Free Polish University ( pl, Wolna Wszechnica Polska), founded in 1918 in
Warsaw
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, was a private high school with different departments:
mathematics
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and
natural sciences
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,
humanities
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,
political sciences
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and
social pedagogy Social pedagogy describes a holistic and relationship-centred way of working in care and educational settings with people across the course of their lives. In many countries across Europe (and increasingly beyond), it has a long-standing tradition a ...
.
From 1929, its degrees were equivalent to those of university.
In the years 1919–1939 the institution employed 70–80
professor
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s. In the academic year 1938/39 educated about 3000 students. The university conducted clandestine courses during the German occupation, but after the war, its activities were not resumed.
[ :pl:Wolna Wszechnica Polska]
The university was disbanded in 1952.
See also
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Education in Poland
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List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)
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References
Universities and colleges in Warsaw
1918 establishments in Poland
Educational institutions established in 1918
Educational institutions disestablished in 1952
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