Adam Mickiewicz University
Poznań
Foreign Relations Office 
ul. H. Wieniawskiego 1 
61-712 Poznań 
  Tel: (061) 829 44 30,
         (061) 829 43 39 
Fax: (0 61) 829 44 06 
erasmus@amu.edu.pl 
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Adam Mickiewicz University

Name and address

Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań

Poland
ul. H.Wieniawskiego 1
PL 61-712 Poznań
www.amu.edu.pl/en

Rector

Prof. dr hab. Bronisław Marciniak

Tel: (0-61) 829 43 08
Fax: (0-61) 829 44 44
e-mail: marcinia@amu.edu.pl

Vice-Rector for Research & International Affairs

Prof. dr hab. Jacek Witkoś

Tel: (0-61) 829 43 67
e-mail:wjacek@amu.edu.pl
Office hours:
Wednesday and Friday 1100 - 1300

Vice-Rector for Students Affairs and Erasmus Programme

Prof. dr hab. Zbigniew Pilarczyk

Tel: (0-61) 829 40 58
e-mail:pil@amu.edu.pl
Office hours:
Wednesday and Friday 1100 - 1300

Foreign Relations Office

Collegium Minus
ul. H. Wieniawskiego 1
61-712 Poznań, Poland
room 207, second floor

Erasmus Officers

In our Office there are three persons responsible for serving and informing the Erasmus students, both incoming and outgoing.

Office hours

Monday 0900 - 1300
Tuesday 0900 - 1300
Wednesday 1100 - 1500
Thursday 1100 - 1500
Friday -

mgr Agnieszka Zielińska tel.(+48 61) 829 44 30, fax.(+48 61) 829 44 06

Patrycja Milecka tel.(+48 61) 829 43 39, fax.(+48 61) 829 44 06

Sylwia Ogórkiewicz tel.(+48 61) 829 43 68, fax.(+48 61) 829 44 06

You can contact them by e-mail to the following address: erasmus@amu.edu.pl You will be answered all questions as soon as possible.
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Erasmus Co-ordinators

Erasmus Institutional Coordinator

dr Iwona Borkowska


tel. (061) 829 43 39
e-mail: iwbor@amu.edu.pl
Dyżury w DWZ p.207 - poniedziałek, środa godz. 10:00-11:30;

Faculty Co-ordinators

Faculty Coordinator Contact
of Biology Justyna Wiland-Szymańska Ph.D wiland@amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 829 56 69
of Chemistry Izabella Foltynowicz Ph.D. iza@rovib.amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 829 14 92
of Polish and Classical Philology Justyna Wciórka Ph.D. justw@amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 829 46 97
of Physics Roman Zawodny Ph.D. zawodny@zon10.physd.amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 829 51 94
of History prof. dr hab. Józef Dobosz doboszjozef@hotmail.com tel. (+48 61) 829 47 39
of Mathematics and Computer Science Edyta Szymańska Ph.D. edka@amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 829 53 90
of Geography and Geology prof. dr hab. Krystyna Milecka milecka@amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 829 62 14
of Social Sciences Sławomir Sztajer Ph.D. sztajers@amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 829 22 85
of Political Science and Journalism Radosław Fiedler Ph.D. rfiedler@inpid.amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 829 829 22 43
of Modern Languages and Literature Magdalena Ratajczak MA mratajczak@ifa.amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 829 35 37
of Law and Administration prof. Wojciech Dajczak dajczak@amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 829 42 97
of Educational Studies Dobrochna Hildebrandt Ph.D. dhild@amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 829 23 24
of Theology Elżbieta Adamiak Ph.D. eadamiak@amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 851 39 95
of Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts in Kalisz Beata Michalak Ph.D. michbeat@amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 62) 760 07 30
Teacher's Training College dr Sylwia Wojciechowska sylwiab@amu.edu.pl tel. (+48 61) 829 27 43
Collegium Europeum Gnesnense Katarzyna Szewczyk-Haake Ph.D. trazymach@hotmail.com  
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Organization of the academic year

The academic year is divided into two semesters. The winter semester always starts on October 1st and closes towards the end of January. A one-week break gives time to prepare for the winter exam session which lasts another week or two. Classes begin anew in February and last till the first week of June, when the summer semester ends. At the end of second semester there is the summer exam session. Those who fail this time can take the make-up exams in September. For those who pass, July, August and September are a time of well-deserved holiday. Apart from this, students enjoy a two-week break from classes around Christmas..

Winter semester2nd October 2009 - 24th January 2010
Christmas holidays brake22nd December 2009 - 2rd January 2010
Winter exam session25th February 2010 - 14th February 2010
Summer semester15th February 2010 - 13th June 2010
Spring holidays1st April 2010 - 6th April 2010
Summer exam session14th June 2010 - 30th June 2010

Besides, there are a few national holidays when days are work-free. Consequently, there are no lectures at the University then:

1st NovemberAll Saints' Day
11th NovemberIndependence Day
Easter(in 2010 on 4th and 5th of April, Sunday and Monday)
1st MayLabour Day
3rd MayConstitution Day
15th AugustAssumption Day

Every academic year the Rector declares a few days as Rector's Days and then no classes are held in the whole university. It happens on such occasion as e.g. Juvenalia, that is Students' Festival and Sport Day.

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The University in the past

As early as 1519 the bishop Jan Lubrański opened the first academy in Poznań. Some time after the Lubrański Academy had been set up, Rev. Jakub Wujek, the first translator of the Bible into Polish, founded a Jesuit College in Poznań. Both institutions existed for over two and a half centuries.

Throughout the 123 years of the Prussian Partition, the idea of creating an institution of higher education in the Wielkopolska region had never vanished. Finally, after Poland had regained independence, on the 7th May 1919 the opening celebration of the Piast University took place. Professor Heliodor Święcicki - a doctor of medicine, a great patriot and a social worker - became its first Rector. In 1920, its name was changed to Poznań University. The school developed rapidly, with five faculties established after six years of its activity. After the year 1939, when the Second World War began, the University professors transferred to the underground. Owing to their devotion and heroism about 2,000 students graduated from the underground University. After the war, in December 1955, the University of Poznań took on Adam Mickiewicz , the greatest Polish poet, as a patron.

The year 1989 and the breakdown of the communist system brought hope of new paths of development for Adam Mickiewicz University. At this time of rapid growth in Poland's economy, the number of University students expanded from just over 13,000 in 1989 to 38,000 in the year 2000.

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General information about the AMU

Every academic year more and more students find Adam Mickiewicz University a worthy place to study in order to develop their skills, find life-long friendships and obtain their dreamed-of diplomas through patient endurance.

The University employs 2,696 academic staff and 2,063 administration and technical personnel.

The University can boast 13 faculties. Adam Mickiewicz University is the third biggest university in Poland in terms of the number of students and graduates. In 2001 it occupied the fourth position in the ranking of all the universities in Poland. The ranking list was prepared on the basis of reports by the biggest companies and their preferences in employing graduates of those universities.

The most popular faculties at Adam Mickiewicz University are: Law and Administration, Modern Languages, and Social Sciences. The number of candidates for some courses exceeds the places available by 1000%, so only the best can become AMU students. The University joined the Erasmus Programme in 1997. It started sending its first students to study abroad in October 1998. Now the school is open to all foreign students willing to become familiar with the Polish university. Courses are primarily conducted in Polish, but Philology departments have all sorts of language courses in their curricula. The Department of Marketing and Management in the Faculty of Law and Administration offers about 70% of its curriculum in English. Several other faculties are preparing blocks of courses in English.

Visit our web pages at www.amu.edu.pl/en to learn more.

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Application requirements

If you are selected and nominated by your home university to study at Adam Mickiewicz University please complete our on-line application form incoming.amu.edu.pl

The processing of your application takes some weeks. At all times you will be able to check the status of your application online.

After completing all required data you should download a PDF file with your application form.

After the acceptation, you ought to print and sign the application form, deliver it to your home university to get your coordinator's signature and send it to us together with the Learning Agreement and the Transcript of Records.

Application deadlines within which we should get the originals of your documents:

Documents should be sent to:

Erasmus Office, AMU International Relations Office
Wieniawskiego 1,
61-712 Poznań, Poland

If your application is successful, you will receive the Confirmation of Acceptance to your home address taken from your application form.

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