Candidates and students
Why us

The bestlaw facultyat the bestPolishuniversity.

The highest level of education, a great start to your future and broad opportunities to develop your interests.

Discover the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and find your place to study.

230
academic staff

over 100 professors and habilitated doctors

10,000
specialist books

the richest law library in Poland

8
schools of foreign law

USA, UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, China, Eastern Europe

5,000
students

the FLA UW community

50
student societies

broaden your interests

4
Nobel laureates among alumni

Sienkiewicz, Miłosz, Hurwicz, Begin

Advantages

Professional tools included in your tuition.

Free access to commercial legal databases, electronic textbooks and bar-exam tests — tools whose annual subscription costs thousands of zlotys. A real advantage you will use in studying and in work.

Wolters Kluwercommercial value: ≈ PLN 250 / year

Lexoteka

Electronic academic textbooks. A library of the most important law textbooks aligned with study programmes and current legal changes. Full-text search, highlights, notes — no need to buy printed books.

  • Key academic textbooks
  • Search, notes, highlights
  • Up-to-date editions
01 / advantage

Lecturer-practitioners

230 lecturers who not only teach but co-create the law — authors of statutes, commentaries and publications, judges, prosecutors, advocates and media commentators.

02 / advantage

Studies with a life

Student government, dozens of societies, debates, cultural and integration events. Studies are more than lectures — they are memories and experiences.

03 / advantage

Flexible schedule

You decide how you study: daily classes or two intensive days a week. Build a schedule that combines study with work and passions.

FLA UW lecturers
Faculty

Classes taught by outstanding specialists and legal practitioners.

Over 230 academic staff — including more than 100 professors and habilitated doctors. Among them top-level practitioners: former First Presidents of the Supreme Court, judges, senior civil servants and advocates.

FLA Library
Library

The richest law library in Poland.

Over 10,000 specialist books, full access to online collections and international legal databases. A place to work, study and conduct research for students and academics of FLA UW.

8 Schools of foreign law

Study law of eight jurisdictions.

Classes taught by professors and practitioners from the best foreign partner universities. An opportunity to gain competence on the legal markets of Europe, the USA and Asia.

American law

Emory School of Law and GSU College of Law

English law

Juris Angliae Scientia, Cambridge and other English universities

French law

Université de Poitiers — French professors and advocates

Spanish law

Universidad de Castilla–La Mancha

German law

University of Bonn — German professors and practitioners

Italian law

Università di Catania and Università Sacro Cuore di Milano

Chinese law

Peking University — Chinese professors and practitioners

A proven choice

Top positions in the most prestigious rankings.

1
in Poland

Perspektywy ranking of academic universities — UW

1
in Poland

Shanghai International Ranking of academic universities — UW

1
in Poland

QS World University Rankings by subject — Law

QS World Rankings

Group 100–150 — the highest-ranked Polish law faculty in the international QS ranking.

4 Nobel laureates

among alumni and former students of the Faculty: Henryk Sienkiewicz, Czesław Miłosz, Leonid Hurwicz, Menachem Begin.

An investment in the future
"Studying at FLA UW and developing your own interests is a guarantee of finding work after graduation."

A strong start on the job market — Warsaw hosts the most important state institutions, the largest law firms and major Polish and international corporations.

Legal trainingBusinessCorporationsPublic administrationDiplomacyPoliticsNGOsMediaPhD
Daily student life

Studies are also people, energy and memories.

Student societies, debates, integration trips, student government. An environment where you will meet the people you will work — and be friends — with for life.

Studying together
01Studying together
Lectures and seminars
02Lectures and seminars
Debates and student societies
03Debates and student societies
Campus life
04Campus life
Trips and integration
05Trips and integration
Open to the world

Erasmus+

Study or work abroad — the exchange programme between universities of the European Union plus Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Available to FLA UW students.

Erasmus
More than study

Your studies start in Lidzbark.

Every year, the iconic integration trip for new students. One of the most active Student Governments in Poland: camps and trips, regular club nights, sports tournaments and charity drives.

Interesting people — friendships for your whole studies, and often for life.

Comfort of studying

Four buildings on the UW Central Campus.

Fully renovated, equipped with modern technology and adapted for people with disabilities. Most classes are held at Krakowskie Przedmieście or near the BUW library on Lipowa — with excellent access via the second metro line.

Collegium Iuridicum I
01 / building

Collegium Iuridicum I

Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 — Central Campus

Collegium Iuridicum II
02 / building

Collegium Iuridicum II

Lipowa 4 — BUW complex

Collegium Iuridicum III
03 / building

Collegium Iuridicum III

Oboźna 6 — Faculty Library

Collegium Iuridicum IV
04 / building

Collegium Iuridicum IV

Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 47 — "Grey Villa"

Former CIUW building
05 / building

Former CIUW building

Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 — Dean's Office

Join FLA UW.

Registration for studies and postgraduate programmes via the IRK system.