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When the university was created, it started with two institutes, Law sciences, and Arabic Literature and Language. It later gained two other institutes including Economic sciences, and Agronomy. In 1985 the university was reorganized under a new administrative structure called INES (National Institutes of High Education), and in 1990, it was again replaced by many institutes, each of which contains many departments. In 2001, it was reorganized to a set of faculties with its departments. The new and the most important site of the university, located in the southern area of the city of Batna, has four faculties, the central library, and many infrastructures. It is worth mentioning that the stress here on the University's visibility in the community, and the roles that must be carried out for his service, and guide local development to the development and prosperity of a ship, and this will only be achieved if everyone believed that the messianic role of knowledge to our organization, and then work hard in light of the objective conditions required to achieve the renaissance intellectual and scientific in favor of the university and the country. We are now working and make every effort to support the termination of new restructuring and to ensure the necessary stability so, we emphasize to all the academic community and its various that this transition period needs to unite everyone to overcome obstacles that may confront us during the implementation of this sensitive process, each from his position, until the All stages smoothly and quietly, and without any impact on the various teaching and administrative interests of the two universities. View full university

The geographical location of the wilaya of Skikda gives it a strategic position. Indeed, it is halfway between the wilaya of Constantine, Annaba, Jijel, and Guelma. It records every year top rankings of success in the baccalaureate. Strengthening the University card in Algeria August 20, 1955, The University is an institution of higher education. It was created September 18, 2001, by Executive Decree No. 272-01 and baptized University Skikda on August 20, 1955, during the visit of the President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 20 August 2005. The former agricultural school gives our university historical value. It is located 4 kilometers from the city of Skikda (Philippeville) on the road to el-hadaiek (formerly St Antoine) Zeramna in the valley. The agricultural school of Skikda was founded in 1900 by the General Government of Algeria in the colonial period. His goal was to provide practical and theoretical training of students qualified to become knowledgeable farmers, modern, field managers, agricultural business executives, the Ministry of Agriculture officials. View full university

The first university nucleus Adrar state originated in the year 1986 under Decree No. 118/86 dated 05/06/1986 modified and complemented by Decree No. 175/86 dated 05/08/86 and included the establishment of the National Institute of Higher Sharia Adrar to expand to Adrar University under the Executive Decree No. 01-269 of 30 Jumada II in 1422, corresponding to September 18, 2001, the amended Executive Decree No. 04-259 of 13 Rajab 1425 corresponding to August 29, 2004. Encourage scientific innovation and valuing its results, The application of quality assurance in higher education, The creation of scientific relations of cooperation and exchange with different universities and scientific research bodies nationally, regionally, and internationally, Devote partnership with the economic and social sectors, activating scientific research a manner that responds to the requirements of local and national development. View full university

Abdelhamid Ben Badis born on December 4, 1889, in Constantine, and died on April 16, 1940, in the same city, it was an emblematic figure of the Muslim reformist movement in Algeria. Abdelhamid Ben Badis was the son of a city family, which he claimed Berber origins. The Algerian people are Muslim and Arabs it is similar. In 1913, after studying at Zitouna and a pilgrimage to Mecca, Ben Badis settled in Constantine, where he began his teaching work. From that point, Ibn Badis launched into a peaceful resistance movement to combat alienation and depersonalization caused by colonization. View full university

The Blida University Centre (CUB) was established by Decree No. 77-92 on 20 June 1977. Implanted on a retroceded site, dating from 1864, the CUB has also benefited from a program of development and extension of educational infrastructures (amphitheater, laboratory, etc ...). It was not until September 8, 1981, that the CUB opened its doors to the students of the wilayates of Blida, Media, Chlef, Djelfa, and in the South of the country. As part of this historic re-entry, the number of students enrolled was 526, with a teaching staff of 57, including 17 foreign students. The University of Blida has developed rapidly and could be divided into three main phases corresponding essentially to The different stages of structuring and management First stage: During the first three years of its existence, the Center Universitario de Blida is located in the middle of the city and has provided teaching in only four streams: Common Technology Trunk, Architecture, Agronomy, and Medical Sciences. Second step: In 1984-1985, when the university card was applied, the CUB broke up in the National Institute of Higher Education. Decree No. 83-543 of 24 September 1983, in its articles 2 and 4, chapter I, provides: "The National Institute of Higher Education, hereinafter referred to as" the institute is a public institution of an administrative nature, Endowed with legal personality and financial autonomy. "The Institute's objectives, within the framework of the National Plan for Economic and Social Development, are to provide courses in graduation and post-graduation, Contribute to the development of scientific and technical research, Undertake any development and retraining in its field of activity, Ensure publication of studies and research results. With the application of the university card devoting the National Institute of Higher Education, Blida is found with six structures: Institute of Mechanics, Institute of Architecture, Institute of Electronics, Institute of Agronomy, Institute of Industrial Chemistry, and Institute of Aeronautics. The cumulative number of students enrolled about the academic year 1981- 1982 experienced a growth noticed since they have been multiplied by 10 times. The structure of the distribution by sector group shows a trend towards a reinforcement of the technology concerning the other training courses, there is a relative stabilization (competition conditions of access, etc. Evolution of the pedagogical framework The appeal to foreign teachers as a supplement to student supervision has been considerably reduced since the establishment of the Blida University Center in 1981, as shown in the table below. Co-operation in the field of education is directed mainly by the sending of high-level grades, among others, professors, lecturers, etc., concerning the succession of the grades of assistant teachers, it will be completely completed, Of post-graduation. The rate of Algerianization is 96 %. Third step: The University Complex of Blida was set up as a University in August 1989. A seventh Institute opens its doors. These are The Institute of Medical Sciences. The opening of several other departments allows the University to modify its decree of creation in 1992/1993. Four other Institutes strengthen the structures of the young university: Institute of Veterinary Sciences, Institute of Exact Sciences, Institute of Juridical and Administrative Sciences, Institute of Economic Sciences, Decree 95/204 of 5 August 1995 brings the number of Institutes to twelve. Fourth step: By Executive Decree No. 98-253 of 17 August 1998, the University of Blida consists of seven faculties: Faculty of Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics and Management, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Agronomic and Veterinary Sciences. View full university

Created by order 28/75 of 29 April 1975 from the infrastructure of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Annaba Badji Mokhtar University -Annaba- was a progressive development with the opening of new branches each year. First organized in departments attached to the Rector, the university has seen in 1980, the creation of five institutes (Social Sciences, Languages and Arabic literature, the nature of Sciences, Exact Sciences and Technology, Medical Sciences). In 1993 she worked with 20 Institutes linked to three major sectors of families: Basic sciences - Technology Sciences - Socials sciences and humanities Assurant formerly cross-trained in OF profiles, Bachelors, Engineers and Senior Technicians (DEUA), University Badji Mothtar -Annaba- was a pioneer in the adoption of the new LMD system. A technological predominance, it nevertheless retains a humanities tradition developed from its inception. These elements make it an ideal place for interdisciplinary and interpenetration with its social and industrial environment. Since 1999, the university was restructured into seven (07) faculties involving 34 departments. View full university

Planned as a university center in the Five Year Plan for 1980–85, these intentions were revised in 1984 and an Ecole Normale Superieure d'Enseignement Technique (ENSET) and an Institute of Engineering Mechanics (INGM) were created in 1986. The ENSET consisted of 314 student teachers trained by 23 teaching staff. Courses were started in Exact Sciences, Technology and Computer Science in 1988, in Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering in 1990, Electronics in 1995, a Bachelor of Science Economics in 1991, and a BA in Arabic Language and Literature in 1994. The university degree applied (DEUA) was awarded in disciplines such as Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering in 1988, the DEUA Civil Engineering 1989, DEUA Computer Management in 1990, and DEUA in Industrial Chemistry in 1996. Laghouat, in Algeria, lies at the crossing point of major east-west and north-south routes in the southern foothills of the Saharan Atlas Mountains, giving it the name "Gateway to the Desert". It is located 400 kilometers (250 mi) south of the capital Algiers. Promoted as a university town in the program of decentralization to the Wilaya, training institutions were established in Laghouat in 1986. View full university

Created by Decree No. 89-138 of August 1, 1989, as amended and supplemented by Executive Decree No. 95-205 of August 5, 1995, and amended by Executive Decree No. 98-391 of December 2, 1998, the University of Belkaïd Abou Bekr Tlemcen is the result of a long evolution. Higher education was first provided in a university center that included at the origin (1974-1980) the only core curriculum of Exact Sciences and Biology. This teaching has gradually expanded to new sectors, covering every year, a series of training courses and allowing students to pursue their entire graduation courses in Tlemcen. In addition to the establishment, often in difficult conditions of the university in Tlemcen, the former University Centre can count to its credit the release of the first promotions in Social and Human Sciences and language. The establishment, in August 1984, the new university map and thus the creation of national institutes of higher education will first consequence of allowing in one hand, certain sectors of fact confined to mere departments to acquire the status of real institutions, on the other hand to new sectors to emerge. View full university

Adhering to the Information Society essentially dominated by the multidimensional implications of the Internet, Mentouri Constantine University takes up residence in this space odyssey. if the renewed presentation of its website, rich in themes and topics provided, offers all Algerian and universal users active relay which develops trade relations for the benefit of knowledge, communication, and partnership whose basic environment is the vast sphere of higher education and scientific research. The interface of this new version presents a wealth of college and the environment in which it is placed, more ergonomics and usability of component sections the pages of this website it also offers graphics and interactive interfaces allowing communication between users and the university world. It also extends to information linking the university and its scientific and social partners. View full university

The university djillali liabes was created on 1 August 1989 by Decree No. 89-41 of 01/08/1989 amended and supplemented by Executive Decree No. 95-208 of 08/05/1995. It is the result of an evolution over thirty years in which she has continued to the extension. Before university, several articles have governed this establishment: A. The status of University Center: Since opening the doors of the establishment in September 1978 until August 1984. B. The status of the National Institutes of Higher Education (INES): from August 1984 until July 1989. The University of Sidi -Bel Abbots acquired university status in 1989 after she was an academic center whose activity began in 1978. University has different campuses in the ring around the city. The latter is composed of six (06) Faculties (Sciences, Law, Engineering Sciences, Medicine, Economic Sciences, and Humanities) spread over 09 sites. The university has counted 15,000 students for the 2000/2001 marketing year and 22,000 students in 2005. View full university

The University of Tebessa opened during the year 1985/1986 under the name of national institutes of higher education of Tebessa (INES). The year 1992 will see the dissolution of INES Tebessa to be erected as a university center ( Executive Order No. 297-92 of 6 Muharram 1413 corresponding to July 7, 1992 ). The University Centre of Tebessa has experienced a meteoric rise with the opening of an impressive number of new courses in basic sciences, technical, biological, social, and human, hence the need to create a new pole to contain the influx of new students wishing to enroll in various training specialties available to them. The academic year 2002/2003 will know the inauguration of an annex of the humanities, has quickly become a gigantic campus housing several institutes and departments (legal and administrative sciences, humanities, sociology, biology, architecture, civil engineering ). On 12 October 2008, at the formal opening of the 2009/2010 academic year, His Excellency the President of the Republic will announce from the University of Tlemcen Abubaker Belkaid consecration long-awaited by the entire university community and civil society Tebessa, namely the promotion of the university center to university status. View full university

The University Larbi Ben M'Hidi Oum El Bouaghi, which is spread over 4 campuses and an annex consists of seven ( 07 ) and three Faculties ( 03 ) Institutes. The overall student enrollment is 22,299 of which 21,418 are in graduation and 1070 in Post-graduation. Educational support is provided by 783 teachers of which 177 are rank Magistral, representing a rate of 22%. 70 training offers (Licence) and 58 training offers (Master) in eleven ( 11 ) areas of the LMD system. Each year the ULBMOEB delivers 4000 graduates. More than 20 000 diplomas were issued since its creation in 1983 and 4764 certificates were issued in 2013. The scientific and technological research is provided in nine ( 09 ) laboratories by 250 teachers permanent researchers and hundreds of associate researchers. More than 600 theses were defended since the creation ede away. Scientific, cultural, and sporting events occupy a prominent place within the university. More than fifty activities take place each year. Like the country, the University Larbi Ben M'hidi Oum El Bouaghi is changing. The objectives are better quality of training, better management of the living environment of students and staff, more quality scientific production. The assets that conceal our young university can ensure it achieve these goals. View full university

In 1984 and as part of the restructuring of the university card, the university center was erected in two National Institutes of Higher Education: INES INES Civil Engineering and Agronomy and Veterinary. In 1992, the facility recovers its status as University Center. The university Ibn Khaldoun Tiaret is a property vocation of Higher Education and Scientific Research, created in September 2001. 2010 ... the university restructuring in 06 faculties and two institutes. The university currently has no less than 27 courses in different specialties. Similarly, the number of students is more than 16809 in the 2010/2011 school year. Moodle is an online learning platform for creating communities around educating content and educational activities. The "Moodle" word stands for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment: "Environment modular object-oriented dynamic of learning." View full university

The idea of the university establishment was parallel to the construction of Emir Abdelkader mosque which is considered as one of the wonders of Islamic architecture. There were a great number of Muslim architects who specialized in Islamic architecture who have contributed to its construction. Emir Abdelkader University for Islamic Sciences is considered a public institution and distinguished by its administrative feature, moral identity, and also by its independent financial state. It is under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Emir Abdelkader University for Islamic Sciences has been established according to the presidential decree No-182/84 on August 4th, 1984 which included the creation of the university as the 1st article stipulates: It is created in Constantine a university called Emir Abdelkader University for Islamic sciences, subject of the provisions of the decree No 83/544 on September 24th, 1983 including its basic code. In 2011 the executive decree No 11-39 was stipulated on February 6 th, 2011 to amend and complete the decree No 84/182 on 07 Dhu al-Qidah 1404, corresponding to August 4th, 1984 including the creation of Emir Abdelkader University for Islamic Sciences to which was also added a new faculty and vice-rectorate. Thus, the university has three faculties and four vice-rectorates as the second paragraph of the first article stated that: By the provisions of Article 3 of the executive decree No 03-279 on Jumada al-Thani 24th 1424, corresponding to August 23rd, 2003, to amend and complete the mentioned above, designed the faculties that consist Emir Abdelkader University for Islamic Sciences and its specialties as follows: Religion Foundations Faculty Shari’a and Economics Faculty Arts and Islamic civilization Faculty As stated in Article II that the university rectorate, in addition to the secretariat and the central library includes four vice-rectorates in charge of the following fields: Vice-rectorate of the higher formation in the first and second round, continuous training and degrees, and the higher formation in the graduation. Vice-rectorate of the higher formation in the third round, academic qualification, and scientific research. Vice-rectorate of external relations, cooperation, animation, communication, and scientific events. Vice-rectorate of development, perspective, and orientation. View full university

The university kasdi merbah Ouargla originated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) erected by Decree No. 65- 88 of 22 March 1988 . In 1997, by Decree No. 159-97 of 10 March 1997 was created Ouargla University Centre which now includes under its authority the National Institute of Advanced Training in Agricultural Saharan(INAFSAS - Decree No. 337-97 of 10 September 1997) alongside the 05 founding institutes. The Merbah-Ouargla Kasdi University currently consists of 10 faculties each has several departments by applicable rules, including the D Executive secret No. 13-100 of 2 Jumada El Oula 1434 corresponding to March 14, 2013, amending and supplementing the Decree Executive No. 01-210 of 2 Jumada El Oula 1422 corresponding to July 23, 2001. establishment of the University of Ouargla. the number and the calling of the faculties comprising the University kasdi merbah Ouargla are fixed View full university

Higher education in Medea has started during the academic year of 1988-1989, by the executive decree No. 48-89 of November 4th, 1989, at the administration building that hosted the National Institute of Higher Education of electrical engineering. At that time, the latter was affiliated with El Farabi middle school. The purpose was to provide higher education. Our universities are confronted with challenges imposed by many international and regional circumstances against which our academic institutions must provide the most appropriate reactions. The university reforms have offered greater flexibility to our universities that is reflected in the liberation of their initiatives and their capacities to adapt to recent advancements according to the environment. There is no doubt that we are living in a region with substantial capacities. In particular, the agricultural and industrial potentials that the government has created following the recovery of the national sovereignty as well as the infrastructure already completed and those under construction recently. View full university

The University of Biskra was established in 1984. It has its origins in three national institutes were autonomous administ retirement, educationally and financially: National Institute of Hydraulic National Institute of Architecture National Electrotechnical Institute These three institutes have become central universities in 1992 The University Centre became "Mohamed Khider University of Biskra" in 1998. It now has six faculties: Faculty of Science and Technology Faculty of Law and Political Sciences Faculty of the tires and Languages Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences and Management Sciences Faculty of Exact Sciences, Natural Science and Life Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. View full university

UHBC has higher education in the province of Chlef began during the year 1983-1984, with the opening of the National Higher Education Institute of Civil Engineering (INES-GC), which had 144 students enrolled. (Decree No. 83/623 of 5 November 1983). The National Institute provided training of core technology and state engineers in Civil Engineering. Two new National Institutes of Higher Education (Hydraulics and Agronomy) were opened in the academic year 1986-1987 (Decree 86/166 of 5 August 1986), the date coincided with the receipt of the infrastructure of INES, with educational facilities for various workshops and laboratories. Depuis 1988 other training courses were opened. The INES Chlef were grouped under the authority of one direction with the creation in 1992 of the University Centre of Chlef (Decree No. 92/293 of 7 July 1992). Therefore, the University Centre has continued to seek guardianship for the opening of other sectors, coveted by future graduates. View full university

1990: Opening of the National Institute of Higher Education of Electronic 2000: promoted the National Institute of Higher Education to the electronic university center under the Executive Decree No. 197 - 2000 dated 25 July 2000 on the establishment of the University Center Paljlvh. 2009: University Center to upgrade the University and under the Executive Decree No. 09 - 09 dated 04 January 2009 concerning the establishment of the University of Djelfa Estimated the total number of students enrolled at the University of Djelfa season university 2015-2014 b 23950 students, Muaan on 06 colleges and 16 Departments of the Institute. Djelfa University includes four (04) procuratorates for the presidency of the University: - on behalf of the University Directorate of the Higher composition of the gradient and continuous training and certification. - on behalf of the University Directorate of Higher formation in post-graduation and university training and scientific research. - on behalf of the University of the Directorate of External Relations and Cooperation and activation, communication, and scientific demonstrations - the university on behalf of the Directorate for Development and anticipative and guidance View full university

The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (UWM) was founded on 1 September 1999. The establishment resulted from merging three institutions of higher education in Olsztyn, i.e. the Academy of Agriculture and Technology, the Higher School of Pedagogy, and Warmian Theological Institute. At first, in 1999, there were 12 faculties, 32 branches of study, and 24.500 students at UWM. The University also had a right to grant doctoral degrees in 13 scientific disciplines, and postdoctoral degrees in 6 branches. According to the University’s Act of Establishment, the position of the first Rector of UWM was taken by Prof. Ryszard Górecki, Ph.D. The University has been settled in Kortowo – an academic campus that used to belong to the Academy of A&T. UWM has undergone an intense transformation since its beginnings. Achieving such progress would not be possible without the funds of the European Union. The educational and scientific bases of the University have been significantly reinforced, for example by purchasing high-tech laboratory equipment. Over the years, UWM's offer was extended to new branches of study, and consequently, new faculties were established. Currently, there are 17 faculties at UWM, 11 of which have full academic rights, namely the right to grant post-doctoral degrees (in 13 disciplines). Furthermore, the doctoral degree can be granted at 16 faculties, within 24 disciplines. In the Academic Year 2014/15, 27.000 students are educated at 17 faculties, and 65 branches of study, within either full-time or part-time studies. Additionally, there are also 600 doctoral candidates and 1500 post-graduate students. View full university

The University of Gdańsk is a dynamically developing institution of higher learning and one that combines respect for tradition with a commitment to the new. We offer a very wide range of academic subjects and an equally wide range of subjects that lead to professional qualifications in demand on the job market. An increasingly large proportion of students pursue their studies in state-of-the-art facilities on the University's Baltic Campus, which is one of the largest university complexes in northern Poland. The University of Gdańsk was founded on 20 March 1970. It was formed from an amalgamation of two institutions of higher education: the Higher Economics School in Sopot and the Higher Pedagogical School in Gdańsk. Later, it also included the Higher Teacher Training School. The precursor of the Higher Economics School in Sopot was the Higher School of Maritime Trade in Sopot, which opened in 1945 and was awarded its first degrees in 1947. Currently, the University of Gdańsk is the largest educational institution in the Pomerania region. We have eleven faculties with over thirty thousand students, doctoral students, and post-graduates, who are taught by one thousand seven hundred academic staff. In such fields of study as Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Oceanography, Quantum Physics, Pedagogy, Psychology, Law, and Economic Sciences, the University of Gdańsk is one of the best institutions in Poland. The members of the academic staff of the University of Gdańsk conduct scientific and scholarly research on a world-class level, not only creatively expanding the frontiers of knowledge but also serving the whole of the Pomerania region with their knowledge and experience, thus aiding its dynamic modern development. As an effect of the developing connections between scientific activity and economic practice at the University of Gdańsk, many expert opinions and opinions in the form of studies protected by copyright are being written. Because of the development and the activities of its academic staff, the University of Gdańsk has become an incubator for entrepreneurship in such areas as Biotechnology, Biology, and Chemistry. The University of Gdańsk cooperates with institutions of higher education in most countries in Europe and also with many countries around the world. Research and other activities are conducted within the framework of over one hundred international agreements with foreign partners. A series of University institutes and departments have obtained, or are in the process of obtaining, the prestigious status of centers of excellence, which is the European certificate and stamp of quality. The numerous foreign placements are undertaken by the University’s academic staff help them to offer students a modern and open education. University of Gdańsk scholars and scientists are recipients of Polish and international grants and prizes. They have received grants from - among a range of institutions - The National Centre for Research and Development, The National Science Centre, and The Foundation for Polish Science. Two have won the most important scientific prize in Poland, the so-called Polish Nobel Prize, the Foundation for Polish Science Prize, awarded for outstanding scientific achievements and discoveries. This prize was won in 2008 by Professor Ryszard Horodecki and in 2013 by Professor Marek Żukowski for their work in quantum physics. The University offers a wide range of forms of education. Some of these are interdisciplinary, and several can be undertaken in cooperation with other academic centers in Poland and abroad (including MOST and ERASMUS student exchanges). Our programs are directed to a wide range of potential students, irrespective of age, profession, place of residence, or previous education, following the principle of lifelong learning. The University of Gdańsk provides education in 75 fields of study, comprising 223 specializations, full-time and part-time studies, at the level of first or second cycle studies, or within comprehensive (long cycle) five-year master’s programs. Every year new fields of study are developed, and every effort is made to adapt our programs to the needs of the job market. The syllabuses in the majority of new fields have a general educational or practical orientation, and they are devised in cooperation with experts and those with practical experience in specific areas. In this, the University draws on the knowledge and experience of employers. The latest fields of study at the University of Gdańsk include Work and Business Psychology Mathematical Modelling and Data Analysis Aquaculture – Business and Technology European and International Business Law Chemical Business Diplomacy Eastern Studies Balkan Studies Theatre Studies Law in Administration and Economics Chinese Studies Iberian Studies Neurobiopsychology Language, Culture and Economy of Finland Application of Informatics in Business, and Taxes and Tax Advisory Services. The strategy adopted by the University of Gdańsk Senate in 2010, draws on the institution’s traditions, outlines its core values and mission, and sets out a vision of its development through to 2020. The University’s core values are the rational pursuance of truth through original scientific and scholarly research, a respect for the best models in world science and scholarship, modern education in the service of the development of civilization and society, mutual respect and trust, tolerance for diversity of views, and solidarity within the entire academic community. The University’s mission is to educate valued graduates who are provided with the broad and many-faceted knowledge, skills, and competencies essential in knowledge-based socio-economic life, and to make a lasting contribution to scientific and scholarly knowledge of the world and the solving of important contemporary problems. The next decade of the University’s development will see the creation of a new level of quality in education, in scientific-scholarly research, and cooperation with the community. Conscious of its potential, the University of Gdańsk strongly promotes bi- and multi-lateral initiatives in support of science and scholarship by scientific-scholarly centers and institutions in the Baltic Region. The expansion of research, the introduction of new fields of study that provide an opportunity for multi-facetted development, and further augmentation of the infrastructure for teaching and research will allow the University of Gdańsk to confirm its leadership position among tertiary-level institutions in Poland. View full university

The Catholic University of Lublin was founded in 1918. It is the oldest university in Lublin and one of the oldest in Poland. It was founded by the Polish Episcopate on the initiative of Rev. Idzi Radziszewski, who was also the first rector of the University. KUL has been entrusted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Its maxim is " Deo et Patriae" - "For God and Fatherland". The first inauguration of the academic year took place on December 8, 1918, in the major seminary in Lublin - the provisional headquarters of the University. 399 young people began their studies in four faculties - Theology, Canon Law and Moral Sciences, Law and Socioeconomic Sciences, and the Humanities. In 1921 the University received its building, the so-called Swietokrzyskie Barracks, an edifice of the Dominican Fathers of the Monastic Observance. The administration of the University attempted to have State rights granted to the University. In 1928 Parliament bestowed civil legal status upon the University. Through the Parliamentary act of 1933, KUL became entitled to bestow the title of Master and five years later (April 9, 1938) it acquired the full rights of a state university, that is of conferring doctorates and professorships in all its faculties. Material means were ensured by donations and funds from dioceses, support from Friends of the University of Lublin Society established in 1922 (as of 1928 the Friends of KUL Society), from incomes from the Potulicka Foundation (estates near Bydgoszcz, a gift from the countess Aniela Potulicka) and collections carried out biannually (since 1930) in all Polish churches. The 1930s marked the systematic development of KUL. The University hired a great many scholars and cooperated with national and foreign research and academic institutions. Plans for the establishment of new departments, among them medicine, philosophy, mathematics, and natural sciences, a school for journalists, were stopped by the outbreak of World War II. During the German occupation, the University was shut down, and a military hospital was organized in KUL's buildings. The rector was imprisoned, many of the professors and students were executed, while others were forced to go work in Germany or sent to concentration camps. The University was involved in secret, underground education in Lublin, Warsaw, Kielce, Jędrzejów, and Nawarzyce. After the liberation of Lublin, KUL reopened its doors on August 21, 1944, as the first university in post-war Poland. Despite difficulties (finding academic staff, rebuilding its devastated buildings, finding resources to maintain the University), KUL started making advances: the Department of Christian Philosophy (1946) and the Institute of Higher Religious Culture (1946) was established. A flood of youth from all regions of Poland came to the city and their number systematically increased (1946 - over 1600 students 1947 - over 2000 1951 - over 3000). KUL soon became an unwanted university in communist Poland. There were attempts to stop the development of the University and to limit its influence on society. The 1950s and 1960s were especially hard. The Potulicka Foundation was taken over and made state property, student entries and enrolment were severely limited, aiming at closing the most popular faculties of KUL, that is the Faculties of Law and Socio-Economics. The philological sections were closed. The rector, Rev. Antoni Słomkowski, was then imprisoned. The right to grant doctorates and professorships was taken away from the Humanities Faculty, and academic exchange with foreign countries was blocked. KUL alumni were denied employment in state positions. Publications of academic research underwent severe censorship. The government's treating KUL as a profit-making institution obliged it to pay high taxes, and due to delayed payments buildings and university property were confiscated. The response of the University to the growing repression from the State was an expansion in the area of research and the foundation of new departments and specialized inter-department research units. It was a time when the university enjoyed its well-deserved scholarly reputation. During the period of communism in Poland, KUL was the most important center of Catholic thought in the country and the only independent university in the entire Soviet bloc. It was also a refuge for the young, not accepted into other universities or marginalized for political or social reasons. A change came in the 1970s when the University was allowed to make contacts with foreign research and academic institutions, yet the real turning point took place in the 1980s. After many petitions, some of the Institutes were gradually reopened. Moreover, permission was granted to expand university buildings, among other things the erection of the John Paul II Collegium was started. The Faculty of Social Sciences was re-established, and a new Section of Legal Sciences and Section of Slavonic philology was founded. Thanks to the foundation of the Pastoral Care and Polonia Migration Section (1972), the Summer School of Polish Language and Culture (1974), and a one-year Course in Polish Language and Culture for Foreign Students (1977), more intimate bonds were created between KUL and Polonia. At present KUL consists of ten faculties: Theology Law Canon Law and Administration Philosophy Humanities Social Sciences Biotechnology and Environment Sciences and Mathematics, IT and Landscape Architecture three off-campus faculties: Natural and Economic Sciences in Tomaszów Lubelski Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola as well as many inter-faculty units such as College for Inter-faculty Individual Studies in the Humanities or the School of the Polish Language and Culture. The University undertakes the civilization and scientific challenges of modern times performing extensive research, publishing numerous books, periodicals, and encyclopedias such as the Catholic Encyclopedia and the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Studies are conducted in the Polish and English languages. Numerous facilities and special methods are used to allow studying to persons with disabilities. Students of KUL have the opportunity to develop passions and interests in many student organizations such as choirs, theatres, or galleries. Thanks to their activity, KUL has a very rich cultural life. “KULturalia” - student’s largest cultural event is held annually. Many scientific circles found at each major of the University deal with students’ extracurricular scientific development. Moreover, students actively participate in the Academic Sports Association, in PTTK and in the Academic Legion of KUL, in which they may undergo defense training. The University Chaplaincy intensively works and its activities comprise a series of initiatives, movements, communities, and associations. KUL co-operates with 140 foreign universities and is a member of many international organizations and associations such as the European University Association (EUA), European Federation of Catholic Universities (EFCU), or International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU). It participates in exchange programs and scientific co-operation thanks to which many renowned scholars and people of the Church and culture from all over the world visit the University every year. The Catholic University in Lublin, at present named after John Paul II, is one of the fastest-growing universities in Poland. Each year the scope of scientific research and the educational offer is extended. Numerous investments demonstrate the development of the University they are designed to create optimal conditions for the development of academic staff and students. 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