Maria Curie-Sklodowska University | |
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Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej | |
Established | October 23, 1944 |
Rector | Andrzej Dąbrowski |
Students | about 36,000 |
Location | Lublin, Poland |
Affiliations | SOCRATES/ERASMUS, 5th and 6th EU Framework Programme, Gruntvig, Lingua, Jean Monnet for Poland, The Baltic University Programme, Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program |
Website | www.umcs.lublin.pl |
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.
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In 2011 Polish national daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita ranked the university 11th among all Polish universities (25).