Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS)

The largest higher education institution in eastern Poland is Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS), which was founded in 1944. Maria Curie Sklodowska, a Polish-born French physicist who discovered radium and polonium, inspired the university's name. She was the first and only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, as well as the only person to win the prize in two different fields of science. The university is located in the eastern Polish city of Lublin. The city is located on Poland's eastern border with Ukraine and Belarus.

Arts, biology and biotechnology, chemistry, economics, philosophy and sociology, humanities, mathematics, physics and computer science, earth sciences and spatial management, education and psychology, political science and journalism, and law and administration are among the 11 faculties at the university. Each faculty offers a wide range of bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs.

The university also has a branch campus in Puławy, which was founded in 2013. This campus offers engineering and technical chemistry degree programs developed by the university in collaboration with the Puławy Nitrogen Plant and the New Chemical Syntheses Institute.

The International Cooperation Centre is in charge of supervising academic and scientific collaborations between the university and scientists from around the world. To facilitate these collaborations, the university has formed partnerships with over 200 international higher education institutions.

Website: https://www.umcs.pl/en/