| Maria Curie-Sklodowska University | |
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| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej | |
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| Established: | October 23, 1944 |
| Rector: | Wiesław Kamiński |
| Students: | about 36,000 |
| Location: | Lublin, Poland |
| Affiliations: | SOCRATES/ERASMUS, 5th and 6th EU Framework Programme, Gruntvig, Lingua, Jean Monnet for Poland, The Baltic University Programme, Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program |
| Website: | www.umcs.lublin.pl |
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (in Polish Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, commonly shortened to UMCS) was founded October 23, 1944 in Lublin. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The word rector ("ruler" from the Latin regere and Rector meaning "Teacher" In Latin has a number of different meanings but all of them indicate an academic The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" Lublin is the largest city in eastern Poland and the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 355954 Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lublin is the largest city in eastern Poland and the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 355954 It is named in honour of Marie Curie-Sklodowska.
Currently the number of students is almost 36,000. The university has 302 professors (157 full professors), 231 habilitated doctors, 826 senior lecturers, and 1829 teachers in total. Total staff is 3628.
To meet the growing demand for higher education, the university has recently established branches in other cities.