The University of Warsaw was established in 1816 and it is considered to be one of the Polish largest and finest university. UW employs more than 5800 people, including over 3000 academic teachers. The University educates over 55 500 undergraduate and graduate students.

It is one of the oldest European universities. It was founded in 1364, and is unavoidable part of Krakow’s life for almost 650 years. It played very important role in the European education, so even in the 15th century almost half of the entire student population was coming from abroad.

The University of Gdansk is the largest educational institution in the Pomorze region. The marine image of the university is enhanced by its fields of study, specialisations and scientific research connected with the sea and with the Baltic coast in particular. University has 11 faculties with about 33 000 students.

Adam Mickiewicz University is one of the major Polish universities. The University serves 47 000 students (67% women, 1 000 international) with 14 faculties offering BA, MA and PhD programmes.

The University of Wroclaw has a rich history of more than three centuries. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the University produced 9 Nobel Prize winners. The University of Wroclaw is the largest university in the region and teaches over 40,000 students and around 1300 doctoral students at 10 Faculties.

AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow is the second largest technical university in Poland. AGH is one of the best, most prestigious Polish universities. At 15 faculties, there are over 34 000 students, and over 500 of doctoral students.

Wroclaw University of Technology belongs among the biggest (32,000 students) and the best universities of technology in Poland. The campus of the university is located in a very attractive area close to the city centre and to the dormitories.

The University of Silesia was launched in 1968 and it was ninth university in Poland in that time. It was founded trough merging the branch of the Jagiellonian University in Katowice and the Higher School of Pedagogy. Now, located in the 5 cities of the region is one of the biggest public universities in Poland.