page_title: Gdańsk
section_title: Education and science
hierarchical_section_title: Gdańsk / Education and science
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture taken in w:Gdańsk after Wikimania 2010 conference. Deutsch: In w:de:Danzig nach der Wikimania 2010 aufgenommenes Foto.
context_page_description: Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland. With a population of 470,907, Gdańsk is the capital and largest city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship and one of the most prominent cities within the cultural and geographical region of Kashubia. It is Poland's principal seaport and the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.
  The city is situated on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay on the Baltic Sea, in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, the resort town of Sopot, and suburban communities; these form a metropolitan area called the Tricity, with a population approaching 1.4 million. Gdańsk lies at the mouth of the Motława River, connected to the Leniwka, a branch in the delta of the nearby Vistula River, which drains 60 percent of Poland and connects Gdańsk with the Polish capital, Warsaw. Together with the nearby port of Gdynia, Gdańsk is also a notable industrial centre.
  The city's history is complex, with periods of Polish, Prussian and German rule, and periods of autonomy or self-rule as a free city state. In the early-modern age, Gdańsk was a royal city of Poland.
context_section_description: There are 15 higher schools including 3 universities. In 2001 there were 60,436 students, including 10,439 graduates.
  University of Gdańsk (Uniwersytet Gdański)
  Gdańsk University of Technology (Politechnika Gdańska)
  Gdańsk Medical University (Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny)
  Academy of Physical Education and Sport of Gdańsk (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu im. Jędrzeja Śniadeckiego)
  Musical Academy (Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki)
  Arts Academy (Akademia Sztuk Pięknych)
  Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Instytut Maszyn Przepływowych im. Roberta Szewalskiego PAN
  Instytut Budownictwa Wodnego PAN
  Ateneum – Szkoła Wyższa
  Gdańska Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna
  Gdańska Wyższa Szkoła Administracji
  Wyższa Szkoła Społeczno-Ekonomiczna
  Wyższa Szkoła Turystyki i Hotelarstwa w Gdańsku
  Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania
  WSB Universities – WSB University in Gdańsk
caption: Polish Baltic Philharmonic on the Motława river
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