The Astronomical Institute is a part of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Wrocław, Poland.

About the University of Wrocław

The University of Wrocław, which has celebrated the 300th anniversary of its foundation in 2002, is one of nine universities in Poland. It is the largest university in the region of Lower Silesia and teaches over 40,000 students and about 1300 doctoral students at 10 faculties. About 9000 students graduate from the University every year.

Faculties at the University of Wrocław:

• Faculty of Biological Sciences
• Faculty of Biotechnology
• Faculty of Chemistry
• Faculty of Earth Science and Environmental Management
• Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences
• Faculty of Law and Administration
• Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
• Faculty of Philology
• Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
• Faculty of Social Sciences

Notable alumni and academics:

Among the people who were connected with the University are 9 Nobel Price winners in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature (e.g. H.G. Dehmelt, Max Born, Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Philipp Lenard and Otto Stern) and many other notable students and tutors.

To learn more about the University of Wrocław visit our international site.

About the Astronomical Institute

The Astronomical Institute is located in the Eastern part of Wroclaw, at the Szczytnicki Park on Kopernika Street. You can find out about the history of the place here.

There are two departments at the Institute:

• Department of Astrophysics and Classical Astronomy
• Department of Solar Physics and Space Science

The main tasks of the Institute include:

• The responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. The Institute offers highly-qualified scientific and teaching staff composed of 19 scientists.
• Research. Bialkow Observatory, which is a part of the Institute, works as one of the five professional observatories in Poland (the others are located in Piwnice near Torun, Ostrowik near Warsaw, in the Gorce mountains near Koninki village and in the Fort Skala near Cracow). There are two professional telescopes at the Observatory: a 60-cm Cassegrain reflector and a 53-cm coronograph. The observing staff takes part in the international programs and observational campaigns observing the Sun and other stars.
• The popularization of astronomy at the primary and secondary school level The Institute offers series of popular science lectures and planetarium shows as well as night sky shows using the 20-cm Clark-Repsold refractor which is located on the top of one of the buildings.