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University of Wrocław

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Wroclaw, Poland
1201–1500th in World University Rankings 2025
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Founded by Leopold I Habsburg in 1702, the University of Wrocław is one of Central Europe’s oldest collegiate-level higher education institutions.

Although it began as a modest school run by Jesuits, it is now one of the biggest universities in Poland, with its primary focus on scientific research. It has 10 faculties, enabling 44 areas of study – most are taught in Polish, with a select few in English.

According to the Ministry of Higher Education, the Faculty of Social Sciences is one of the best in Poland, while the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics is one of the largest.

Located on the same campus as the former University of Breslau, 70 per cent of the university’s buildings were destroyed by the Soviet Red Army in 1945, but were quickly rebuilt and it was reinstated as a Polish state university, having expelled all Polish students under Nazi rule in 1939.

The university has produced some 9 Nobel Prize winners, including Erwin Schrödinger, Max Born and Fritz Haber.

A recent addition to the University of Wrocław has been the Academic Incubator of Entrepreneurship, a hub to help students start their own businesses with free entrepreneurial advice, conferences, seminars, financial aid with investments and free office space. A collaboration with the Wrocław Technology Park, the technological centre boasts laboratories, office space, a conference centre and modern multimedia equipment. The objective of the Technology Park is to create conditions for the use of scientific and industrial potential of Wrocław and the region, as well as stimulating the advanced technologies industry.

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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at the University of Wrocław

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
67 F : 33 M (1)
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International student percentage
7% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
15.1 (1)
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Student total
17787 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2024

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Subjects Taught at the University of Wrocław

See below for a range of subjects taught at the University of Wrocław

Life Sciences601–800th

  • Biological Sciences

Law251–300th

  • Law

Education301–400th

  • Education

Arts and Humanities401–500th

  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Archaeology
  • Art, Performing Art and Design

Computer Science801–1000th

  • Computer Science

Social Sciences801+

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Geography
  • Communication and Media Studies

Psychology301–400th

  • Psychology

Physical Sciences1001+

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Mathematics and Statistics

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