Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy
we Wrocławiu
Latin: Universitas Rerum Naturalium Wratislaviensis
Type public, undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate
Established 1951
Rector prof. dr hab. inż. Tadeusz Trziszka
Students over 13 000
Address C.K.Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
Affiliations Leonardo Da Vinci, SOCRATES, CEEPUS, COST, TEMPUS
Website www.up.wroc.pl/en/

Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences (former names: Higher School of Agriculture, Agricultural Academy of Wrocław) – a public higher education institution founded in 1951. One of the best career-oriented universities in Poland, it ranks as the country’s second biggest patent licensor as well as the second best life-sciences and agricultural university.

History

1856-1945 Lviv Academy of Veterinary Medicine was established in 1881 as the third institution of this kind in Poland, alongside those in Vilnus and Warsaw. The Faculty of Agriculture dates back to 1856, when the Rural Agricultural School was opened in Dublany near Lvov, in the eastern outskirts of Poland. Initiated by the Galicia Parliament and later confirmed by the decree of the Minister of Agriculture, the school was transformed into the School of Agriculture, which later gained the status of the Polish Academy of Agriculture in 1901. The Academy was incorporated into the Lviv Polytechnic, together with the School of Forestry, which resulted in the establishment of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry in 1919. The last transformation was decreed by the Council of Ministers.

Breslau. In 1881 the Institute of Agriculture was opened at the Royal University of Breslau. The address of the Institute was 5 Mattiaplatz, and in 1923-1945 at 25 Hansastrasse (today C.K. Norwida Street), which is now the location of the main building of Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences. The academic research facilities and scholars were placed there to provide the foundation for future University development.

1945-1951 Wroclaw. On 24 August 1945 the State National Council signed a decree to establish a completely new institution of higher education called the State University and Polytechnic in Wroclaw. The University comprised ten faculties, having as parts the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and the Faculty of Agriculture with the Gardening Division. The building of the Institute of Agriculture housed academic facilities and the scholars from the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of the Lvov Polytechnic, together with the professors of the Lvov Academy of Veterinary Medicine who became the academic staff of the newly established University. In 1945, 302 students enrolled on the first year to study veterinary medicine and agriculture.

After 1951 The School of Agriculture was separated from the State University and Polytechnic in Wroclaw by a decree by the Council of Ministers on 17 November 1951 and became a separate entity. The newly created institution included four faculties: the Faculty of Agriculture, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, the Faculty of Water Reclamation and the Faculty of Zoology. The School of Agriculture gained the status of Wroclaw Academy of Agriculture on 28 September 1972 by a decree of the Council of Ministers. The government bill on 23 November 2006 nominated Wroclaw Academy of Agriculture as Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences. Currently, the University is an interdisciplinary institution with a focus on environment and nature studies. The structure of the University comprises five faculties and several interdepartmental units.

Faculties

The Faculty of Biology and Animal Science

The Faculty of Biology and Animal Science
Address: Chełmońskiego 38C; 50-630 Wrocław
telephone: +48 71 32 05 855, fax: +48 71 34 52 556

Faculty units

Fields of study

Post-graduate studies

Power to confer academic degrees of

The Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy

The Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy
Address: pl. Grunwaldzki 24 A, 50-363 Wrocław
telephone: +48 71 320-15-58, fax: +48 71 320-15-57

Faculty units

Fields of study

Post-graduate studies

Doctoral studies

4-year full-time studies in the discipline of environmental development

Power to confer academic degrees of

The Faculty of Food Science

The Faculty of Food Science

Address: ul. Chełmońskiego 37/41, 51-630 Wrocław
telephone: +48 71 320 77 42, fax: +48 71 320 77 44

Faculty units

Fields of study

Post-graduate studies

Doctoral studies

4-year full-time courses in the following disciplines: Food Technology, Biotechnology.

The Faculty of Life Sciences and Technology

The Faculty of Life Sciences and Technology
Address: pl. Grunwaldzki 24A, 50-363 Wrocław
Telephone: +48 71 320 15 35, fax: +48 71 320 15 35

Faculty units

Fields of study

Doctoral studies

4-year full-time courses in the following disciplines: Agronomy, Horticulture, Agricultural Engineering

Power to confer academic degrees of

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Address: ul. C. K. Norwida 31, 50-375 Wrocław
Telephone: 71 320 5107, 71 3205 244, fax: 71 328 1567

Faculty units

Fields of study

Doctoral studies

4-year full cycle studies in the field of Veterinary Medicine

Coordinates: 51°6′40″N 17°3′50″E / 51.11111°N 17.06389°E / 51.11111; 17.06389

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