Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland is the major academic institution in Greater Poland (Wielkopolska region) and one of the top Polish universities. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań is one of the top three Polish universities. Its reputation is founded on tradition lasting over 405 years, the outstanding achievements of the faculty and the attractive curriculum offered to students.The 16 faculties and independent departments of AMU offer opportunities to study in over 55 major fields.

In recent years the educational offer has become increasingly diverse.The University recognizes its role as a strategic social partner in Central Europe, and therefore aspires to contribute to the region’s economic growth, social development and environmental sustainability.The University prides itself on its achievements and aligns its principles with those of the Great Charter of European Universities. It promotes pro-European ideas and actively participates in the international academic community, seeks to implement joint research and educational programs.

It aims to strengthen ties with the European Union Member States and embarks on new initiatives conducive to cooperation with the countries of Europe.AMU in numbers: over 3,000 faculty members including over 750 professors and associate professors, more than 150 visiting lecturers, over 43 000 students including over 800 incoming students from abroad, 60 post-graduate non-degree programs of study, nearly 300 regular courses on a variety of subjects taught in English, and some in French and Spanish (among others); over 550 research projects funded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education and other science agencies and participate in 40 international research projects.Moreover, the university has entered into about 250 partnership agreements with academic institutions all over the world and is a member of many research international groups and collaboration and mobility networks (Santander Group or Compostela).

The mission of the University is to advance knowledge through high quality research and teaching in partnership with business, the professions, public services and other research and learning providers.The University is a centre of academic excellence, where research and teaching are mutually sustaining, and where the context within which research is conducted and knowledge is sought and applied, is international as much as regional and national.The University continuously extends and updates research programs and contents of study curricula, with special emphasis on their interdisciplinary and international nature. The University is inherently associated with science practiced under unhampered freedom and the search for truth.