Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań is one ofthe top three Polish universities. Its reputation is founded on traditionlasting over 405 years, the outstanding achievements of the faculty and theattractive curriculum offered to students. The 16 faculties and independentdepartments of  AMU offer opportunitiesto study in over 55 major fields. In recent years the educational offer hasbecome increasingly diverse.

The University recognizes its role as astrategic social partner in Central Europe, and therefore aspires to contributeto the region’s economic growth, social development and environmentalsustainability. The University prides itself on its achievements and aligns itsprinciples with those of the Great Charter of European Universities. Itpromotes pro-European ideas and actively participates in the internationalacademic community, seeks to implement joint research and educational programs.It aims to strengthen ties with the European Union Member States and embarks onnew initiatives conducive to cooperation with the countries of Europe. Among its more than one hundredhonorary doctors are Nobel Prize winners: Maria Curie-Sklodowska and WisławaSzymborska, Javier Solana, and Pope John Paul II

AMU in numbers: over 3,000 faculty members includingover 750 professors and associate professors, more than 150 visiting lecturers,over 43 000 students including over 800 incoming students from abroad, 60 post-graduate non-degree programsof study, nearly 300regular courses on a variety of subjects taught in English, and some in Frenchand Spanish (among others); over 550 research projects funded by the Polish Ministry of Science andHigher Education and other science agencies and participate in 40 internationalresearch projects. Moreover, the university has entered into about 250partnership agreements with academic institutions all over the world and is amember of many research international groups and collaboration and mobilitynetworks (Santander Group or Compostela).

 Mission and Vision

The missionof the University is to advance knowledge through high quality research andteaching in partnership with business, the professions, public services andother research and learning providers. The University is a centre of academicexcellence, where research and teaching are mutually sustaining, and where thecontext within which research is conducted and knowledge is sought and applied,is international as much as regional and national. The University continuouslyextends and updates research programs and contents of study curricula, withspecial emphasis on their interdisciplinary and international nature.

For moreinformation about us, please visit http://international.amu.edu.pl.