University of Warsaw (UW) is the top higher education institution and leading research centre in Poland offering studies and specializations within the humanities, mathematical and natural sciences. UW is recognized by prestigious international rankings, such as, the ARWU Shanghai Ranking, the QS Top Universities, and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. POLITYKA weekly ranks UW as the best Polish university due to its highest quality of research and scientific pursuit.
The University of Warsaw is the biggest Polish university with ca. 49 000 students, studying at 21 faculties and 30 divisions. University’s scholars and students achieve outstanding global success in the areas, such as, IT sciences, archaeology, astronomy, and physics.
The University of Warsaw was established in 1816. It is here that the ingenious pianist Fryderyk Chopin studied, and that Nobel prize winners: Henryk Sienkiewicz, Menachem Begin, Czesław Miłosz, Józef Rotblat and Leonid Hurwicz obtained their education. Over the last 200 years UW has had the strong influence on intellectual and cultural life of the capital city of Poland.
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Warsaw is one of the most dynamically developing European cities. As the capital of Poland it is the centre of political and economic life and has a lively social and cultural scene. It is climbing steadily in world rankings of the most attractive places to live; it is in the top fifty of the City Brand Index and ranks 19th in the UN prosperity ranking.
