University of Wrocław

University of Wrocław near River Oder

The University of Wrocław is a public university in Wrocław, Poland. It was started in 1702 by Leopold I (Holy Roman Emperor), and has nearly 25,000 students.

History

The first attempt to found a university in Wroclaw was in 1505. The initiator was Vladislav II. Due to wars, lack of money, the university was not opened.

In 1702, the Society of Jesus founded a university called Leopoldina. It had the only faculty of philosophy and сatholic theology.

In 1811, as a result of a reform, the universities in Breslau and Frankfurt an der Oder were merged. The university was called Silesian Friedrich Wilhelm University. Here students studied at 5 faculties — Catholic theology, Protestant theology, law, philosophy and medicine. The University of Breslau became the first German university to have both Catholic and Protestant faculties.

After the end of World War II, the German university in the city was closed and then transformed into a Polish state university, which was officially opened on June 9, 1946.

In 1952 — 1989 the university was named after the President of Poland Bolesław Bierut.

In 2001, there were celebrations in Wroclaw dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the foundation of the University.

General information

The University of Wroclaw is a higher education institution in the Republic of Poland.

There are 10 departments that provide 44 areas of study, classes are mostly Polish, with only some in English. The University of Wrocław provides Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral level programmes.

Teaching at the university is conducted at the following faculties:

• Philological
• History and pedagogy
• Law, administration and economics
• Physicists and Astronomy
• Biotechnology
• Biology
• Geography, geology and environment
• Social Sciences
• Chemistry
• Mathematics and Computer Science.

University Of Wrocław Media

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  Proposed design of Leopoldina (never fully completed), 1760

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  The University of Breslau, 19th century

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  Modern view of the Collegium Maximum

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  Uniwersytet Wrocławski – Aula Leopoldina / The University of Wroclaw – Aula Leopoldina

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  Fencer fountain on the university square, installed in 1904 and designed by Hugo Lederer

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  The University Church, vault

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  Collegium Maximum of the University of Wrocław seen from the Old Town

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  Collegium Anthropologicum on Kuźnicza Street

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  Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar Station

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  Astronomical Institute of the Wrocław University

Other websites

• The Wrocław University