Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw


Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw is a state university in Warsaw. It was founded in 1999, and it is named after Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński of Poland. It offers religious studies at the faculties of theology, Canon law and Christian philosophy under the patronage of Archbishop of Warsaw issuing permits to academic staff at those faculties. The secular studies with particular sensitivity to Christian values fall under the Ministry of Education.

History

The university traces its history to Warsaw Theological Academy, created by the Polish communist government after it had closed down the theology departments at University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University. The academy did not receive full acceptance from Roman Catholic Church in Poland until the fall of communist authorities in 1989 removed state control over the institution. In 1999 the academy was transformed into the current university.
The university consists of two main campuses in Warsaw's northern districts. The old one at Bielany and the new one at Mlociny, which mostly houses arts and humanities faculties.

Faculties

  1. Institute of Theology: theology, missiology, religious studies
  2. Institute of Medial Education and Journalism: medial education and journalism, journalism and social communication
  3. Theological Institute of Radom: theology
  1. Canon law
  1. Institute of Family Studies: family studies
  1. Institute of Philosophy: philosophy
  2. Institute of Psychology: psychology
  3. Institute of Ecology and Bioethics: ecology
  1. Institute of History: history, history of early Christian literature, musicology
  2. Institute of Archeology: archeology
  3. Institute of Political Science: political science, european studies
  4. Institute of Sociology: sociology, economics, social work
  5. Institute of History of Art: history of art
  1. Law, administration, international relations
  1. Institute of Polish Philology: Polish philology, cultural studies, classical philology
  1. Mathematics, computer science and econometry, physics, chemistry, macrofaculty, computer science
  1. Biology, environmental engineering
  1. Pedagogy