The Agricultural University was founded on July 17th 1954. It is one of nine universities of agricultural character in Poland. It belongs to the three oldest and five biggest universities in Szczecin and in the region. The Rector is the person who is in charge of the Agricultural University and he is assisted by deputy rectors, deans and the Senate. In 44 years of its activity the Agricultural University has educated about 15100 specialists in agriculture, agricultural engineering, animal husbandry, environmental protection, marine fisheries, food technology, human nutrition and economics.
Many graduates are now profes-sors and managers in Poland and abroad.
Extramural studies are conducted in a similar way. The students have the choice of many specialisations according to the world trends. The future graduates will be able to acquire the knowledge aided by practical work regarding biotechnology in animal and plant products and in environmental protection. The work will also deal with such fields as plant genetic engineering, industrial microbiology and microbiological bioregulation of pollutants and wastes in agriculture. In the four departments of the Agricultural University there are 376 academic teachers who, besides didactic work, do a lot of organisational and research work.