About the University of Warsaw

  • founded in 1816
  • the largest university in Poland and the best research centre
    in the country
  • occupies 1st place in the national rankings of universities
  • belongs to the top 3% of universities in the world according to global
    rankings such as THE, QS and ARWU
  • occupies 3rd place among the institutions of South East Europe
    and 96th place worldwide in “Nature” Index 2016 Rising Stars
  • awarded the “HR Excellence in Research” title by the European
    Commission for adopting the principles of the European Charter
    for Researchers
  • belongs to 4EU+ European University Alliance

About the University of Warsaw – brief presentation [pdf]