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The University of Life Sciences in Lublin is a multi-profile higher education institution, which integrates a wide range of agricultural, biological, veterinary, technical, and socioeconomic sciences. Its educational offer is attractive for the local secondary school leavers as new directions of studies are created to meet requirements of the current job market in Poland, the contents and forms of education comply with current educational standards. Well-experienced academic staff and up-to-date didactic and research base guarantee a high level of education approved by certificates. The 65-year-old activity of the University has shown its high rank in the structure of the Polish higher education system. The University of Life Sciences in Lublin conforms to the principles of the Bologna Process and provides education in each of the three stages of the study. It also conducts postgraduate and refresher courses. There are more than 10 thousand students in full-time and part-time studies of the first and second cycle of studies as well as comprehensive master’s studies. The educational offer includes several courses and specializations. The number of university graduates has exceeded 60 thousand. The high level of academic staff and their devotion, well-equipped laboratories and lecture halls, and modern teaching methods guarantee the highest level of education. There is a strong emphasis on implementing theoretical knowledge in practice. Students have the opportunity to further develop their interest in science, art (the Ensemble of Song and Dance “Jawor", the Choir of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin), or sports and journalism (student magazine "Radar"). The University has a modern Sports and Recreational Center. The University traditions date back to 1944 when the first four Faculties were created at the recently established Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin: Medical, Life Sciences, Agricultural, and Veterinary. Among the sequentially-formed faculties, in 1953 the Department of Animal Husbandry began its operations. In 1955, during a surge of new universities, Professor Bohdan Dobrzański, the Rector of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University at the time, was appointed to create an independent scientific – didactic and research unit from the Faculties of Agriculture, Veterinary and Zootechnics. With Resolution No. 503 of the Council of Ministers from 6 August 1955, The Higher School of Agriculture was established in Lublin. Professor Bohdan Dobrzański became its first Rector. View full university

The history of the Medical University of Lublin goes back to 1944 when the Faculty of Medicine was included as part of the newly founded Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. In 1950 the Faculty separated from MCSU to form the independent Medical Academy. Throughout the years, new areas of research and education, such as nursing, pharmacy, or dentistry, were added. In 2001 the English Language Division was founded which has been offering education in Medicine in the English language to students from all over the world. In 2008 Medical Academy transformed into a university, assuming the name of the Medical University of Lublin. Medical professions are strictly regulated and medical licensure is subject to the control of the local jurisdiction and changes in the law. Graduates of MD programs may therefore need to go through licensure requirements and a national procedure to get their academic degrees or diplomas recognized in another country if they seek admission to a further course of study there. Licenses are not granted automatically to all people with medical degrees. A medical school graduate must receive a license to practice medicine before he or she can be called a physician in a legal sense, a process that usually entails testing or examinations by a medical board. The medical license is the documentation of authority to practice medicine within a certain locality. It is in a medical/dental candidate’s best interest to become acquainted with the law and requirements concerning obtaining a medical license in the country where they want to practice. In the admission applications, some of you mention that you have dreamt of becoming a doctor for many years and have already made preparations to fulfill this plan. Some of you have made this decision recently. No matter which group you belong to, you are still facing one of the most important decisions in your life – to choose the University that will make your dream come true. We believe that the Medical University of Lublin will be an excellent choice. You will have the possibility to be taught by very experienced and profoundly qualified teachers who practice their field of knowledge as doctors and researchers. Our academic teachers are proud to have educated many generations of physicians since the forties of the 20th century. We are constantly working on improving the facilities and equipment of the University departments and hospitals, consistently strengthening their role all over the country and abroad. For those interested in extracurricular activities, the University hosts several student associations and organizations to choose from. During the period of your studies, you will also have a chance to feel the student-friendly atmosphere of Lublin with almost 100 000 other students from all universities staying across the city. We strongly believe that you will enjoy the rich offer of the cultural institutions located in Lublin. View full university

The Lublin University of Technology was established as Evening Engineering School in May 1953 on the initiative of Lublin technical societies. At present, there are six Faculties of the Lublin University of Technology: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Building and Architecture, Environmental Engineering Management, Fundamentals of Technology, and interfaculty units such as: Foreign Languages Department, Physical Education and Sports Department, LUT's Library, Information Technology Centre, Centre for Innovation and Advanced Technologies of the LUT, Lublin Centre for Technology Transfer of the LUT, Lublin Innovation Partnership (Incubator) of the LUT, Office for Development and Cooperation of the LUT. The executive functions of the university are carried out by the university senate and the rector. The university senate determines the rules by which the university is to be governed, establishes graduation requirements, chooses the fields and direction of scientific research, and also makes decisions on the university's development and services. The Senate is chaired by the rector. The faculties are led by the deans. The Lublin University of Technology employs ca. 1,100 staff members, among them 550 academic teachers. Staff members are appointed as specific experts for the authority levels, boards, and public opinion bodies. The university's staff and students have helped to establish its reputation as one of the best and the most popular in the university sector. It has an excellent academic reputation, which is reflected in the successful employment record of its graduates. From the moment of establishment, the Lublin University of Technology has registered the 100-times increase of the student's number and offered modern and very useful specializations and courses. At present, there are ca. 11,000 persons, where 6,400 are full-time students, 3,600 part-time students, 500 post graduate participants, and 90 PhDs. The University presents study courses within the first level (engineer and licentiate), the second level (master), and the third level (doctoral degree) as well as post-graduate studies. The University also offers different study structures - post-degree study courses and additional courses for High School students and industry employees, who are willing to continue their vocational education. Over the past 50 years, over 30,000 graduates left the University. Graduates can receive the degree of Engineer or Master of Engineering, and the academic degree of Doctor of Academic Sciences. Since 1994 LUT graduates may apply for the title of "European Engineer" offered by the Federation of the European Associations of Engineers. The academic year is divided into two semesters (winter semester from October 1st till the end of January and summer semester from the middle of February till the end of June). Mid-term examinations take place in February, while final examinations in June. The obligatory professional practice is held in the summer. The last semester is devoted to preparing final dissertations. The Library provides a fully comprehensive service for students. The main aim of our Library is to efficiently support the process of studying, scientific research, and professional undertakings for which technical literature is necessary. This is why the Library offers numerous academic textbooks, monographs, and reference sources in science and engineering. The collection contains over 150000 printed books, we also have over 300 Polish journals and 40 foreign journals subscribed. LUT has a wide range of computer facilities available to all students. All the University's micros are linked into the main computer system. The media services of the Lublin University of Technology, supported by qualified audio-visual technicians, are considerable and they are available to assist students in their courses. These services cover the needs of both the scientific community at the university and its central administration. 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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