Wroclaw University

University of Wrocław

Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Latin: Universitas Wratislaviensis
Former names	German: Leopoldina, Universität Breslau, Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Breslau (before 1945)
Type	Public
Established	21 October 1702 (reorganised 1945)
President	Adam Jezierski
Administrative staff	3,481
Students	25,721
Location	Wrocław, Poland
Website	uni.wroc.pl

The University of Wrocław (UWr) (Polish: Uniwersytet Wrocławski; German: Universität Breslau; Latin: Universitas Wratislaviensis) is a public research university located in Wrocław, Poland. Founded in 1702, it is one of the oldest collegiate-level institutions of higher education in Central Europe with around 30,000 students (2012).

Throughout its history, it remained a great learning center of German-speaking countries until territorial changes of World War II. Following the adjustment of Poland's borders academics primarily from the John Casimir University of Lviv (Polish: Lwów) restored the university building heavily damaged and split as a result of the Battle of Breslau (1945). Despite the first lectures being conducted in the halls with broken windows, the university maintained universal standard and became one of the most prominent educational institutions in the region.

The University is currently the largest in Lower Silesian Voivodeship with over 100,000 graduates since 1945 including some 1,900 researchers among whom many received the highest awards for their contribution to the development of scientific scholarship. Moreover, the University of Wrocław produced 9 Nobel Prize winners and is renowned for its high quality of teaching.