Warsaw Agricultural University (SGGW)
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Warsaw Agricultural University (SGGW) is the oldest agricultural academic school in Poland and one of the first in the world. Its history dates back to 1816 when the Institute of Agronomy in Marymont was created. Nowadays, the University consists of 11 faculties and 6 interfaculty units and hosts about 11,000 full time students. Students can choose from 23 disciplines.
The research work covers the entire field of agricultural related sciences among the others: agriculture, veterinary medicine, forestry, economics, food technology, human nutrition as well as the environmental protection and engineering. On the whole, there have been 1395 research projects carried out recently at SGGW.
Throughout about 190 years of its history, Warsaw Agricultural University has always been an active participant in Polish scientific, economic and socio-political life. The main part of academic life concentrates in the Ursynów district about 20 minutes by bus from downtown.
There are over 24000 students including post-graduate and doctoral studies and around 1100 academic staff.
The student’s scientific and cultural life is vested in student self-government, 23 scientific students’ organizations, Academic Sport Association of SGGW, Academic Tourist Club, Student Mountain Climbing Club. There is an Academic Choir and Artistic Folklore Group “Promni” which represent Polish culture all over the world and grace the most important academic ceremonies. There is also the Buddy group, consisting of the Polish ex-Socrates students who help the incoming students in daily life in a foreign country.
At the end of 2005 SGGW became an observer member of Euroleague of Life Science (ELLS) a network of leading universities cooperating in the fields of Natural Resource Management, Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Life Sciences, Veterinary Sciences, Food Sciences, and Environmental Sciences. Presently the ELLS network includes the following founder members:
- The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL), Copenhagen, Denmark
- University of Hohenheim (UHOH), Stuttgart, Germany
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden
- University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
- Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Czech University of Agriculture Prague, Czechia (CUA) as observer member
- Warsaw Agricultural University (SGGW) as observer member
Contacts:
Rector: Prof. dr hab. Tomasz Borecki - rektor@alpha.sggw.waw.pl
Vice-rectors for Science: Prof. dr hab. Katarzyna Niemirowicz-Szczytt
Vice-rectors for Didactics: Prof. dr hab. Krystyna Gutkowska
Vice-rectors for Development: Prof. dr hab. Alojzy Szymański
Adress:
Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego
ul. Nowoursynowska 166
02-787 Warsaw, Poland
http://www.sggw.waw.pl
European Programmes’ Centre
International Relations Office
Warsaw Agricultural University
ul. Nowoursynowska 166
02-787 Warsaw, Poland
ad_cpe@alpha.sggw.waw.pl
http://www.sggw.waw.pl/cpe/index-e.html |
financed by
European Commision
Dutch National Postcode Lottery
Ministry of National Education And Sport