page_title: Gdynia
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Gdynia / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Gdynia Maritime University in Poland.Polski: Gdynia, Aleja Jana Pawła II 3 - Dom Żeglarza Polskiego, obecnie wydział nawigacyjny Uniwersytetu Morskiego w Gdyni, 1937 (Architektura inspirowana formą statku autorstwa architektów Bohdana Damięckiego i Tadeusza Sieczkowskiego. Przykład architektury okrętowej w przedwojennym moderniźmie) This is a photo of a monument in Poland identified by the ID 636290
context_page_description: Gdynia is a city in northern Poland. Located on Gdańsk Bay on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, it is a major seaport and the second-largest city in Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk. Gdynia has a population of 246,348, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in Poland. It is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity, with a population of over 1,000,000 people.
  Historically and culturally part of Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia for centuries remained a small farming and fishing village. At the beginning of the 20th-century, Gdynia attracted visitors as a seaside resort town, and began to build tourism. The local population increased in response to the change in the economy.
  After Poland regained its independence in 1918, the government decided to construct a Polish seaport in Gdynia, between the Free City of Danzig and German Pomerania, making Gdynia a primary economic hub. In 1926 Gdynia was granted city rights, after which it enjoyed a rapid demographic and architectural development.
context_section_description: There are currently 8 universities and institutions of higher education based in Gdynia. Many students from Gdynia attend also universities located in the Tricity.
  State-owned:
  Gdynia Maritime University
  Polish Naval Academy
  University of Gdansk – departments of Biology, Geography and Oceanology
  Privately owned:
  WSB Universities - WSB University in Gdańsk, departments of Economics and Management
  Academy of International Economic and Political Relations
  University of Business and Administration in Gdynia
  Pomeranian Higher School of Humanities
  Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University – a department in Gdynia
  Higher School of Social Communication
caption: Gdynia Maritime University in the building from 1937 as example of prewar Polish modern architecture.
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