| The University of Silesia in Katowice | |
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| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach | |
| Latin: Universitas Silesiensis | |
| Established | 8th June 1968 |
| Type | Public |
| Rector | Prof. dr hab. Wiesław Banyś |
| Academic staff | 2 057[1] |
| Students | 32 268 |
| Postgraduates | 3 788 |
| Location | Katowice, Poland (EU) |
| Campus | Katowice, Sosnowiec, Cieszyn, Chorzów, Rybnik |
| Affiliations | Socrates-Erasmus, Socrates-Lingua, Leonardo da Vinci 2, CEEPUS, CIRCEOS, IAU, CRE, AUDEM, IAUP, CBUR |
| Website | http://www.us.edu.pl |
The University of Silesia in Katowice (Polish: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach) is an autonomous state university in Silesia Province, Katowice, Poland.
The University of Silesia in Katowice should not be confused with a similarly named university in Opava, Czech Republic (Slezská univerzita v Opavě).
The University of Silesia in Katowice conducts education and research. It offers undergraduate and Master's programs, PhD studies, as well as postgraduate, postdoctoral research - habilitation, continuous education and training programs.
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The University of Silesia in Katowice has its origins in the Instytut Pedagogiczny w Katowicach (Institute of Education in Katowice), which was founded in 1928; at that time it was the only institution of higher education in the part of Silesia belonging to Poland. In 1950 opened Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna w Katowicach (Higher School of Education in Katowice). Later, the school became united with a Katowice branch of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, opened 1965. In 1968 on the base of thjese educational facilities, the University of Silesia in Katowice was established in its current form as the ninth university in Poland.
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach has campuses in five cities in the region: Katowice, Sosnowiec, Cieszyn, Chorzów and Rybnik. The majority of faculties are in Katowice; the main campus is in downtown Katowice.
The university is in the center of a highly urbanized and ethnically complex region — the Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia. Heavy industry exerts a significant influence, and ecological challenges are formidable. The university tries to maintain close links with local industries and Silesian tradition.
The university signed Agreements of Cooperation with number of foreign universities, including Free University of Brussels, Karl-Franzens University of Graz, University of Banja Luka, Université du Québec à Montréal, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, University of Zagreb, Ostravá University, Silesian University in Opava, Masaryk University, Aarhus University, University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle, University of Leipzig, University of Dortmund, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, and others.
The University of Silesia in Katowice has schools of modern languages, natural science, technology and a language teacher training college.
It is divided into the following faculties: