The University of Zielona Góra is the biggest public academic institution in the Lubuskie province. In 2021, UZ celebrated the 20th anniversary of its foundation. However, Zielona Góra’s academic traditions date back to 1965, when the Engineering College, transformed then into the Technical University of Zielona Góra, was established. In 1971, in turn, the Teacher-Training College was founded and in 1973 became the professor Tadeusz Kotarbiński Pedagogical College. The University of Zielona Góra was formed on 1st September 2001 by the consolidation of the schools in question. Additionally, on 1st September 2017 the Public Training College in Sulechów was incorporated into UZ.
In the 2021/2022 academic year, circa 9100 people studied here. Our university offers first-cycle (Bachelor’s degree) and second-cycle (Master’s degree) study programmes, both full-time and part-time ones, graduate programmes in doctoral schools, and postgraduate programmes.
Currently, our university consists of 12 faculties:
the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering,
the Faculty of Economics and Management,
the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Automatics,
the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy,
the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Econometrics,
the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
the Faculty of Biological Sciences,
the Faculty of Social Sciences,
the Faculty of Law and Administration.
There are also 29 institutes which cooperate with the faculties. At the faculties, students can choose from over 60 subjects and numerous specialities in the following fields: humanities, social sciences, economics, natural sciences, medicine and health, technical and exact sciences, and arts. Thus, because of its broad scope of scientific disciplines on offer, the University of Zielona Góra belongs to the elite group of classical universities.
The University is authorized to confer a postdoctoral degree in 23 disciplines and a doctoral degree in 23 disciplines. Graduate studies are offered in 16 disciplines in UZ's two doctoral schools: the Doctoral School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Doctoral School of Exact and Technical Sciences.
Within the institution of the University of Zielona Góra, the following companies operate:
The University of Zielona Góra is also a majority shareholder of the Karol Marcinkowski University Hospital in Zielona Góra Ltd. The hospital is one of the largest and most modern health care institutions in the Lubuskie province. It constitutes an educational and scientific base for our university’s students.
Thanks to European Union funding, the University of Zielona Góra has enriched its educational resources with, among other things, the modern University Library – the biggest research library in the province which serves not only students and employees of the university but also the residents of the city and the region.
The Lubuski Centre for Social Research developed at the Institute of Sociology. The Botanical Garden operates within the Faculty of Biological Sciences. Along with the inception of UZ, the University Publishing House has been formed and each year published 130 publications on average, whereas as many as 40-50 of them have been fully edited.
The University of Zielona Góra has a well-developed educational base, laboratories and lecture halls. For instance, in October 2019, an old academic cafeteria was adapted into the laboratory of the Institute of Automatics, Electronics and Electrical Engineering. By such constant changes, our university does its best to increasingly improve on its conditions and be up to date.
Our students develop their skills and pursue their hobbies in various scientific circles and student organisations. The students can also do sport on many sports facilities (such as a gym or a sports hall).
What is more, the University of Zielona Góra has its own Big Band and flourishing academic media, i.e. Radio Index and a portal called www.wzielonej.pl. The graduates of this alma mater have been the “parents” of Zielonogórskie Zagłębie Kabaretowe (the Zielona Góra Cabaret District) which is found to be the cradle of Polish cabaret.
Although UZ is relatively young, it is progressing dynamically and is open to people and new challenges. Due to its serious scientific potential and rich material base, the university is perceived as one of the main regional windows to Poland and the world.
For the university’s detailed educational offer, visit www.rekrutacja.uz.zgora.pl.
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