SWPS University
Polish: Uniwersytet SWPS | |
Former names | Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1996 |
| Founder | Piotr Voelkel, Andrzej Eliasz, Zbigniew Pietrasiński and Janusz Reykowski |
| Rector | Associate Professor Roman Cieślak, Ph.D. |
Academic staff | 545 |
Administrative staff | over 1000 |
| Students | 16,946 (10.2024) |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colours | Black, White |
| Affiliations | EUA, Socrates-Erasmus |
| Website | swps.pl |
SWPS University is a private non-profit university in Poland established in 1996 by three psychology professors, Andrzej Eliasz, Zbigniew Pietrasiński and Janusz Reykowski.
SWPS University is one of the largest private universities in Poland which had, as of 2024, over 16,000 undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level students, including over 1,100 international students from more than 80 countries. The university has six campuses, located in major Polish cities, including Warsaw, Wrocław, Sopot, Poznań, Katowice and Kraków.
The institution was formerly known as the Warsaw School of Social Psychology (Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej, SWPS). It was granted university status under Polish law in 2015.