Collegium Civitas

Collegium Civitas is a private university for the social sciences located in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It is open to new inventions in higher education: interdisciplinary approaches, closer lecturer-student relations, study abroad programs, internships, and the encouragement and supervision of individual student research projects.

HISTORY

Collegium Civitas was the first non-public university to welcome on-board foreign students in 1997.

It was established under the auspices of five Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Political Studies, Philosophy and Sociology, History, History of Art, and Slavic Studies) in 1997,[1][2] and has relied extensively upon the teaching and research traditions of these institutions. Collegium Civitas was the first non-public university in Poland to welcome foreign students, which it did in 1997.

As of 2021, the Rector was Stanisław Mocek, the President was Jadwiga Koralewicz, and the Chancellor was Magdalena Wypych

During the last 20 years, Collegium Civitas has hosted a number of high-ranking scholars, both Polish and international, teaching a diverse range of courses.

The mission of Collegium Civitas is to create a dynamic and stimulating multigenerational and international academic environment in order to educate and nurture future leaders both in Poland and abroad; leaders in civil society, in business and the economy, in politics and the media and many other fields. Our aim is to help create a generation of creative, entrepreneurial and open-minded individuals who are ready to embrace the challenges in the multicultural world of the future. Our university is open to the exchange of ideas, to public debate and discourse, and has a broad minded outlook in a complex world. Our teachers have diverse academic backgrounds ranging from the social sciences and international relations and diplomacy, to security and management; and from new media and journalism to culture and the arts.

Collegium Civitas prides itself on its civic attitude. The most important value at our school is the freedom of the individual. We value pluralism of thought and speech and value the community in which we live. Above all we stand for the respect for all human beings no matter from which culture and background they might come. Collegium Civitas is a broad community with many diverse strands and this is expressed in our motto: ‘Gradu diverso, via una‘, or ‘The same way by different steps’. We aim at a common goal but realize that this may be reached in different ways. We follow the principles of social responsibility of education and science and respect the dignity of each individual who chooses to become part of our community.