Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, is one of the largest universities in Poland. It was founded on the 4th of April 1919 as the Piast University. In the following year, 1920, the name was changed to the University of Poznań. The first rector of the university was Heliodor Święcicki, a doctor, scientist and philanthropist who largely contributed to the founding of the university.
The university changed its name again in 1955 to commemorate a famous Polish poet, Adam Mickiewicz.
Adam Mickiewicz University has continued to grow over the last century, and now has as many as 20 faculties and 4 external branches. Currently there are over 31 thousand students at the university and the staff amounts to over 5 thousand people.
The university buildings are spread over the city centre but for years now the main site of expansion has been the Morasko campus, where currently most faculties are located. The university has been developing the campus and in 2023 built an AMU dormitory building “Meteor”, which is the 6th dormitory building of the university.
Rankings
- 277th place in the Green Metric 2024 World University Rankings with 7,700 points
- 901-100 in ShanghaiRanking 2024
- 1001-12000 in Times Higher Education
- 761-770 in QS Quacquarelli Symonds
- 935 in U.S. News & World Report