The Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań was founded in 1919 and is now the major academic institution in Poznań, having been ranked among the top three universities in Poland for the last five years. It encompasses 15 faculties, 29 institutes, two interuniversity science centres and a network of interdisciplinary university centres. AMU also comprises the Faculty of Education and Fine Arts in Kalisz, Collegium Polonicum in Słubice, Collegium Europaeum Gnesnense in Gniezno and an AMU extension centre in Piła.
The Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań covers all ISCED areas in the first- and second-cycle study programmes. The range of research interests is reflected in the structure of the university. In the first and second cycle, it provides 285 study programmes (including 19 study programs offered in English) and 180 possible professional specialisations, in addition to 9 joint study programmes and 60 post-graduate non-degree programmes of study. In the third cycle, doctoral candidates can choose among 18 doctoral study programmes.
On the European scale, AMU ranks among the largest institutions in Poland by number of students. The university’s student population is nearly 40,000 students (over 1,000 are international students). The number of new students enrolled for the 2017/18 academic year is 15,687, while the number of graduates for the year 2017 was 8,302.
The university currently employs nearly 3,000 teaching staff, including 371 tenured professors and other professors with a title, 1,407 assistant professors, 369 senior lecturers and lecturers and over 2,200 non-academic employees. According to data from the Web of Knowledge, Thomason-Reuters, university teachers and researchers from AMU regularly contribute almost 40% of all internationally recognised academic publications from Poland.
The excellent results of the AMU faculties, its status as a Leading National Research Centre, “Polish Nobel Prizes” and the many other individual and collective achievements of our scholars and scientists testify to the high quality of our research. Each year, about 20 of our researchers receive the academic title of professor, about 40 receive a post-doctoral degree and about 200 researchers receive a doctoral degree.
AMU has participated in the Erasmus+ programme ever since it was launched in Poland in 1998.
The AMU has the second place in Poland concerning the number of students and teaching staff taking part in an international exchange within Erasmus + programme. In 2017 there were 407 incoming students and 561 outcoming students and lecturers. Erasmus+ has attracted 28 EU countries, 3 EEA countries (Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway), Turkey as a candidate country, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, plus 14 partner countries (such as Canada, USA, Japan, Taiwan, Serbia, Mozambique, Senegal, Armenia, Ukraine, Algeria, Russia, Philippines, Kazakhstan, Mexico and Peru). The university recognizes its role as a strategic social partner in Central Europe, and therefore aspires to contribute to the region’s economic growth, social development and environmental sustainability. The university prides itself on its achievements and aligns its principles with those of the Great Charter of European Universities. It promotes pro- European ideas, actively participates in the international academic community and seeks to implement joint research and educational programs. It aims to strengthen ties with the European Union Member States and embarks on new initiatives conducive to cooperation with the countries of Europe. Since 2017, the AMU has cooperated in 31 EU projects, among them 14 Horizon 2010, 2 FP7 and 15 other European projects. In the period 2004-2018, it was involved as a partner or leading institution in more than 124 EU projects, among them 32 FP7, 25 FP6 projects and 15 Horizon 2020 grants.
Adam Mickiewicz University has been ranked by the QS in the fields of archaeology (in the first 200) and linguistics (in the first 150).
