University of Białystok (UwB)

Poland

Address: ul. Świerkowa 20B, 15-328 Białystok, Podlaskie, Poland

Computer Science, Physics & Chemistry, Biology & Environmental Science

Founded in 1997 (as a branch of University of Warsaw before), UwB is a public comprehensive university in Northeastern Poland, with faculties in humanities, social sciences, law, economics, and exact sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer science).

Domains taught:

AI and Machine Learning, Astroscience, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Fluid Dynamics, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Doctor, Master

Status:

Public

Partnerships:

Leading comprehensive university in Podlaskie Voivodeship. Focus on regional biodiversity and cross-border cooperation.

Research:

AI & Data science, Materials physics & Theoretical chemistry, Ecology & Biodiversity of Northeast Poland, Applied informatics.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

1000

Current students***:

9000

Foreign students***:

N/A%

Cumulative former students***:

N/A

Pros

Key comprehensive university in its region, strong in basic sciences and environmental studies.

Cons

Limited traditional engineering programs.

Best For

Comprehensive university in Northeastern Poland with strong programs in computer science, physics, chemistry, and biology.

Most Similar Schools Locally

In terms of fields, Białystok University of Technology is the nearest neighbour, with nanotechnologies, microbiology and genetics and optics again at the core; it covers logistics and food science as well, and has almost the same size, at about 8,000 students.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of astroscience, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies can consider University of Opole, and it has almost the same size, at about 9,000 students, and is also a public institution.
A good alternative in the same country is Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, which likewise covers astroscience, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and is larger, enrolling about 18,000 students against roughly 9,000 here.
University of Łódź sits close to this university on astroscience, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies; it is larger, enrolling about 26,000 students against roughly 9,000 here, and is also a public institution.
University of Szczecin overlaps with this university on astroscience, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies, so the two are easy to compare, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers marine science as well.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

Lanzhou University (China) works on the same fields as this university, chiefly astroscience, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies; it covers geotechnics and electrical and electronics as well, and is far larger, with about 30,000 students against roughly 9,000 here.
On content, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main in Germany and this university are close, as both teach astroscience, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies; it covers geotechnics and electrical and electronics as well, and is far larger, with about 46,000 students against roughly 9,000 here.
Universität Konstanz brings a Germany setting to the same core fields, astroscience, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies, and it covers electrical and electronics as well, and is slightly larger, at about 11,000 students against roughly 9,000 here.
NEU in China is the nearest foreign match on bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
Looking internationally, Universität Basel in Switzerland is where astroscience, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies get a comparable treatment; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.

*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.

Biodiversity, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Impact, Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Practices, Sustainable Product Design

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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.

**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications

***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.

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