Lazarski University
Lazarski University (: Uczelnia Łazarskiego; formerly known as Ryszard Łazarski Higher School of Commerce and Law In Warsaw) is a private Polish university located in Warsaw, founded by Ryszard Łazarski in 1993. The educational offer comprises studies at 3 faculties: the Faculty of Law and Administration, the Faculty of Economics and Management and the Faculty of Medicine. The university’s educational offer comprises BA studies, MA studies, doctoral studies in law, postgradual studies, MBA, LLM, doctoral seminars, trainings and language courses. The university also offers studies in English, enabling to obtain the British degree of Coventry University. The university  educates lawyers, economists, business people, civil servants, politicians and diplomats. In 2017, it also started educating doctors at the Faculty of Medicine, as the second private university in Poland. Faculties and majors. The university’s educational offer also comprises studies in English. A special programme conducted together with the British Coventry University enables to obtain two degrees: a Polish and a British one. The quality of education at the faculty was confirmed by the Polish Accreditation Commission which awarded a distinction to the law major. Students gain practice, among others, at the Student Law Clinic. The faculty features international law  schools as well as LLM – the only studies in Poland educating lawyers from all over the world together with the Boston University and the Center for International Legal Studies in Salzburg. After graduation, a possibility exists to obtain subsequent degrees, such as the academic degree of the doctor of law in the field of law, the academic title of doctor habilitatus of jurisprudence in the field of law, as well as to initiate proceedings regarding the award of the scientific title of Professor by the President of the Republic of Poland. Lazarski University was the first private university in Warsaw , and the second one in Poland, to begin educating doctors. The internal education quality system was adapted to meet the requirements following from the reform of science and higher education. The Faculty features the Basic and Pre-Clinical Research Centre, comprising the Basic Medical Sciences Laboratory and the Morphological Sciences Laboratory. Publications. Lazarski University publishes two scientific magazines, featured in part B of the list elaborated by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education: Ius Novum, issued by the Faculty of Law and Administration of Lazarski University and Myśl Ekonomiczna I Polityczna – a quarterly of the Faculty of Economics and  Management of Lazarski University. Campus. The university is located at Świeradowska 43 in the Warsaw district of Mokotów. The campus is divided into six sectors (A, B, C, D, E, F) comprising teaching rooms, workshop rooms and lecture halls (the largest one, Lech Falandysz Lecture Hall, can accommodate 430 students). The building houses a library offering access to over 100,000 books, as well as to computer workstations. The university also has a Memorial Hall devoted to World War II and to the events during the Warsaw Uprising in which the founder of the university, Ryszard Łazarski – soldier of the “Baszta ” (“Bastion”) Regiment of the Home Army – took part. Student activity. A number of student organisations operate at the university: Student Government, Student Legal Clinic, academic societies, Lazarski University Academic Sports Association sections, cheerleader team. The students are initiators of cyclical events, among others: Sports. The students of the university participate in a number of sports events, including Academic Championships of Poland in basketball, football, judo, tennis, swimming etc. Lazarski University has its own gymnasium and a fully equipped exercise room. The Physical Education Centre at Lazarski University organises an annual event promoting sports and healthy lifestyle: Sports Day. The Centre  is home to Lazarski University Academic Sports Association sections and to a cheerleader team. The university has a special e-learning studies mode programme for sportspeople. The students include successful sportspeople such as: