University of Silesia
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach | |
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| Latin: Universitas Silesiensis | |
| Type | Public |
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| Established | 8 June 1968 |
| Rector | prof. dr hab. Andrzej Kowalczyk |
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Academic staff
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2,082 |
| Students | 27,395 |
| Postgraduates | 1,614 |
| Address | ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007, Katowice, Poland (EU) |
| Campus | Katowice, Sosnowiec, Cieszyn, Chorzów |
| Affiliations | Erasmus+, CEEPUS,EUA, EUPEN, ELFA, AUF, EASSW, EUNIS, EPSO, CERN, ECTN |
| Website | www |
The University of Silesia in Katowice (Polish: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, UŚ) is an autonomous state-run university in Silesia Province, Katowice, Poland. It should not be confused with a similarly named university in the Czech Republic, the Silesian University in Opava (Slezská univerzita v Opavě).
The university offers higher education and research facilities. It offers undergraduate, masters, and PhD degree programs, as well as postgraduate, postdoctoral research, habilitation, and continuous education and training programs.
The roots of the University of Silesia date back to 1928, when the Institute of Education was established in Katowice. The institute was later reformed to National Pedagogical University in 1950, however, first preparations to formation of what would later become the University of Silesia were taken just after the finish of Second World War.
In June 1962, a branch of Jagiellonian University was settled in Katowice, which concentrated, apart from humanities, on mathematics, physics and law. Together with the National Pedagogical University, these are the foundations of what came to life on June 8, 1968, as the University of Silesia. And so on October 1, 1968, the University (composed of four faculties) had its first academic year inaugurated, providing almost 6,000 students with twelve programmes, such as philology, pedagogics, psychology, history, law, administration, mathematics, physics, chemistry, physical education, electrotechnics and mechanics. Three years later, the branch of the University in Cieszyn was established, and in following years (1974-1978) six new faculties were opened. In the years of 2002 and 2003, last two faculties were established, which had their roots in reformed branch of the University in Cieszyn.
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach has facilities in four cities in the region: Katowice, Sosnowiec, Cieszyn and Chorzów. The majority of facilities are in Katowice; the main campus is in the city center.
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