List of the best Polish universities

The University of Warsaw (Polish: Uniwersytet Warszawski), established in 1816, is the largest university in Poland. It employs over 3,500 academic educators, including 820 professors. It provides graduate courses for 51,500 students (including 3500 foreigners). The University offers 20 faculties and over 100 specializations in Humanities, Technical Studies as well as Natural Sciences.

University of Warsaw is one of the top Polish universities. International rankings such as ARWU and University Web Ranking rank the university as the best Polish higher level institution. On the list of 100 best European universities compiled by University Web Ranking, the University of Warsaw was placed as 61st. QS World University Rankings positioned the University of Warsaw as the best higher level institution among the world's top 400 (position number 335). The University of Warsaw is among the top two per cent of the world’s best universities. The University of Warsaw holds very good positions in particular study programmes, such as the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Ranking and Eduniversal Best Masters and MBA Worldwide. Out of thousands of courses worldwide, these rankings select the 200 best universities in a given discipline. Nineteen courses of study at the University of Warsaw were included in 2015.

The most famous alumni of the University of Warsaw were: Frédéric Chopin (pianist, composer), Józef Rotblat (physicist,Nobel Peace Prize winner 1995), Leonid Hurwicz (economist, mathematician, Nobel Prize in Economics winner 2007),Menachem Begin ( 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1978), Henryk Sienkiewicz (writer, winner of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature), Czesław Miłosz (poet, prose writer, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature), Ludwik Zamenhof (physician, inventor of Esperanto).

Nowadays, the Warsaw University consists of 126 buildings and educational complexes with over 20 faculties.

The University of Warsaw offers twenty study programmes in English. The UW provides courses in 43 foreign languages, including Hungarian, Latvian, Macedonian, Persian and Hindi. It is possible to participate in them regardless of the main line of study. Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners “Polonicum” offers Polish as a foreign language in Poland to those who are interested in learning Polish - students, but also people not related to academia. The University of Warsaw is most popular among students from Spain, Germany, Italy, France and Turkey.