University of Opole

University of Opole
Uniwersytet Opolski
TypePublic
Established1994
RectorMarek Masnyk
Students8,734[1] (12.2023)
Location,
Languagepl
AffiliationsSocrates-Erasmus
Websitewww.uni.opole.pl
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[2]241-250 (2022)

The University of Opole (Polish: Uniwersytet Opolski) is a public university in the city of Opole. It was founded in 1994 from a merger of two parallel educational institutions. The university has 17,500 students completing 32 academic majors and 53 specializations. The staff numbers 1,380 - among them are 203 professors and habilitated doctors and 327 doctors.

The university confers Licentiate, Master's, doctoral, and post-doctoral degrees.

It educates students in forty-seven primary fields of study, both in full-time and part-time programs. For several years, the University of Opole has been an interdisciplinary institution with a predominance of humanities courses.[3] It consists of twelve faculties, twenty institutes, and twelve intercollegiate units, including the Main Library, the Foreign Language Centre, and the Physical Education and Sports Centre.[4]

  1. ^ "Higher education in the 2023/24 academic year" (in Polish). Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  2. ^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Kierunki studiów - Uniwersytet Opolski, zapoznaj się z naszą ofertą". 2012-10-22. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  4. ^ "Struktura - Uniwersytet Opolski". uni.opole.pl. Retrieved 2023-05-17.