General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces

General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces, hereinafter referred to as the University, is a public institution of higher education supervised by the Minister of National Defence and the Minister of Science and Higher Education. It is building on the glorious traditions of the Polish Army, the achievements of military education, and the heritage of generations fighting for the sovereignty and independence of their Homeland, and is also developing new military and technical concepts. The University is one of the military universities which train highly qualified commanders for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland.

The challenges faced by the Armed Forces require important changes in terms of the curriculum, and organising the process of educating future officers of the Polish Armed Forces. These changes will lead to a modernised system of educating officer cadets, to make them better prepared for various challenges and able to adapt to the changing social and technological environments. To this end, the University cooperates with non-military institutions operating in security and state defence. It trains highly qualified personnel for non-military institutions, which cooperate with the military system in respect of state security. The University also educates civilian students in the spirit of patriotism.

The current and prospective needs of the state security system serve as the basic guideline for education at the University. Given the dynamic development of civilisation and technologies, research in the fields of new technologies, and their application on the modern battlefield form the essential components of the University’s development. Research is conducted in cooperation with research centres located in Poland and with those headquartered in the Member States of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

As the University has obtained the right to confer the degrees of doktor (PhD) at two faculties, in the fields of social sciences, engineering sciences, management sciences, and safety sciences, and, as a target, environmental engineering, this makes it possible to obtain the rights to confer the academic degree of doktor habilitowany (DSc).