Schools colleges and universities to visit Poland

Located to the north of the Rynek, this superb ^18th-century Baroque university is well worth a visit, with its fantastic exterior and wooden and wrought-iron gates. It was founded in 1702 by the Austrian Emperor Leopold II. German until 1945, it trained a number of Nobel Prize winners, including the famous physician Alois Alzheimer, who discovered the disease to which he gave his name. After the Second World War, the entire University of Lwów was relocated to replace the academics in Breslau.

This university was the third to be founded in the Lithuanian-Polish Commonwealth. Inaugurated on March 15, 1595, it quickly became the most prestigious and sought-after university in the country, surpassing even the University of Krakow. Its activity was supported by that of its publishing house, a system that was very rare at the time. However, its decline accompanied that of the city and the university was closed by the Austrians in 1784. It then housed secondary schools, until today. Unfortunately, it has lost its beautiful decorations and arcades.