University of Warsaw
Higher Educationmazowieckie, Poland5001-10000 Employees
University of Warsaw, established in 1816, is the best and the oldest Polish higher education institution, educating to almost 48 000 students. In international rankings, UW is the top one among Polish universities. Over 400 study programmes are offered at 20 faculties and 29 scientific and didactic units. The University is one of leading research centres in the country. Its IT specialists, archaeologists and physicists, but also specialists from other fields, achieve international success and recognition. It is here that the piano genius, Fredric Chopin, studied; moreover, Nobel prize winners: Henryk Sienkiewicz, Menachem Begin, Czesław Miłosz, Józef Rotblat and Leonid Hurwicz obtained their education here.