Universidad Adam Mickiewicz
Poznań, Polonia
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, named after the esteemed Polish Romantic poet, is a research university, one of the top Polish universities and the major academic institution in Poznań. It was founded at 1919 but its reputation is founded on long tradition of higher education in the city of Poznań, dates back to the 16th century (Akademia Lubrańskiego, English: The Lubrański Academy, Latin: Collegium Lubranscianum; established in 1518 in Poznań). At present, an academic staff of 3,000 offers 193 majors and specialties to about 40,000 students, including more than 1,300 doctoral students in doctoral programmes. It is responsible for more than 8,000 scientific publications each year and takes part in more than 600 national and international projects. The university is divided into 20 faculties across a broad range of natural and social sciences and the humanities, three of them are focused on language studies, offering practical language teaching of about 50 languages. Many of the language courses have been awarded the highest quality category by the Polish Accreditation Commission, which attests to both the excellent subject-related competence of the teachers and the use of the latest teaching methods, as well as excellent academic results. The Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures is one of the university’s largest and offer the biggest number of language courses. The Institute of Ethnolinguistics, within the Faculty teaches over a dozen languages across 6 majors with a staff from over 15 different countries.
