Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences


Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences '' – a public higher education institution founded in 1951. One of the best career-oriented universities in Poland, it ranks as the country's second biggest patent licensor as well as the best life-sciences and agricultural university.

History

1856-1945 The Lviv Academy of Veterinary Medicine was established in 1881 as the third institution of this kind in Poland, alongside those in Vilnus and Warsaw. The Faculty of Agriculture dates back to 1856, when the Rural Agricultural School was opened in Dublany near Lvov, in the eastern outskirts of Poland. Initiated by the Galicia Parliament and later confirmed by the decree of the Minister of Agriculture, the school was transformed into the School of Agriculture, which later gained the status of the Polish Academy of Agriculture in 1901. The Academy was incorporated into the Lviv Polytechnic, together with the School of Forestry, which resulted in the establishment of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry in 1919. The last transformation was decreed by the Council of Ministers.
Breslau. In 1881 the Institute of Agriculture was
opened at the Royal University of Breslau. The address of the institute was 5 Mattiaplatz, and in 1923–1945 at 25 Hansastrasse, which is now the location of the main building of Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences. The academic research facilities and scholars were placed there to provide the foundation for future University development.
1945-1951 Wroclaw. On 24 August 1945 the State National Council signed a decree to establish a completely new institution of higher education called the State University and Polytechnic in Wroclaw. The University comprised ten faculties, having as parts the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and the Faculty of Agriculture with the Gardening Division. The
building of the Institute of Agriculture housed academic facilities and the
scholars from the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of the Lvov Polytechnic, together with the professors of the Lvov Academy of Veterinary Medicine who
became the academic staff of the newly established University. In 1945, 302
students enrolled on the first year to study veterinary medicine and agriculture.
After 1951 The School of Agriculture was separated from the State University and Polytechnic in Wroclaw by a decree by the Council of Ministers on 17 November 1951 and became a separate entity. The newly created institution included four faculties: the Faculty of Agriculture, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, the Faculty of Water Reclamation and the Faculty of Zoology. The School of Agriculture gained the status of Wroclaw Academy of Agriculture on 28 September 1972 by a decree of the Council of Ministers. The government bill on 23 November 2006 nominated Wroclaw Academy of Agriculture as Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences. Currently, the University is an interdisciplinary institution with a focus on environment and nature studies. The structure of the University comprises five faculties and several interdepartmental units.

Faculties

The Faculty of Biology and Animal Science

Faculty units

Faculty units

4-year full-time studies in the discipline of environmental development

Power to confer academic degrees of

The Faculty of Food Science

Faculty units

4-year full-time courses in the following disciplines: Food Technology, Biotechnology.

The Faculty of Life Sciences and Technology

Faculty units

4-year full-time courses in the following disciplines: Agronomy, Horticulture, Agricultural Engineering

Power to confer academic degrees of

Faculty units

4-year full cycle studies in the field of Veterinary Medicine