The Warsaw University of Life Sciences ( pl, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, lit=Main School of Rural Homestead, SGGW) is the largest agricultural university in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

, established in 1816 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

. It employs over 2,600 staff including over 1,200 academic educators. The University is since 2005 a member of the Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) which was established in 2001. The SGGW offers some 37 different fields of study, 13 faculties in

Agricultural Sciences Agricultural science (or agriscience for short) is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. Profession ...

, Economic Sciences,

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at t ...

, Technical as well as

Life Science Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energy ...

History

On 23 September 1816 the School of Agronomy was founded at Marymont and was accommodated in the palace of Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien. Branches were established at

Bielany Bielany () is a district in Warsaw located in the north-western part of the city. Initially a part of Żoliborz, Bielany has been an independent district since 1994. Bielany borders Żoliborz to the south-east, and Bemowo to the south-west. I ...

, Ruda, Wawrzyszew and Buraków. An Institute of Veterinary Medicine was established at Rządowa, followed by the Institute of Rural Economy and Forestry in 1840. As Poland was ruled by the Tsar of Russia there were attempts at Russification which nearly resulted in the closure of the school, but it was transferred first to Puławy and later to Russia. After the independence of Poland in 1918 the Institute was returned to Warsaw and became the Major School of Rural Economy in 1919. Horticultural studies were added to those of agriculture and forestry in 1921. Activity was disrupted by the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

and resumed in 1945. The veterinary faculty was transferred from the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

in 1952, and later the departments of agricultural drainage, wood technology, animal husbandry, and of landscape, now known as the Landscape Architecture Section, were established. Land and farms at and Natolin were acquired in 1956 and used for development. In 1973 the faculties of agricultural technology and human nutrition were established. The Rector of the university has an office in the historic palace of Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, now known as "the rector's palace."

Campus

The campus is located is the southernmost district of Warsaw, Ursynów. The campus has a historic part, with an 18th century palace, and a contemporary part where most of the faculty buildings and dormitories are situated. On 70-hectare main campus are located 12 dormitories, a modern library, a sports centre (with tennis courts, a sports hall and a swimming pool) a language centre, a veterinary clinic.

Faculties

# Agriculture and Ecology # Animal Breeding, Bioengineering and Conservation # Applied Informatics and Mathematics # Biology and Biotechnology # Civil and Environmental Engineering # Economics # Food Technology # Forestry # Horticulture # Human Nutrition # Sociology and Education # Production Engineering # Wood Technology # Veterinary Medicine

Notable staff

* Józef Mikułowski-Pomorski (1868–1935), politician, agricultural chemist; Minister of Religious and Public Enlightenment 1922–1923, 1926 Grabski rektor SGGW

* Władysław Grabski (1874–1938), politician, economist and historian; Prime Minister of Poland 1923–1925; founder of the

Bank of Poland The Bank of Poland (Bank Polski) is the name of two former banks in Poland, each of which acted as a central bank. The first institution was founded by Prince Francis Xavier Drucki-Lubecki in 1828 in the Kingdom of Congress Poland. The second was ...

and the Polish currency * Stefan Ignar (1908–1992), politician, economist, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland 1956–1969

Rectors

# Józef Mikułowski-Pomorski (1918–1920) # Tadeusz Miłobędzki (1920–1921) # Stefan Biedrzycki (1921–1922) # Wacław Dąbrowski (1922–1923) # Jan Sosnowski (1923–1925) # Zdzisław Ludkiewicz (1925–1926) # Władysław Grabski (1926–1928) # Józef Mikułowski-Pomorski (1928–1929) # Stefan Biedrzycki (1929–1932) # Jan Sosnowski (1932–1933) # Marian Górski (1933–1936) # Jan Miklaszewski (1936–1944) # Franciszek Staff (1944–1947) # Marian Górski (1947–1949) # Antoni Kleszczycki (1949–1955) # Kazimierz Krysiak (1955–1962) # Antoni Kleszczycki (1962–1969) # Zbigniew Muszyński (1969–1975) # Henryk Jasiorowski (1975–1981) # Maria Joanna Radomska (1981–1987) # Wiesław Barej (1987–1990) # Jan Górecki (1990–1996) # Włodzimierz Kluciński (1996–2002) # Tomasz Borecki (2002–2008) # Alojzy Szymański (2008–2016) # Wiesław Bielawski (2016–2020) # Michał Zasada (since 2020)

History

Campus

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Notable staff

Rectors

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See also