Nicolas Copernicus University in Toruń

Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Toruń was established in 1945 and is now the biggest university in Northern Poland, both in terms of its scientific potential and the number of graduates. It is also among the prestigious group of 10 universities in the country, which have acquired the research university status.

The University has 16 faculties (including three faculties of medicine at the Collegium Medicum of NCU in Bydgoszcz), as well as the Interdisciplinary Centre for Modern Technologies (ICMT). In total, the faculties offer more than a hundred program subject areas in humanities, social sciences, mathematics, life sciences, art and medicine, which have attracted more than 20 thousand students. The two campuses in Toruń and Bydgoszcz employ 4348 people, more than a half of them being academic teachers. Until now, around 200 thousand graduates have finished the University.

  • Apart from a rich educational offer, the University features a state-of-the-art research infrastructure, not only in the ICMT, but also, among others, in the Quantum Physics Centre, and the National Laboratory for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (FAMO), which developed the first super-accurate optical atomic clock in Poland. The Institute of Astronomy of NCU, located in Piwnice near Toruń, houses the 32-metre radio telescope - the biggest in this part of Europe. On Spitsbergen there is the Polar Station of the NCU, which is Poland's northernmost research entity. More infrastructural investments are on the way, including construction of the Centre for Research and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, the Centre for Veterinary Medicine, as well as development of the University Sports Centre.

    Thanks to all of these, Nicolaus Copernicus University has become one of the top Polish universities (5th place in the ranking of “Perspektywy”), as well as one of the 4% of the top world universities according to the QS World University Ranking. NCU has also been present for several years in the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Ranking. NCU was the first Polish public school to receive the prestigious AACSB accreditation for its Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, which has been obtained by less than 5% of the best business schools in the world.