Faculties

The Faculty of Biology, although formally existing since 2019, continues the over 45-year tradition of the Institute of Biology. It consists of six Departments: Plant Biology and Ecology, Evolutionary and Physiological Ecology, Water Ecology, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Paleobiology and Zoology and Genetics. The Faculty's employees conduct advanced molecular, biochemical, ecological, microbiological, paleontological and environmental research, publishing their results in prestigious international scientific journals. They cooperate scientifically with research units both from Poland and around the world. The Faculty has the right to confer doctoral and postdoctoral degrees in the discipline of biological sciences. A great advantage of the Faculty of Biology is its location in the modern campus of the University of Bialystok at 1J Ciołkowskiego Street, surrounded by Zwierzyniecki Park.

The Faculty of Biology educates first-cycle students in the fields of biology, ecobusiness and microbiology. At the second-cycle studies, the faculty of Biology offers a field of biology. Biologists are happy to host nature enthusiasts, including preschoolers, primary and secondary school students. Especially for them, they organize popular science classes, workshops and lectures as part of cyclical actions, e.g. Youth University of Life Sciences, Night of Biologists, Meetings with Science, Eye to Eye with the Matura Examiner. The Faculty also has a field station in Gugny, in the heart of the Biebrza National Park. Owning a station facilitates the establishment of national and international scientific cooperation. It is also a place for scientific meetings, workshops and numerous field activities. On the initiative of biologists, a university apiary was erected on the roof of the Faculty of Biology. Thanks to it, the University of Bialystok can boast of its own, healthy and very tasty honey. 

The Faculty of Chemistry is a dynamically developing unit of the University of Bialystok. It consists of three Departments: Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry. Its headquarters is located in a modern campus at 1K Ciołkowskiego Street. The unit has well-qualified scientific staff who publish in prestigious scientific journals. The names of the Faculty's employees can be found, m.in, among the best scientists in the world in terms of the citation rate of their scientific papers (Elsevier ranking). The advantage of the Faculty of Chemistry is also modern infrastructure with comfortable lecture halls, adapted to teaching needs. The laboratories are equipped with modern equipment that allows you to master basic research methods in the field of polymer chemistry, bio- and macromolecular chemistry, chemical analysis, chemistry of organic compounds, forensic and forensic chemistry. The Faculty has a  BioNanoTechno Synthesis and Analysis Center consisting of three specialized laboratories. Its task is to modernize and enrich the research potential, as well as to strengthen cooperation with other units of the University.

The Faculty of Chemistry offers such fields of study as: chemistry (first- and second-cycle studies), forensic and forensic chemistry (second-cycle studies) and environmental quality and safety (first-cycle studies). It has the right to confer doctoral and postdoctoral degrees in the field of exact and natural sciences in the discipline of chemical sciences. It cooperates scientifically with the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, the Centre for Biological and Chemical Sciences of the University of Warsaw, the Regional Office of Measures in Białystok, the Polish Metrological Union, the Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute Field Experimental Station in Białystok and supports local entrepreneurs with its potential. A well-equipped library and reading room also help employees and students to gain knowledge. Scientists from the Faculty of Chemistry successfully promote exact and natural sciences among children and young people. They visit schools or invite students to their homes as part of actions, e.g. Meetings with Science, Young Researcher Academy, Meetings at Chemists' or the Science and Art Festival. 

The Faculty of Economics and Finance is located in a beautiful, historic building at 63 Warszawska Street. It is a magnificent nineteenth-century palace adapted to the needs of modern education, a showcase of the University and the city. It is one of the largest faculties at the University of Bialystok. It consists of four Departments: Political Economy, Finance, Business Sciences, and Social and Economic Development. The Faculty focuses on the quality of education, friendly conditions for studying, contacts with the external environment, business practice and internationalization. It educates almost one and a half thousand students in three faculties: economics, international economic relations and economic and legal studies. He is authorized to confer doctoral and postdoctoral degrees in the field of social sciences in the discipline of economics and finance.

In 2021, the Faculty was accepted into the prestigious group of members of PRME – the UNO initiative for responsible business and sustainable development. This international network promotes sustainable development at universities, among others by incorporating the idea of responsible business into the content of education. The internationalization of the Faculty means, among others: participation in international projects, for example: BACK IN TOWN – The role of industrial relations and social dialogue in supporting young people's employment and social inclusion   at an urban level.

The Faculty cooperates with many organizations, including the Polish Economic Society, the National Bank of Poland – Branch in Białystok, the Association of Accountants in Poland – Branch in Białystok, the Podlaskie Branch of the National Chamber of Tax Advisors, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Białystok and the Tax Offices in Białystok. The Faculty of Economics and Finance’s partners are also renowned schools, especially with an economic profile such as the Nicolaus Copernicus School of Commerce and Economics in Białystok with which a cooperation agreement was signed in 2021. When visiting the seat of the Faculty of Economics and Finance, it is worth taking a look at the so-called Kreatornia. It is a space for students to relax and cooperate.

The Faculty of History was established on the basis of the Institute of History and Political Science. The establishment of the Institute is associated with the date of 15 July 1968 and the establishment of the Branch of the University of Warsaw in Białystok. The Faculty consists of two Departments: History of Culture and History of Demographic, Economic and Religious Structures, as well as the Centre for Research on Social and Economic Structures of Pre-Modern Central and Eastern Europe. 

Scientific research conducted at the Faculty covers all historical eras, starting from antiquity with a broad focus on: the history of the region, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the eastern border of the Republic of Poland, the history of Belarus, Ukraine, the relationship between history and the natural environment and the situation of women in the 20th century. Currently, 15 NCN and NPRH grant projects are being implemented at the Faculty. Our historians publish in the best publishing houses (Routledge, Harrasowitz, Brill, Brepols) and journals in the world (for example: Nature, Classical Quarterly, Annales, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, Continuity and Change, International Journal of the History of Sport and others).

The didactic offer includes studies in the fields of history and eastern studies. 

The Faculty is also authorized to confer the degree of doctor of humanities in the field of history and habilitated doctor of humanities in the discipline of history. 

The Faculty of Philology is one of the most dynamically operating units of the University of Białystok. It consists of nine Departments: Lexicology and Pragmalinguistics, Comparative and Applied Linguistics, Slavic Linguistics, Stylistics and Anthropological Linguistics, East-West Philological Studies, European Modernism and Cultural Studies, Modernity and Literary Tradition, English-Language Literatures, Comparative Studies and Editing and Interdisciplinary Philological Studies.

The Faculty cares about a high level of education and appropriate study conditions. Its employees have extensive research and teaching experience, cooperate with many academic centers in Poland and abroad, carry out numerous scientific and popularization projects and continue to improve their qualifications. The Faculty is among others institutional member of ASEEES (The Association for Slavic, East Europen and Eurasian Studies).

The faculty offers the following fields: Polish philology, applied linguistic, philology – specialization modules: English philology, English philology with German, philology English with Spanish, English philology with Russian, French philology (for candidates starting to learn the French language), used French, with Spanish (for candidates starting to learn French and Spanish from scratch), bilingual education, French (from scratch) with English - profile translation, Russian philology – language communication in the media, Russian philology - language communication in administration, English philology with elements of translation studies, Russian philology – translation studies and Polish philology for teachers, foreign philology for teachers.

The Faculty is authorized to award the academic degrees of doctoral and habilitated doctor in humanities in the field of linguistics and literary studies. Philologists of the University of Białystok are well-known and respected popularizers of science, culture and literature. They are invited to the media, to schools, they also host students at their homes, for example as part of the "Week with Philology at the University of Białystok" campaign. A few years ago, the philological community initiated  a prestigious series of lectures "Masters' Lectures" and the Anna Markowa literary competition. At the Faculty of Philology also operates a School of Polish Language and Culture called POLLANDO.

The Faculty of Philosophy and Cognitive Science (until October 1, 2023, the Institute of Philosophy) was established as a result of the division of the Faculty of History and Sociology. It combines the decades-old philosophical traditions of the University with new directions in research on mind and cognition. It consists of two Departments: Philosophy and Ethics and Logic, Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Science.

The Faculty offers the following studies: philosophy and ethics (at the bachelor's level), philosophy (second-cycle studies), as well as cognitive science and communication (interdisciplinary studies including, in addition to philosophical courses, elements of psychology, sociology and neurosciences). He is also authorized to confer the degree of doctor of humanities in the field of philosophy.

The employees of this unit deal with classic questions of philosophy and ethics, contemporary problems of the state and socjety as well as the functioning of the mind. Philosophy is a living science that allows you to use the oldest and latest tools to understand the world and yourself. 

The strength of the Białystok philosophy is its staff. Classes are conducted by specialists in their fields and many employees take an active part in public debates – as authors of television programs, experts, authors of essays and journalistic texts, as well as lectures and popularizing articles. The Faculty of Philosophy is also involved in campaigns promoting science and socially important problems. The series deserved attention among others "Meetings with Philosophy and Cognitive Science" which aims to popularize socially important problems of philosophy and cognitive science such as the development of modern technologies, equality, justice, the climate threat, the future of democracy and capitalism. The "Brain Week in Białystok" is also very popular – a series of lectures popularizing knowledge about the brain and its functioning, as well as the relationship between neurosciences and social sciences and humanities.

The Faculty of Physics which was established in 2007. It has over 50 years of tradition (in 1969 the Department of Physics was established as part of the Branch of the University of Warsaw). It consists of four Departments: Astrophysics and Theoretical Physics, Magnetic Physics, Condensed Matter Physics and Mathematical Methods of Physics. The Faculty's employees successfully cooperate with important scientific centers in Poland and abroad. They publish the results of their research in renowned international journals. Their names can be found among the best scientists in the world in terms of the citation rate of their scientific papers (Elsevier ranking). Important features of the Faculty include high internationalization and a fairly large percentage of employees from distant parts of the country. 

Many employees of the Faculty spent months or even years on foreign internships also in exotic countries such as Japan or Singapore. In 2021, the University of Białystok was included in the prestigious Global Ranking of Academic Subjects thanks to the Faculty of Physics. It is in this discipline (Physics) that UwB has been ranked among the top five hundred highest ranked universities in the world. The Faculty of Physics offers a general academic profile of physics as well as two interdisciplinary specialisations: medical physics (a combination of physics with chemistry and biology) and physics of computer games and robots (physics combined with a large dose of computer science). It guarantees its students not only a high level of teaching, an extensive research base but also excellent teaching conditions. It is headquartered on a modern campus. 

The Faculty is also authorized to confer the degree of doctor of physical sciences in the field of physics and the degree of habilitated doctor of physical sciences in the discipline of physics. Scientists from the Faculty of Physics are eager to get involved in the popularization of science. They visit schools, organize open lectures and are experts willingly invited by the media. They take substantive care of the Planetarium and Observatory which already operates on the UwB campus.