Warsaw University is the most prestigious University in Poland. Included in the list of 200 best universities in the world by the British magazine "times". The University was founded in 1816 by Emperor of Russia and king of Poland Alexander I. the University consists of 5 faculties: faculty of law and administrative Sciences, faculty of medicine (10 departments), faculty of theology (6 departments), faculty of philosophy and faculty of arts and Sciences (the College from 1826 to 1829 he studied Chopin).

In 1830 by Tsar Nicholas I in memory of his brother Alexander I, was renamed the University of Alexander. However, shortly after the incident renaming the Polish uprising caused the closure of the University. In 1857 opened in Warsaw Medico-surgical Academy, and in 1862 Warsaw school has 4 divisions: law and management, Philology, and history, mathematics and physics, medicine. Since 1866, all students of the Warsaw school were required to take the exam on the knowledge of Russian Committee of the Russian teachers. In October 1869 the School was transformed into the Imperial University of Warsaw. During the First world war, the University was evacuated to Rostov-on-don. During the Second world war, all Polish universities were closed. The University was converted into military barracks. Despite the bans, many teachers continued to give lessons in private homes.

Today, Warsaw University consists of 20 faculties: faculty of liberal arts, faculty of biology, Department of chemistry, faculty of journalism and political science, faculty of philosophy and sociology, Department of physics, faculty of geography and regional studies, faculty of Geology, Department of history, faculty of applied linguistics, faculty of computer science, faculty of Economics, faculty of foreign languages, faculty of Oriental studies, faculty of education, faculty of Polish Philology, psychology and management.