Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
Encyclopedia
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (in Polish
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, commonly shortened to UMCS) was founded October 23, 1944 in Lublin
. It is named in honour of Marie Curie-Sklodowska
.
Currently the number of students is almost 36,000. The university has 302 professors (157 full professors), 231 habilitated doctors, 826 senior lecturers, and 1829 teachers in total.
Total staff is 3628.
To meet the growing demand for higher education, the university has recently established branches in other cities.
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, commonly shortened to UMCS) was founded October 23, 1944 in Lublin
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...
. It is named in honour of Marie Curie-Sklodowska
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...
.
Currently the number of students is almost 36,000. The university has 302 professors (157 full professors), 231 habilitated doctors, 826 senior lecturers, and 1829 teachers in total.
Total staff is 3628.
To meet the growing demand for higher education, the university has recently established branches in other cities.
Rankings
In 2011 Polish national daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita ranked the university 11th among all Polish universities (25).Faculties
- Arts
- Biology and Geosciences
- Chemistry
- Economics
- Philosophy and Sociology
- Humanities
- Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science
- Pedagogy and Psychology
- Political Science
- Law and Administration