Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wrocławiu | |
| Latin: Universitas Rerum Naturalium Wratislaviensis | |
| Type | public, undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate |
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| Established | November 17, 1951 |
| Rector | prof. dr hab. inż. Jarosław Bosy |
Academic staff | 740 |
| Students | 6,551 (12.2023) |
| Postgraduates | Over 2 000 graduates each year |
| Address | C. K. Norwida St. 25 , , , 50-375 Wrocław 51°6′40″N 17°3′50″E / 51.11111°N 17.06389°E |
| Website | www |
The Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences (former Agricultural University and Agricultural Academy in Wrocław) is a state university in Wrocław, Poland, established as an independent university in 1951. It conducts training and research in the field of food, environmental and veterinary sciences.
In the comprehensive Perspektywy ranking of universities in Poland, in 2020 UPWr was placed second in the group of natural sciences and agricultural universities and 25th among all universities in the country. Two of its degree programmes – geodesy and cartography, and food science – have been voted the best in the country.
For several years, the university has been listed in the international Shanghai Ranking among the best universities in the world in the fields of: Food Science & Technology, Veterinary Science and Chemical Engineering.