Chair (Polish academic department)

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''cathedra'',

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''kathedra'', "seat",

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''katedra'') is an equivalent of an

academic department An academic department is a division of a university or school faculty devoted to a particular academic discipline. This article covers United States usage at the university level. In the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, univers ...

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and the

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, a division of a university or school faculty devoted to a particular academic discipline. Originally, a

cathedra A ''cathedra'' is the raised throne of a bishop in the early Christian basilica. When used with this meaning, it may also be called the bishop's throne. With time, the related term ''cathedral'' became synonymous with the "seat", or principa ...

is the chair or throne of a

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

, a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the

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. University organisation in Poland comprises the following units: :

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(''Uniwersytet'') :: Faculty (''Wydział'') :::

Institute An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can ...

(''Instytut'') ::::Chair (''Katedra'') :::::

Department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

(''Zakład'') ::::::Research group (''Pracownia, Zespół'') Usually degree programmes are conducted within the framework of institutes. However, some specialised programmes may be conducted by independent chairs, while programmes with large variety of disciplines involved (especially medical and legal studies) may be conducted directly by a faculty — in this case, faculty may be composed of chairs with no institutes in its structure. Interdepartmental individual programmes exist at some universities, where a programme of studies is agreed individually with student's supervisor and courses from various faculties, institutes and chairs are available. Academia in Poland he:קתדרה (אקדמיה) pl:Katedra_(jednostka_organizacyjna)