Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (MCSU) ( pl, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie, UMCS) was founded October 23, 1944 in

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

. It is named in honour of

Marie Curie-Sklodowska Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie ( , , ; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, ; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first ...

. Currently the number of students is almost 36,000. The university has 302 professors (157 full professors), 231 habilitated doctors, 826 senior lecturers, and 1829 teachers in total. Total staff is 3628. To meet the growing demand for higher education, the university has established branches in other cities.

Rankings

In 2011 the Polish national daily newspaper ''Rzeczpospolita'' ranked the university 11th among Polish public universities (25).

Faculties

*Arts *Biology and Biotechnology *Chemistry *Economics *Geosciences and Land Management *Philosophy and Sociology *Humanities *Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science *Pedagogy and Psychology *Political Science and Journalism *Law and Administration *Off-Campus Branch in Pulawy

Notable alumni

* Henryk Cioch (1951–2017), lawyer *

Zyta Gilowska Zyta Janina Gilowska (7 July 1949 – 5 April 2016) was a Polish economist, academic, and politician. Early life and education Gilowska was born in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie on 7 July 1949. In 1972, she graduated with a degree in economics from Wa ...

(1949–2016), economist and politician *

Stanisław Michalkiewicz Stanisław Andrzej Michalkiewicz (born 8 November 1947 in Lublin) is a Polish far-right political commentator, lawyer, former politician, opposition activist in the communist Polish People's Republic, and book author. Michalkiewicz is known for mak ...

(born 1947), politician and activist * Maciej Płaza (born 1976), writer and translator * Jarosław Stawiarski (born 1963), politician *

Roman Szporluk Roman Szporluk ( uk, Роман Шпорлюк, ''Schporlyuk''; born 8 September 1933) is a Ukrainian-American political scientist and historian. He is a professor emeritus at Harvard and the University of Michigan. He has written several books an ...

(born 1933),

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and American

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, doctor of historical sciences

Publications

The university publishes the following journals: *''Acta Humana'' () *''Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska'' **''sectio A – Mathematica'' () **''sectio AA – Chemia'' ( **''sectio AAA – Physica'' () **''sectio B – Geographia, Geologia, Mineralogia et Petrographia'' () **''sectio C – Biologia'' () **''sectio F – Historia'' () **''sectio FF – Philologiae'' () **''sectio G – Ius'' () **''sectio H – Oeconomia'' () **''sectio I – Philosophia-Sociologia'' () **''sectio J – Paedagogia-Psychologia'' () **''sectio K – Politologia'' () **''sectio L – Artes'' () **''sectio M – Balcaniensis et Carpathiensis'' () **''sectio N – Educatio Nova'' () *''Anuario Latinoamericano – Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales'' () *''Artes Humanae'' () *''Etnolingwistyka. Problemy Języka i Kultury'' () *''Folia Bibliologica'' *''Kultura i Wartości'' () *''Lubelski Rocznik Pedagogiczny'' () *''Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature'' () *''New Horizons in English Studies'' () *''Polish Journal of Soil Science'' () *''Prima Educatione'' () *''Przegląd Prawa Administracyjnego'' () *''Res Historica'' ( *''Studenckie Zeszyty Naukowe'' () *''Studia Białorutenistyczne'' () *''Studia Iuridica Lublinensia'' () *''TEKA of Political Science and International Relations'' () *''Wschód Europy. Studia humanistyczno-społeczne'' () *''Zeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie'' ()

Botanic Garden

Founded in 1946 and originally apart of the campus of the University. In 1951, a new location of the Garden in Sławinek (a district in

) was approved. In 1958, the University obtained the property rights of area. It has about 6,500 species of flora growing here, gathered in several area, among others, a

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, a branch of water plants and an

alpine garden An alpine garden (or alpinarium, alpinum) is a domestic or botanical garden, or more often a part of a larger garden, specializing in the collection and cultivation of alpine plants growing naturally at high altitudes around the world, such as in ...

. It also features a reconstructed noble manor house from the second half of 18th century. Between 2012 and 2013, 418 species of moths in total were recorded in the Botanical Garden.

Gallery

Image:Lublin UMCS Pomnik Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej.jpg, Marie Curie Monument in Lublin Image:Lublin UMCS (wydział humanistyczny) i Akademia Rolnicza.jpg, Building of the Department of Humanities Image:Lublin UMCS (ul. Sowińskiego).JPG, The Faculty of Polish Philology Image:Widok z LSM na Rektorat.jpg, View of the Rector's Office Image:Informatyka UMCS.jpg, Institute of Information Technology Image:Lublin UMCS (kładka i rektorat 01).JPG, The main building of Marie Curie University as viewed from Sowińskiego St

References

External links

* 1944 establishments in Poland Educational institutions established in 1944

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