Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
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Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (MCSU) (Polish: Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie, UMCS) is a public research university, in Lublin, Poland. It is named in honour of Marie Curie-Sklodowska.
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie | |
Latin: Universitas Maria Curie-Skłodowska | |
Type | Public |
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Established | October 23, 1944 |
Rector | Radosław Dobrowolski |
Total staff | 2810 [1] |
Students | 15,785 (2022/2023) |
Undergraduates | 9,261 |
Postgraduates | 3,992 |
Location | |
Campus | Urban |
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Website | www |
The University was founded on October 23, 1944, by the Lublin Committee during the Second World War. Since then, It has expanded to be the largest university in Eastern Poland, with over 12 Faculties in Lublin, and a satellite campus in Puławy. The University has nearly 16,000 students, who study in over 90 disciplines. Out of those 16,000, over 1,600 are international students, who represent almost 45 different countries.[2][3]
The University belongs to the network of European Universities ATHENA,[4] as well as smaller, regional organisations, such as Union of Lublin Universities (Polish: Związek Uczelni Lubelskich, ZUL).[5] It maintains active contacts with foreign research centres, holding nearly 200 agreements on scientific and educational cooperation with foreign partners. MCSU also holds 330 Erasmus+ agreements, and a One-Year Preparatory Course for foreigners who wish to study Polish.[2][6]