Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (NCU) was founded in 1945 and is now one of Poland's largest higher education institutions. It is named after the Renaissance mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born in the northern Polish city of Toruń. NCU now has nearly 30,000 students enrolled. The university has grown significantly in recent years, with 16 faculties offering courses in 80 different fields of study at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels. The majority of the faculties are on the Toruń Campus, but many of the medical facilities are on the university's second campus in the nearby city of Bydgoszcz.
International relations remain central to the NCU philosophy, and the university has established bilateral agreements with institutions all over the world, in addition to the Erasmus program. Individual departments also form their own international collaborations, with the Faculty of Economics collaborating extensively with universities in France and the History department collaborating with a Moscow University.
Some of NCU's research facilities are regarded as among the best in Poland. The Centre for Astronomy houses a 32-metre radio telescope, and astronomers Maciej Konacki and Aleksander Wolszczan are alumni. Other notable NCU alumni include poet Zbigniew Herbert and ethnographer Jan Rompsczi. Zbigniew Nowek, the former head of the Polish Intelligence Agency, and Tomasz Zaboklicki, the CEO of railway manufacturer PESA, both studied there.
Website: https://www.umk.pl/en/
