Facts and figures

University

96 (including 10 in English) number of programmes (first-cycle, second-cycle and long-cycle studies in the academic year of 2025/2026)

188 (including 12 in English, 1 in English and Polish) number of majors

4 (Katowice, Sosnowiec, Cieszyn, Chorzów) number of University cities

Students and PhD students
 19 142 total number of students (including foreigners)
 Full-time 15 146 Part-time 2 832 number of students on full-time and part-time studies
 671 number of students on postgraduate studies (including foreigners)
 33 number of students on 3rd cycle studies (doctoral studies, including foreigners)
 460 number of students in Doctoral School (including foreigners)

115 Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Natural Sciences
086 Faculty of Social Sciences
946 Faculty of Science and Technology
346 Faculty of Law and Administration
Faculty of Arts and Educational Science
Faculty of Theology
Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School
College of Interdisciplinary Individual Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice

Academic staff

The employment status of the University with the division into degrees and academic titles, including persons on unpaid and childcare leaves (including appointed persons)

(including 125 appointed teachers) number of university teachers (full-time research and teaching position)
(including 84 appointed professors) number of titular professors
(including 8 appointed associate professors) number of associate professors
(including 13 appointed doctors) number of doctors
(including 20 appointed masters) number of masters

Authorisations of the units

List of authorisations to confer scientific doctoral degrees

(information by Science Department as of 21 Jul 2023)

PhD degrees and postdoctoral degrees:

Humanities:

philosophy
history
linguistics
literary studies
culture and religion studies
art studies
Polish studies

Engineering and technology:

biomedical engineering
materials science and engineering

Social sciences:

social and economic geography and spatial management
communication and media studies
political science and public administration
law
sociology
education
psychology

Natural sciences:

mathematics
biological sciences
chemical sciences
physical sciences
Earth and related environmental sciences
computer science

Theology:

theology

The arts:

film and theatre
fine arts and art conservation
music

6 fields

26 disciplines

Cooperation agreements with foreign partners

(data by the International Relations Department of 31 December 2024)

268 bilateral agreements on research and education cooperation

920 agreements within the Erasmus+ Programme

Cooperation with business partners

(data by the Industry Cooperation Office of 31 December 2024, the Office of Patent Attorneys of 31 December 2024)

industrial property objects submitted to the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
established spin off/out companies
contracts, agreements and letters of intent concluded with business, scientific, local government and business environment entities
cluster connections
commissioned research works

Teaching rooms

(data by the Real Property Management Department of 24 August 2022)

nearly 200 000 m2 total usable area of teaching buildings

Projects financed from external funds

(data by the Project Department of 30 June 2023)

318 implemented educational, investment, research, R&D projects

Educational Projects

57 projects implemented independently or in national and international partnerships: 19 EU structural funds, 13 ERASMUS+ Programme, 12 NAWA Poland, 13 other
Additionally, 16 implementation doctorates are being pursued

Research and R&D Projects

243 implemented projects:
207 from domestic funds (NCN Poland, MEiN), 5 from NAWA domestic funds, 26 from foreign funds (Horizon, IAEA, INTERREG, Visegrad Fund, German-Polish Science Foundation, JUSTICE, ERA-NET, Norway Grants, EU structural funds), 5 R&D projects (NCBR Poland)

Investment Projects

2 projects implemented from EU structural funds –
Regional Operational Programme of the Silesia Voivodeship 2014-2020