University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

University of Warmia and Mazury
in Olsztyn
Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
Latin: Universitas Varmiensis-Masuriensis in Olsztyn
Former names
Academy of Agriculture and Technology, Pedagogical Institute
Typepublic
EstablishedSeptember 1, 1999
RectorJerzy Przyborowski
Administrative staff
3,035
Students15,607[1] (12.2023)
Postgraduates3,000
350
Location
Olsztyn
,
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
,
Poland
AffiliationsSOCRATES-ERASMUS, CIRCEOS, EUA
Websitewww.uwm.edu.pl
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[2]104 (2022)

The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn was established on 1 September 1999, in accordance with the new Statute of Sejm signed by Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski, as well as Minister of Education Mirosław Handke, in August of the same year.[3] Ryszard Górecki became its first chancellor. The Faculty of Theology was established with an agreement between the Polish Episcopate and the government, in the presence of Cardinal Józef Glemp and religious figures. The university's first academic year started in October 1999.[4]

The core structure of the university was based on an agreement between the academic senates of three institutions of higher learning already established in the city: the Academy of Agriculture and Technology, the Pedagogical Institute, and the Warmia Institute of Theology.

The university has 16 faculties, out of which eight hold full academic rights and therefore entitle the university to operate as an autonomous unit.

  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. ^ Ustawa z dnia 9 lipca 1999 r. o utworzeniu Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie. Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej nr 69 pod poz. 762 z dnia 20 sierpnia 1999 r., accessed 2008-01-26
  4. ^ Calendarium of the University, homepage