What is University of Warsaw?
{{unreferenced|date=December 2011}} [[File:Warszawa, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26, 28 20170517 001.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Central [[gateway]] of the University of Warsaw.]] [[File:Bramauw.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Central [[gateway]] of the University of Warsaw.]] [[Image:LOGO IKP (cropped).png|right|200px]] The '''University of Warsaw''' ([[Polish language|Polish]] ''Uniwersytet Warszawski'') is the largest [[university]] in [[Poland]]. The chancellor (rector) of the university is [[Marcin Pałys]]. == History == === 1816-1831 === The ''Royal University of Warsaw'' was established in 1816, when the parts of Poland were separated in [[Warsaw]], from the academic (i.e. associated with [[higher education]]) centre of [[Cracow]] more ancient and influential. The School of Law and the School of Medicine had been established first time in the [[Duchy of Warsaw]]. In 1816, [[Alexander I de Russia|Alexander I]] had permitted the Polish [[authorities]] to create a university, with five [[faculty|faculties]]: [[Law]] and [[Administration]], [[Medicine]], [[Philosophy]], [[Theology]], and [[Arts]] and [[Humanities]]. Soon there were 800 students and 50 professors. However, after students and professors took part in the [[November Uprising]] of 1830, the university was closed by the [[Russia]]ns. == Other websites == {{Commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.uw.edu.pl/ Official Website] [[Category:Colleges and universities in Poland]] [[Category:Organizations based in Warsaw]] [[Category:1816 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:19th-century establishments in Poland]] {{authority control}}