Gdańsk, Poland, other universities, non-public
 Gdańsk Higher School of Humanities
Gdańska Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna
The Gdańsk Higher School of Humanities is a non-public (non-state) 
	institute of higher education of academic (university) standing, recognised 
	by the state. 
	The school, situated in the millennial Gdańsk, was established under a 
	decision of the Minister of National Education and Sports, and has been 
	existing since 1999, being entered in the register of non-state higher 
	education institutes under no. 142. 
	In 2002 the Gdańsk Higher School of Humanities was granted the rights of an 
	academic higher school and since that time has been entitled to confer the 
	title of Master of Arts upon its graduates.
	Over the years of its operation, the Gdańsk Higher School of Humanities has 
	developed into the biggest non-state academic school in the Tricity (the 
	agglomeration composed of the cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot, with a 
	total 800 thousand of inhabitants) and the whole region of Pomerania. 
	The number of our students keeps steadily growing, the fact being the best 
	proof of the quality of our operation. In the last academic year the total 
	number of our students (including those following the weekend study schemes) 
	exceeded 4,500. Over 1,350 fresh students enrolled in the school in the 
	current (2007/2008) academic year, including ones attending the postgraduate 
	studies.
	We continue to work under our traditional three-faculty structure, with the 
	faculties of:
	 European Studies
	 Pedagogy
	 Political Studies
	and over 20 specialised lines of study to be chosen from the selection 
	offered by the three units mentioned above.
	The school also includes the Department of Postgraduate Studies and Teacher 
	Training, which provides its students with specialist knowledge and helps 
	them develop new qualifications by attending specialized postgraduate 
	studies and diploma courses - there is a choice of over 20 different types 
	of those offered under weekend study schemes lasting 2 or 3 semesters.
	Our teaching is run in more than ten facilities in downtown Gdańsk, as well 
	as in the nearby districts of Wrzeszcz and Przymorze. The headquarters of 
	the Gdańsk Higher School of Humanities are located at what is termed as 
	Biskupia Górka (24B Biskupia Street, Gdansk), a picturesque hill overlooking 
	the Old City of Gdańsk, the school’s main building being thus within five 
	minute’s walk from the city centre, the main thoroughfare and the municipal 
	public transport junction, and not much more distant from the city’s railway 
	station.
	The school headquarters, being a 200-year old structure that used to house 
	military barracks, have been renovated by the school’s owners at an enormous 
	expense and now include modern lecture- and classrooms supplied with every 
	convenience to satisfy the training needs.
	In addition to those, the building also contains:
	- the rector’s and chancellor’s offices;
	- a well-supplied library;
	- a computer laboratory;
	- a professional bookstore, 
	- a small publishing office;
	- a student cafeteria.
	Free access to the Web is provided to students of the Gdańsk Higher School 
	of Humanities at computer stands available to them to that end in the 
	ground-floor of the main building. 
	In May 2007 our institute was granted the Erasmus Charter and has been 
	pursuing international co-operation schemes, having signed a number of 
	agreements with foreign higher education institutes. 
	May we invite you to contact us and get yourselves acquainted with our ever 
	broader offer of the traditional and new lines of study. 
	
	
	
	
Contact:
ul. Kopernika 16
80-208 Gdańsk
tel. (058) 728 46 40, (058) 728 46 41