It is a public research university established in 1945 in Poland, and it is the first university to receive international students since 1952
It includes 12 colleges, which are:
- Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Faculty of Economics and Sociology
- College of Educational Sciences
- Faculty of Geographical Sciences
- Faculty of International and Political Studies
- Faculty of Law and Administration
- Management college
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- Faculty of Philology
- Faculty of Philosophy and History
- Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics