University of Lodz was established on May 24th, 1945. In the present days, University of Lodz happens to be the largest universities in Poland. There were 6 faculties of University of Lodz in the academic year 1945- 46, which were:
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Faculty of Pharmaceutics
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Law and Economics
During the commencement of the university, there were 7147 students and 530 members of faculty. Today, there are 11 faculties in the university, which are:
- Economics and Sociology
- Biology and Environmental Protection
- Philosophy and History
- Philology
- Mathematics
- Physics and Chemistry
- Educational Sciences
- Geographical Sciences
- International and Political Studies
- Law and Administration
- Management
University of Lodz has set up collaboration with 91 institutes of higher education belonging to 26 different countries. There are more than 42,500 students enrolled and about 2243 academic staffs in the University at present. The students of this University are able to receive double diplomas in the following areas:
- Translation- agreement with University Strasbourg II
- Management- agreement with the University Lyon III
- Executive MBA- diploma of University of Maryland
- Computer-based English language studies- agreement with Lancaster University
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The faculty members of University of Lodz participate in many research programs that are held in foreign countries. The University also happens to be member of few organizations such as:
- Association of European Schools of Planning
- EUA
- Alliance of Universities for Democracy
The governing team of the University consists of the Rectorat and Senate. The Rectorat include:
- Rector
- Pro-rector for Teaching
- Pro-rector for Research
- Pro-rector for International Relations
- Pro-rector for Student Matters and University Branches
- Pro-rector for Economic Matters
The academic year generally consist of 2 semesters. The duration of each semester is 15 weeks. The summer semester commences during middle of February and the winter semester starts from the first week of October. Examinations are conducted in the month of June and in September make-up examinations are held. There are more than 3 million volumes of collection in the University library.
The Center of Physical Education and Sports allows the students to participate in various sports activities. The University possesses 82 buildings for teaching and administrative staffs. Apart from this, there are 10 dormitories for the students and 4244 residential places.
The address of University of Lodz is:
Rectorat
Ul. Narutowicza 65, 90-131
Lodz
Telephone: 042 635 40 00
Fax: 042 665 57 71, 635 40 43
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