- Student-faculty ratios: 14.0
- Male to female ratio: 64 : 36
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://en.uw.edu.pl/
- Address: Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28,Warsaw, 00-927,Poland
- Phone: -
The University of Warsaw is Poland’s largest university, and one of its most prestigious. It offers courses in humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, as well as a range of interdisciplinary programmes. While most teaching is in Polish, the university offers more than 20 programmes which are taught in English, including economics, business, and political science. Students at the institution also have the opportunity to take courses in one of 36 languages which are on offer. Warsaw is an international university, with thousands of foreign students, researchers and academics, including those participating in the European Union’s Erasmus programmes. The heart of the university remains its historical main campus, in the centre of Warsaw, which includes buildings dating back to the 17th century. The natural sciences campus is more modern. The history of the university itself stretches back to 1816, when it was founded by a decree issued by the Russian tsar, Alexander I. This first iteration of the institution lasted only 15 years before it was closed, amid growing clamour for Polish independence from Russia. Amid temporary liberalisation, the university was reopened in 1862, but was then closed in 1869 and was replaced with the Imperial University of Warsaw, a Russian-language institution. It was not until 1915 that the Polish university was reopened, this time under German rule and subsequent independence. The university was again closed under Nazi rule in the Second World War, but many academics risked their lives to continue their teaching in secret. Five Warsaw graduates have won Nobel prizes, including the physicist Joseph Rotblat, and the former Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin. Other notable alumni include the composer Frédéric Chopin and David Ben-Gurion, the founding Prime Minister of Israel.
- Total number of students 49,752
- Number of international students 4,690
- Total number of academic staff 3,551
- Number of international staff 172
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 4,386
- Number of master's degrees awarded 5,989
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 376
- Number of research only staff 678
- Number of new undergraduate students 11,846
- Number of new master's students 6,264
- Number of new doctoral students 656
- Global score 55.1
- Global research reputation #404
- Regional research reputation #15
- Publications #381
- Books #377
- Conferences #418
- Normalized citation impact #416
- Total citations #358
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #432
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #738
- International collaboration #21
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #309
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #324
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #343
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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14.0
No. of students per staff
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10%
Percentage of International Students
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50,484
Number of FTE Students
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64 : 36
Student Ratio of Females to Males
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2012
301-350
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2013
351-400
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2014
301-350
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2015
301-350
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2016
501-600
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2017
501—600
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2018
501–600
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2019
601–800
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2020
601–800
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Arts & humanities
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2018
301–400
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2019
301–400
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Life sciences
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2018
301–400
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2019
401–500
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Physical sciences
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2018
301–400
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2019
301–400
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-
Social sciences
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2018
301–400
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2019
501–600
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Business & Economics
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2019
501+
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Computer Science
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2018
201–250
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2019
176–200
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Psychology
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2019
251–300
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Impact Rankings: Partnerships for the goals
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2019
65
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Impact Rankings: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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2019
101–200
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Impact Rankings: Quality education
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2019
201–300
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Impact Rankings: Good health and well-being for people
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2019
201–300
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University Impact Ranking
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2019
201–300
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Emerging Economies
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2014
23
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2015
46
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2016
=71
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2017
=78
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2018
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#286 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 35.5
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #197
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #13
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #385
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #382
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #411
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #434
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #420
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #5
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #173
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #385
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #384
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#322 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 50.9
- Chemistry global research reputation #347
- Chemistry regional research reputation #7
- Chemistry publications #181
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #799
- Chemistry total citations #329
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #468
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #915
- Chemistry international collaboration #170
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #491
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #424
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #655
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#92 Mathematics
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- Mathematics overall score 57.3
- Mathematics global research reputation #174
- Mathematics regional research reputation #11
- Mathematics publications #53
- Mathematics normalized citation impact #269
- Mathematics total citations #90
- Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #98
- Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #256
- Mathematics international collaboration #48
- Mathematics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #191
- Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #224
- Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #292
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#106 Physics
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- Physics overall score 71.7
- Physics global research reputation #223
- Physics regional research reputation #24
- Physics publications #106
- Physics normalized citation impact #277
- Physics total citations #93
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #132
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #358
- Physics international collaboration #208
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #273
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #86
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #281
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#36 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 69.9
- Space Science global research reputation #77
- Space Science regional research reputation #22
- Space Science publications #80
- Space Science normalized citation impact #20
- Space Science total citations #45
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #70
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #54
- Space Science international collaboration #47
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #45
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #32
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #14