Higher education cooperation
Associations of universities
UW is a member of international conferences and associations of universities, to promote higher education and academic collaboration:
- European University Association (EUA),
- Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA),
- Heads of University Management & Administration Network in Europe (HUMANE),
- Magna Charta Observatory of Fundamental University Values and Rights,
- Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA),
- IROs Forum.
Joint programmes
The University is developing joint programmes at the Bachelor and Master level to enable studying at Warsaw and at a partner university. In cooperation with universities from France, Belgium, Hungary, Austria, Ukraine, Holand, Iceland, United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Nepal, Korea, Kosovo, Israel, Ireland, Slovenia, UW offers 22 joint programmes.
Doctoral candidates can receive a joint doctoral degree based on cotutelle agreements with partner universities abroad.
In partnership with universities outside Poland, the University of Warsaw also runs MBA programmes and schools of foreign law.
Permanent programme of Polish Studies at Cambridge
Since 2014, students from the University of Cambridge have been able to take part in courses on Polish language, literature and culture. At the beginning, it was a pilot programme in Polish Studies at Cambridge. Due to an agreement between the University of Warsaw and the British university as well as the Foundation for Polish Science, signed in 2017, the programme in Polish Studies will be a permanent part of the Cambridge educational offer. The accord aims at increasing cooperation regarding not only Polish studies but also joint research projects.
The School of Education
In 2016, the University of Warsaw and the Polish-American Freedom Foundation launched the School of Education, a postgraduate study programme for future teachers, formulated in cooperation with the Teachers College of Columbia University in New York.
Erasmus+ educational projects
University of Warsaw coordinates an Erasmus+ project FAB – Formative Assessment for Foreign Language Learning & Teaching in Higher Education. The main objective of the project is the improvement in the quality of language instruction through providing the language teachers with suitable formative assessment tools for evaluating speaking skills.
UW is also a partner in other Erasmus+ projects:
- ENGaGE – Digital English and German task bank for 4th-8th class dyslexic learners
- EWP2 – Erasmus Without Paper 2.0
- NOHA-IHA+ Joint Master’s Degree Programme in International Humanitarian Action
- BECERID – A Blog as open learning platform for the field of Early Childhood Education about Research and Innovation to support Disadvantaged and Diverse children
- e-QUATIC – On-line Quality Assessment Tool for International Cooperation
- ILSA – Interlingual Live Subtitling for Access
- NOHA-IHA+ Joint Master’s Degree Programme in International Humanitarian Action
Erasmus Mundus projects
UW is a partner in two Erasmus Mundus projects:
- ADVANCES: MA Advanced Development in Social Work at the University of Warsaw Faculty of Education in partnership with: the University of Lincoln (UK), Aalborg University (Denmark), Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense (France), and Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa (Portugal),
- GEM: Geo-information Science and Earth Observation for Environmental Modelling and Management – the University of Warsaw Inter-Faculty Studies in Environmental Protection in partnership with: the University of Twente (the Netherlands), the University of Iceland, the University of Southampton (UK), and Lund University (Sweden).
The University of Warsaw participated in two Bologna Process EU projects.
The aim of the suggested solutions is to integrate the European Higher Education Area and make it easier to compare qualifications gained in various countries: