Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu | |
 Collegium Minus in Poznań | |
| Latin:Universitas Studiorum Mickiewicziana Posnaniensis | |
Former names | Piast University (1919–1920) University of the Western Lands (1940–1945) University of Poznań (1920–1955) |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | 7 May 1919; 106 years ago (1919-05-07)[1] |
| Rector | Bogumiła Kaniewska |
Academic staff | ~2,996 faculty members (Fall 2018) |
Administrative staff | ~2,181 (Fall 2018)[2] |
| Students | 29,117[3](December 2023) |
| ~1,300 (Fall 2018) | |
| Location | ,, |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | EUA,EUCEN,CGU, SGroup |
| Website | amu |
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TheAdam Mickiewicz University[4] (Polish:Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu;Latin:Universitas Studiorum Mickiewicziana Posnaniensis) is aresearch university inPoznań,Poland. Due to its history, the university is traditionally considered among Poland's most reputable institutions of higher learning, this standing equally being reflected in national rankings.
It traces its origins to 1611, when under theRoyal Charter granted by KingSigismund III Vasa, theJesuit College became the first university in Poznań.[5] ThePoznań Society for the Advancement of Arts and Sciences which played an important role in leading Poznań to its reputation as a chief intellectual centre during theAge of Positivism andpartitions of Poland, initiated founding of the university.[6][7] The inauguration ceremony of the newly founded institution took place on 7 May 1919 that is 308 years after it was formally established by the Polish king and on 400th anniversary of the foundation of theLubrański Academy which is considered its predecessor. Its original name wasPiast University (Polish:Wszechnica Piastowska), which later in 1920 was renamed to University of Poznań (Polish:Uniwersytet Poznański).[8] DuringWorld War II staff and students of the university opened an underground Polish University of the Western Lands (Polish:Uniwersytet Ziem Zachodnich). In 1955 University of Poznań adopted a new patron, the 19th-century Polish Romantic poetAdam Mickiewicz, and changed to its current name.
The university is organized into six principal academic units—five research schools consisting of twenty faculties and thedoctoral school—with campuses throughout the historicOld Town andMorasko. The university employs roughly 4,000 academics, and has more than 40,000 students who study in some 80 disciplines. More than half of the student body are women. The language of instruction is usuallyPolish, although several degrees are offered in eitherGerman orEnglish. The university library is one of Poland's largest, and houses one of Europe's largestMasonic collections, including the 1723 edition ofJames Anderson'sThe Constitutions of the Free-Masons.[9][10][11]
The university is currently publishing over 79 research journals, most of them on Pressto[12] publishing platform based onOpen Journal System. Adam Mickiewicz University Repository (AMUR)[13] contains over 23,704 records of research publications[14] and is one of the first research repositories in Poland.
Adam Mickiewicz University is a member of theEuropean University Association,EUCEN, SGroup European Universities' Network,Compostela Group of Universities and EPICUR.[15]
From the beginning, the history of the Adam Mickiewicz University has been inextricably linked to the history ofPoznań itself and in some measure – the history of the entireRepublic of Poland, which, partitioned by the neighboring countries (Prussia, Austria-Hungary and Russia) towards the end of the eighteenth century disappeared from the European map for more than a hundred years. On 28 October 1611, when under theRoyal Charter granted by KingSigismund III Vasa, theJesuit College became the first university in Poznań.[5] These edicts were later affirmed with charters issued by KingJohn II Casimir in 1650, and KingJohn III Sobieski in 1678, the university in Poznań lasted until 1773.[7] Based on these charters, the university granted scholar degrees to its members.
The inauguration ceremony of the newly founded took place on 7 May 1919, that is 308 years after it was formally established by the Polish king and the 400th anniversary of the foundation of theLubrański Academy which is considered its spiritual predecessor. Its original name wasPiast University (Polish:Wszechnica Piastowska), which later in 1920, was renamed to the University of Poznań (Polish:Uniwersytet Poznański).[8] In 1920,sociologistFlorian Znaniecki founded the first Polish department ofsociology at the university, one of the first such departments in Europe. In the same period of the university's history, botanistJózef Paczoski founded the world's first institute ofphytosociology.
After theinvasion of Poland, Poznań wasannexed by Germany and the university was closed by theNazis in 1939. It was reopened asa German university in 1941, which operated until 1944. Staff and students of the Polish university, some of themexpelled by Germans to Warsaw, opened an underground Polish University of the Western Lands (Polish:Uniwersytet Ziem Zachodnich), whose classes met in private apartments (seeEducation in Poland during World War II). Many of the professors and staff were imprisoned and executed inFort VII in Poznań, including professor Stanisław Pawłowski (rector in the years 1932–33).[16] The Polish university reopened, in much smaller form, after the end ofWorld War II. In 1950, the Medical Faculty, including the Dentistry section and the Faculty of Pharmacy, were split off to form a separate institution, now thePoznań University of Medical Sciences. In 1955, the University of Poznań adopted a new patron, the 19th-century Polish Romantic poetAdam Mickiewicz, and changed to its current name.
The university's central administrative building is Collegium Minus, on the west side of Adam Mickiewicz Square at the western end of the streetŚwięty Marcin. (This is one of a group of buildings, including theImperial Palace, built in the first decade of the 20th century while Poznań was still under German rule; it originally housed a Royal Academy.) Adjoining this is the Aula, which is frequently used for ceremonies and for classical music concerts, and Collegium Iuridicum (accommodating the law faculty). Some teaching takes place in Collegium Maius, another of the aforementioned group of buildings (on ul. Fredry), although this is mainly used by the medical university. Other buildings in the city centre include former communist party headquarters on Święty Marcin, Collegium Novum (used mainly for language teaching) on Al. Niepodległości, and the university library on ul. Ratajczaka.[citation needed]
The university also uses a number of other buildings in southern and western districts of Poznań. However, it is strongly developing its site atMorasko in the north of the city. As of 2006, the faculties of physics, mathematics and computer science, biology, geographical and geological science had moved to the new location. In 2015 they were joined by the faculty of history (Collegium Historicum Novum).[17]
The university also has external branches in other towns of western Poland, includingKalisz,Ostrów Wielkopolski andSłubice. Adam Mickiewicz University maintains close cooperation withViadrina European University,Germany. The two universities jointly operate the Collegium Polonicum, located just opposite Viadrina on the Polish side of theOder River.[citation needed]
University owns aseasonal polar research station located in thePetuniabukta (Petunia Bay), in the Northern part ofBillefjord, and central part ofSpitsbergen island in theSvalbard archipelago.[18]
As of 2024, Adam Mickiewicz University owns and operates retreats in three historical palaces in the Wielkopolska region: theRococo Ciążeń Palace (built in 1768), theClassicist Gułtowy Palace (built in 1786), and theNeo-Renaissance Palace in Obrzycko (built in 1862).
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At the start of the 2008/2009 academic year, the university had 46,817 undergraduates (including about 18,000 on weekend or evening courses), 1308 doctoral students, and 2247 other post-graduate students. The number of undergraduates declined slightly between 2005 and 2008.[19]
At the end of 2008, the university had a total of 2892 teaching staff, including 257 fullprofessors and 490 associate/assistant professors. It also had 2120 other employees.[20]
| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World[21] | 701–800 (2019) |
| QS World[22] | 741-750 (2026) |
| Global – Liberal arts | |
| QS Arts & Humanities[23] | 371 (2020) |
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[24] | 52 (2022) |
The Adam Mickiewicz University is one of the topPolish universities. It was ranked byPerspektywy magazine as the third best Polish university.[25] International rankings such asARWU andQS University Rankings rank the university as the fourth best Polish higher level institution.[26]
On the list of the best Emerging Europe and Central Asia universities compiled by QS University Rankings, the Adam Mickiewicz University was placed as 60th. In 2020,QS World University Ranking by Subject positioned the Adam Mickiewicz University as one of the best higher level institutions among the top 101–150 inLinguistics, 251–300 inEnglish studies, 371 inArts & Humanities and 551–600 inPhysics &Astronomy,Chemistry andBiology.[23]
Like most Polish universities, Adam Mickiewicz University awards the following degrees:
Adam Mickiewicz University's prestige and large class size have enabled it to graduate a large number of distinguished alumni.
Many AMU alumni are leaders and innovators in the business world, as well as prominents in society and the arts. Its graduates include authors (Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna,Ryszard Krynicki,Stanisław Barańczak), journalists (Adam Michnik,Max Kolonko), entrepreneurs (Jan Kulczyk,Grażyna Kulczyk); composerJan A. P. Kaczmarek, the recipient of theAcademy Award for Best Original Score (2004); theatre practitionerLech Raczak, film directorFilip Bajon and literary critic and a musicaficionado,Jerzy Waldorff. One of the most notableresistance fighters of theHome Army duringSecond World War,Jan Nowak-Jeziorański majored in economics in 1936, he worked as anassistant professor at the university.[27]
Notable academic staff included:
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Hanna Suchocka,5thPrime Minister of Poland, first woman to hold this post in Poland and the 14th woman to be appointed and serve as prime minister in the world, graduated from university.[29] Additionally,Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, the12thPrime Minister of Poland andRoman Giertych, theDeputy Prime Minister of Poland andMinister of National Education between 2006 and 2007, are graduates.
Three graduates of the university have served as Marshals of theSejm andSenate of the Republic of Poland.Józef Zych,Deputy Marshal of the Sejm (1991–1995, 2001–2005),Marshal of the Sejm (1995–1997),Senior Marshal (2005, 2011);Marek Jurek, Marshal of the Sejm (2005–2007);Rafał Grupiński,Deputy Marshal of the Senate (from 2023).
Bohdan Winiarski was one of the longest-serving Judges of theInternational Court of Justice (1946–1967) and between 1961 and 1964 its president.[30] Additionally,Krzysztof Skubiszewski,Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1993), was the Judge sittingad hoc on the Court (1993–2004), alsoPaweł Wiliński, Professor of Jurisprudence, chair in Criminal Procedure, served as the Judge sittingad hoc on theEuropean Court of Human Rights for two terms (2010–2012, 2015–2016).
Three of the school's graduates, includingAlfons Klafkowski (1985–1989),Mieczysław Tyczka (1989–1993) andJulia Przyłębska (since 2016), have served as the Presidents of theConstitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland. Three of the current fifteen members of the court graduated from AMU:Julia Przyłębska,Andrzej Zielonacki andJustyn Piskorski. Additionally, the President of Poland,Andrzej Duda, refused to swear inRoman Hauser, former President of theSupreme Administrative Court of Poland andKrzysztof Ślebzak as the Tribunal's judges.
Among the university's notable graduates are also:
In the 1920s the German military began using a 3-rotor Enigma, whose security was increased in 1930 by the addition of a plugboard. ThePolish Cipher Bureau sought to break it due to the threat that Poland faced from Germany, but its early attempts did not succeed. Near the beginning of 1929, the Polish Cipher Bureau realized that mathematicians may make good codebreakers; the bureau invited math students at University of Poznań to take a class on cryptology.[31][32]
After the class, the Bureau recruited some students to work part-time at a Bureau branch set up in Poznań for the students. The branch operated for some time. On 1 September 1932, 27-year-old Polish mathematicianMarian Rejewski and two fellow Poznań University mathematics graduates,Henryk Zygalski andJerzy Różycki, joined the Bureau full-time and moved to Warsaw. Their first task was to reconstruct a four-letter German naval cipher.[33][34]
Recipients of honorary doctorates from the university include MarshalJózef Piłsudski, MarshalFerdinand Foch,Marie Curie,Ignacy Paderewski,Roman Dmowski,Witold Hensel,Ernst Håkon Jahr,Al Gore,J. M. Coetzee,Krzysztof Matyjaszewski,[35]Robert Maxwell[36][37][38] andOrhan Pamuk, the recipient of the 2006Nobel Prize in Literature.[39]
Wisława Szymborska, recipient of the 1996Nobel Prize in Literature, received a degree of HonoraryDoctor of Letters of Adam Mickiewicz University in 1995, and it's the onlyhonorary doctorate she has ever accepted.[40][41]
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