmus WPIA UW

UNIVERSITY
OF WARSAW
UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW
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the largest and one of the best universities in
Poland
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flexible comprehensive university
- humanities, natural and pure sciences, social
sciences outreaching technical and medical
universities
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recognized by prestigious international
rankings such as the Academic Ranking of
World Universities (AKA Shanghai Ranking),
the QS Top Universities, the Times Higher
Education World University Rankings and the
CHE Excellence Group 2010 (subjects:
chemistry, physics)
STRATEGIC AIMS
KLIKNIJ,
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strong research teams with high international
standing
mobility of the students and academic staff;
foreign students and lecturers
quality of education
comprehensiveness – many programmes of
studies and research fields, adapted to the needs
of the labour market and innovative economics
and the civic society
active international collaboration in research and
teaching
gaining funds from various sources
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UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW
Dynamic, quality-based development
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modernisation and revitalisation
new infrastructure
new investments
campuses integration
country-based new projects
UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW
more than 61 000 students
including:
almost 33 000 full time students
almost 19 000 part-time students
more than 6500 postgraduate students
more than 3000 Ph.D. students
more than 6300 academic staff,
including:
almost 3300 academic teachers
(more than 830 professors)
THE UNIVERSITY IN FIGURES
The University collaborates with ca 1200
foreign institutions, including 390 partnerships
within the boundaries of more than 1000
Erasmus agreements and 200 partners from 52
countries within the boundaries of university
agreements on direct collaboration.
In 2011 more than 7000 students, doctoral
students and UW employees went abroad for
short-term studies or to lecture. At that time
there were ca 5100 foreign visitors at the
University of Warsaw.
There are also ca 1000 participants (mainly
from Eastern Europe as well as Sweden and
Germany) of long-term degree studies.
RESEARCH AND SCIENCE
KLIKNIJ,
• leading research centre in Poland
• almost 3000 research topics in 2011
• membership in 43 consortiums and scientific
networks
• ca 120 projects in 6. and 7. EU Framework
Programme
• participation in 6 projects conduced within the
framework of the NMF and 24 undertakings financed
by such organisations as, e.g.,: NATO, Howard Hughes
Foundation, Welcome Trust, COST, European Science
Foundation, European Molecular Biology Organisation
• new interdisciplinary research centres
UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI
RESEARCH
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SCIENCE
KLIKNIJ,
The University is a member of 43 consortiums and scientific
networks. These are, i.a.,
 Optoelectronic Materials and Photonic Structures
Laboratory
 The National Cyclotron Laboratory (experimental
research in low energy nuclear physics)
 Pro-Stat (PROtein Selectively Triggering Apoptosis in
Tumor cells): PROtein Selectively Triggering Apoptosis
in Tumor cells
 National Consortium for Hadron Radiotherapy
 Centre for Research on European Pleistocene Fauna
 Centre for Preclinical Research and Technology
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The FOUNDATION FOR POLISH
SCIENCE (FNP) AWARDS
The POLISH NOBEL PRIZE 2011
prof. Tomasz Giaro (Faculty of Law and
Administration), for interdisciplinary
analysis of the categories of truth in the
doctrines of law from antiquity to the
present
The POLISH NOBEL PRIZE 2010
professor Tadeusz Krygowski
(Faculty of Chemistry), for creating the
method of quantitative determination of
aromaticity of chemical compounds
DISCOVERY of 2011
A team of astronomers including researchers from
the international PLANET project and the
University of Warsaw Observatory based Polish
OGLE survey led by prof. Andrzej Udalski has
announced results of statistical studies on, how
common extrasolar planets are in the Milky Way. ,
published in Nature, 473, pp. 349-352.
KLIKNIJ,
UW is one of the academic centres which has made a great use of the
opportunities offered to Poland by its membership in the European Union.
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R&D: CePT Consortium
KLIKNIJ,
 consortium of 10 institutions: University of Warsaw, Medical
University of Warsaw, Warsaw Technical University and
7 Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences
 a centre for bio-medical research: interdisciplinary basic research,
development of diagnostic and therapeutic methods (civilisation
diseases, aging)
 modern equipment for rapid technological progress and reaching
a critical mass comparable to leading European centres
 combining efforts of various scientific centres
and fields of science
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R&D: CENTRE OF
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
KLIKNIJ,
• the campus of mathematical,
natural and experimental sciences
• Physics, Chemistry, Biology,
Geology, Mathematics, and
Informatics as well as the
cyclotron in one place
• in the vicinity: the PAS
institutes (biochemistry,
biophysics, physiology, genetics),
the Warsaw Medical University
the project is financed mainly
from the EU structural funds
• supra-regional importance
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CENTRE OF NEW
TECHNOLOGIES
KLIKNIJ,
The CeNT building will have
lecture rooms and laboratories
for students and Ph.D. students
of biology, chemistry, biotechnology,
informatics, and studies on
environmental protection.
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R&D: CENTRE OF BIOLOGICAL
AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES
KLIKNIJ,
CENT III will include:
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133 modern laboratories in which research will be carried
out on, i.a., new sources of energy, radiopharmaceuticals,
active techniques and substances in medicine and
cosmetology and on natural environment monitoring
the Expert Analytical Centrer conducting investigations
in criminology, archaeometry, environmental protection,
functional food technology and pro-health research.
more than 500 pieces of research equipment i.a., an
animaIPET scanner, high-efficiency chromatography
columns, diffractometres, CD, Raman, IR, and UV
spectrometers, sequenators, cyclers, etc.
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS:
SEAT of the FACULTIES OF MODERN LANGUAGES
AND OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
KLIKNIJ,
 laboratories, language learning rooms,
conference halls, computer laboratories
 completely adapted for the needs
of disabled people
 a centre for 12 thousand of students,
Ph.D. students and academic workers
UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI
STUDY PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH
 Long cycle (MA level)
- Warsaw International Studies in Psychology
 I cycle (BA level)
- American Studies
- Archaeology
- International Relations
- Philosophy of Being, Cognition and Values
STUDY PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH
 II cycle (MA level)
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American Studies
Archaeology
Chemistry
Environmental Management
Environmental Protection (Erasmus Mundus)
International Business Program
International Economics
International Relations
Philosophy of Being, Cognition and Values
Political Science
Quantitative Finance
STUDY PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH
 III cycle (PhD level)
- From Simple Molecules to Nanostructured and Bioactive Materials
- Fundamental Problems of Quantum Gravity and Quantum Field Theory
- Mathematical Methods in Natural Sciences
- Nano and Bio Science
- Practical Approximation Algorithms (PAAl) – studies in Rome
- The Traditions of Mediterranean Humanism and the Challenges of Our Times:
the Frontiers of Humanity
- Towards Advanced Functional Materials and Novel Devices
 MBA studies
- Executive MBA
- International MBA Programme
UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW LIBRARY
KLIKNIJ,
University of Warsaw Library, located on the bank of the
Vistula, has one of the three largest collections of scientific
and academic books in Poland.
• books
1 897 474 volumes
• journals
686 277 volumes
• special collections:
392 125 volumes
Altogether: 2 975 876 volumes
UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI
KLIKNIJ,
The architecture of the University Library itself draws crowds
of tourists and inhabitants of Warsaw.
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More info: www.uw.edu.pl