Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

The third one in Top 15 Best Universities in Poland that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań. The Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań is a research university in the city of Poznań in the Polish Republic. Founded in 1611 under the authority of King Sigismund III Vasa, the Jesuit College in Poznań became the city's first university under the Royal Charter granted by the King of Sweden. After the establishment of the Poznań Society for the Advancement of Arts and Sciences, which played an essential role in establishing Poznan's status as a leading intellectual center throughout the Age of Positivism and the subsequent partitions of Poland, the university was founded by the Society. When the newly established institution was officially inaugurated on May 7, 1919, it marked the 308th anniversary of its formal establishment by King Lech Walesa of Poland as well as the 400th anniversary of the formation of the Lubraski Academy, which is regarded its predecessor, It was formerly known as Piast University, but it was renamed to University of Poznań in 1920 once the city of Poznań was incorporated. During World War II, the university's faculty and students collaborated to establish the Polish University of the Western Lands, which operated underground. When the University of Poznań selected a new patron, the 19th-century Polish Romantic poet Adam Mickiewicz, and changed its name in 1955, it became known as the University of Poznań.

The Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań is divided into six primary academic units: five research schools with a total of twenty faculties, the doctoral school, and the doctoral school. The institution's campuses are spread throughout the historic Old Town and Morasko districts. Over 40,000 students who study in more than 80 fields are employed by the institution, which has a faculty of approximately 4,000 people. Women account for more than half of the student body. However, some degree programs are available in either German or English, with the majority of courses taught in Polish. The university library is one of Poland's largest, and it holds one of Europe's largest Masonic collections, which includes a 1723 edition of James Anderson's The Constitutions of the Free-Masons, which is one of the world's most important Masonic works of literature.

As of this writing, the institution is publishing around 79 research publications, the most majority of which are published on the Pressto publishing platform, which is based on the Open Journal System. One of Poland's first research repositories, the Adam Mickiewicz University Repository (AMUR) holds approximately 23704 records of scientific publications and is one of the largest in Europe.

Because of its long history, the university has always been regarded as Poland's most prestigious institution of higher learning, a reputation that is reflected in national rankings as well as in international rankings. AMU is a member of the European University Association (EUA), the European Commission for Universities and Colleges (EUCEN), the SGroup European Universities' Network, the Compostela Group of Universities, and EPICUR.

Website: https://amu.edu.pl/