Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń explained

Nicolaus Copernicus University
Native Name:Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
Latin Name:Universitas Nicolai Copernici (UNC)
Established:24 August 1945
Type:Public
Students:17,849[1] (12.2023)
City:Toruń
Country:Poland
Academic Affiliations:EUA, Socrates-Erasmus
Address:Gagarina 11, 87-100
Athletics Affiliations:AZS UMK
Angels Toruń (football)
Qs Eeca:83
Qs Eeca Year:2022
Qs Eeca Ref:[2]

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń or NCU (Polish: Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, UMK) is located in Toruń, Poland. It is named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born in Toruń in 1473.[3]

History

The beginnings of higher education in Toruń

The first institution of higher education in Toruń, the Toruń Academic Gymnasium was founded in 1568. It was one of the first universities in northern Poland. The Academic Gymnasium was the precursor to scientific and cultural life (including the first museum created in 1594) in the region. Thanks to the efforts of Heinrich Stroband, city mayor in 1594, academics in Toruń received good working conditions for teaching and research. Among his professors in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were meritorious scholars of Polish and Prussian history, authors of textbooks and papers from various disciplines of humanities, and associates scientific journals.

The establishment of the university in a modern form began in the nineteenth century. During the partitions of Poland the Prussian government planned to create a University of Theology, which was to include faculties of law and economics, this project did not materialise.

In the interwar period the city authorities of Toruń again sought to establish a university. Soon after the annexation of Pomerania to the reborn Poland in 1920, a new phase of efforts to develop the university began. Even before 1920 the Supreme People's Council had considered the proposal to establish higher educational institutions in the Polish territories annexed by Prussia at the University of Gdansk and in Toruń. However, political developments and the uncertain future of Pomerania prompted the council's leadership to accept the December 1918 resolution of the Sejm to overlook Toruń as a location for a new university and instead go ahead with the development of a university in Poznań.

In 1920, the first declaration requesting the establishment of a university was put forward in November by the National Workers Party whose members chose Toruń-born Nicolaus Copernicus to be the patron of the university. For this purpose a number of educational societies, such as the Baltic Institute (later transferred to Gdynia, and then to Gdańsk) amongst others, were established in the town.

Finally in 1938 it was decided to set up the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń as a subsidiary of Poznań's Adam Mickiewicz University; work was to start at the beginning of 1940. This program, however, was interrupted by World War II. It was not until 1947, (two years after the creation of the Nicolaus Copernicus University) that prof. Karol Górski revealed that before the outbreak of World War II there was an approved plan to open Poznań University long-distance division in Toruń in 1940, to teach the humanities and theology. In the first years after the war, many of the teaching staff consisted of professors, assistants and administrative workers from the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius.[4]

Faculties

Staff

Staff / Year2003[5] 2004[6] 2006[7] 2008[8] 2009[9] 2010[10]
Professors373475485497474485
Habilitated doctors85111107131121123
Senior lecturers5768058529649951,027
Teachers (total)1,4272,0092,0772,2442,2032,221
Other staff1,6632,1022,0592,1802,1492,119
Total staff3,0904,1114,1364,4244,3524,340

Number of students

Students / Year200320042006200820092010
Full-time day students17,45520,62220,68820,57521,57522,725
Extramural students14,50116,68017,17810,6419,2478,110
Postgraduate students3,8894,5262,6732,4872,5172,275
Total35,84541,82840,53933,70333,33933,110

Levels of study offered by institution

Diplomas and degrees

Rankings

The W:1001-1200
The W Year:2024
The W Ref:[11]

In 2018, Times Higher Education ranked the university within the 801-1000 band globally.[12]

International cooperation

Notable alumni

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Higher education in the 2023/24 academic year . pl . 2024-06-30 . Statistics Poland .
  2. Web site: QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia . 15 January 2023.
  3. http://www.umk.pl/en/university/history/ Nicolaus Copernicus University history, homepage.
  4. Web site: Historyia Uniwersytetu . pl . umk.pl . 27 November 2023.
  5. Web site: Janik. Agnieszka. General information 2003. 2011-05-02. 2003-12-31.
  6. Web site: Janik. Agnieszka. General information 2004. 2011-05-02. 2004-11-24.
  7. Web site: Janik. Agnieszka. General information 2006. 2011-05-02. 2006-03-31.
  8. Web site: Janik. Agnieszka. General information 2008. 2011-05-02. 2008-11-30.
  9. Web site: Janik. Agnieszka. General information 2009. 2011-05-02. 2009-11-30.
  10. Web site: Janik. Agnieszka. General information 2010. 2011-05-02. 2010-11-30.
  11. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking THE World University Rankings 2024
  12. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2018/world-ranking THE World University Rankings 2018
  13. Web site: Elżbieta Jabłońska . 2023-01-01 . Culture.pl . Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Poland Ministry of Culture and National Heritage . pl.