Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
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 Poznań is the major academic institution in Poznań 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 Poznań, it has campuses in Gniezno, Kalisz, Piła and Słubice/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 Poznań. 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 Poznań; 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 Lubrański 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 Poznań. 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 Poznań 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 Poznań, renamed Adam Mickiewicz University in 1955, has survived the fragmentation of its structure, remained the main university in Poznań 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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