Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW; Latin: Universitas Cardinalis Stephani Wyszyński Varsoviae) is a Polish state university created on the basis of the Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw. UKSW is a public university that offers education in the humanities, social studies, and natural sciences, and, since 2019, medicine.
Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie | |
Auditorium Maximum of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw | |
| Latin: Universitas Cardinalis Stephani Wyszyński Varsoviae | |
| Motto | Soli Deo |
|---|---|
Motto in English | [Glory] To God alone |
| Patron | Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński |
| Type | Public University |
| Established | September 3, 1999 |
| Affiliation | Socrates-Erasmus |
| Rector | Rev. Prof. Dr. Hab. Ryszard Czekalski |
Academic staff | 760 |
Total staff | over 1,100 |
| Students | approx. 10,000 |
| Address | 5 Dewajtis Street in Bielany , Warsaw , 01-815 , Poland 52°17′42″N 20°57′35″E |
| Website | https://uksw.edu.pl/en |
The university has twelve faculties located in two campuses in Warsaw's Bielany district: on Dewajtis and Wóycickiego Streets. The university offers forty majors, including medicine, psychology, law, journalism, environmental engineering, Italian philology, and economics.
In 2016, the Mazovian Laboratory Center of Life Sciences UKSW was established on the campus at the Wóycickiego Street site. In 2019, the university received the European Commission's "HR Excellence in Research" award, confirming its adherence to the principles of the European Charter for Researchers. In addition, all faculties of the university are under the supervision of the Minister of Science and Higher Education; four of them – the Faculties of Theology, of Christian Philosophy, of Canon Law and of Family Studies – are additionally supervised by church authorities.