The document summarizes information about the University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska (UMCS) in Lublin, Poland. It discusses that UMCS was founded in 1944 and currently has over 34,500 students across 10 faculties. It also offers an overview of some of the key faculties and departments, including the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science. The document highlights UMCS's international cooperation with universities worldwide and its use of modern technologies like its Virtual Campus and island in Second Life.

1. Maria Curie-Skłodowska
University
Lublin, Poland
UMCS – partner in ECESIS
Paweł Mikołajczak
ECESIS Meeting
Koblenz, January 20-23, 2009

2. Poland
Central Europe
Total area: 312,679 km²
Population: 38 518 241

3. Mountains...
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4. ...Seaside...

5. ...UNESCO World Heritage Sites...

6. ...and Pearl of South-Eastern
Poland - Lublin
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7. Lublin – city of inspirations

8. Lublin on the map

9. Lublin
Established: XII century
Location: 160 km south east of
Warsaw
Population: 354 272 (over 60 000
students)
5 universities
Many colleges

10. Universities of Lublin
UMCS - University of Maria Curie-
Skłodowska
KUL - Catholic University of Lublin
Medical University
Technical University
University of Life Sciences

11. Lublin – City of Knowledge
Cooperation of:
− Universities
− Science laboratories
− Local Industry
Supported by:
− EFS
− ZPORR

12. University of M.Curie-Skłodowska
Founded in 1944
Ca. 34 500 students (at this moment)
Ten faculties
Academic Center of Culture
Many activity groups
Galleries
Cinema

13. University of M. Curie-Skłodowska
We are a public institution of higher education,
established in 1944 to foster the development and
dissemination of knowledge. Since then, almost
137,000 students have graduated from the university;
we have also awarded 3,000 doctoral and 640
habilitated doctoral degrees. Our research in
numerous fields has contributed significantly to the
development of arts and sciences in Poland, with the
results consistently used in practice. Thanks to its
decade-long efforts UMCS has won recognition both
at home and abroad, and has become the workplace
of leading faculty and a school for highly qualified
specialists in many fields.

14. University of M. Curie-Skłodowska
The university currently employs 428 professors
and habilitated doctors as well as 1,286 faculty
members with doctoral and master’s degrees,
working in state-of-the-art laboratories, libraries
and modern lecture rooms. The university
enrolls over 34,000 undergraduate and master’s
level students as well as over 800 doctoral
students in full-time, extramural and evening
study programs, making MCSU the largest
university in the eastern part of Poland.

15. University of M. Curie-Skłodowska
Our ambition is to excel in academic research
and instruction. In order to meet these
challenges we participate in national and
international research programs and cooperate
with leading national and foreign academic and
research centers, while our students take part in
a number of international exchange programs.
We are also committed to building the system of
education based on the principles stipulated in
the Bologna Process documents. communities
of the European Union.

16. University of M. Curie-Skłodowska
The most significant task in the upcoming years
is the modernization of the campus
infrastructure and the implementation of the
integrated computer system streamlining the
management of the University.
We envision Maria Curie-Skłodowska
University as actively participating in building
the society of knowledge and making both
Poland and the Lublin region more competitive
among the countries and communities of the
European Union.

17. University of M. Curie-Skłodowska
The Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences
The Faculty of Law and Administration
The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer
Science
The Faculty of Humanities
The Faculty of Economics
The Faculty of Chemistry
The Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology
The Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology
The Faculty of Political Science
The Faculty of Arts

18. University of M. Curie-Skłodowska
Academics and majors
MCSU trains highly-qualified specialists using
constantly evolving teaching methods reflecting the
demands of present-day education and the changing
job market. The university offers a range of
undergraduate, graduate and doctoral
programmes.
Individual and interdisciplinary study programmes are
also available. The ten faculties offer 32 programmes
with 92 majors.
A number of post-degree and continuing education
programmes in all faculties are also available to graduates both
our own and from other universities. Separate postgraduate
programmes are financed by the European Social Fund; their
goal is to foster professional qualifications of students, improve
their knowledge of foreign languages, and train them in use of
advanced information technologies.

19. University of M. Curie-Skłodowska
As part of its commitment to open education, MCSU also
operates:
European Graduate School of Polish and Ukrainian
Universities,
Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities,
University of Third Age,
University Centre for E- learning and Open Courses,
University Language School,
Stock Exchange courses,
preparatory courses,
computer courses,
Careers Office workshops.

20. University of M. Curie-Skłodowska
The University’s instruction and research are conducted within
ten faculties, twenty-five departments and five units with the
institute status. The development of academic specializations is
also fostered by the Research Centres : Nanotechnology
Centre, Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Eastern Studies, and
Centre for Environmental Protection.
The MCSU faculty cooperate directly with academic, economic
and administrative entities at home and abroad. The University
fosters research by supporting participation in large-scale,
specialized interdisciplinary research projects and research
grants. MCSU participates in international programmes and
organizes conferences and symposia, thus enabling specialists
in various fields to actively exchange views and information.
The results of a range of research activities are also published
as monographs, handbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias,
conference proceedings, professional guides, and nationally
and internationally recognized textbooks.

21. University of M. Curie-Skłodowska
International cooperation
MCSU maintains close relations with a number of universities
and academic institutions all over the world, organizing joint
conferences and seminars, and offering international exchange
programmes. Among the latter are partnership programmes
under bilateral agreements with universities in the United
States, Brazil, Russia, Korea, Ukraine, and Belarus.
Under the provisions of the Bologna Process, the EU academic
programmes for universities in the member and candidate
countries constitute special priority. Within their framework,
MCSU is committed to creating conditions for the mobility of
citizens, adjusting the educational systems to the market
requirements, and enhancing the attractiveness and
competitiveness of higher education in Europe. Some of the
programmes in which MCSU participates are the EU Sixth
Framework Programme, Socrates/ Erasmus, Gruntvig, Lingua,
Jean Monnet for Poland, the Baltic University Programme, and
Polish-American Fulbright Commission.

22. The Faculty of Mathematics,
Physics and Computer Science
comprises three Institutes: Mathematics, Physics,
and Computer Science
academic staff conduct intense research studies
as part of individual grants, and statutory or
individual research
cooperates with many domestic and foreign
centres, interalia in Italy, the US, France, Germany,
Israel, Finland, and Spain
hosts the Lublin Regional CISCO Networking
Academy
participates in the Microsoft MSDN Academic
Alliance programme

23. The Faculty of Economics
offers two study programmes (economics, and
management and marketing)
staff members often work in the capacity of
experts for industrial and government
institutions
cooperates with universities in the USA, France,
Germany, Italy, the UK, the Czech Republic,
Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and in Russia

24. The Faculty of Economics
The mission of the Faculty of Economics is to conduct
research and train students, whose knowledge and skills would
meet the requirements and expectations of a knowledge
society. The Faculty offers two study programmes (economics,
and management and marketing) taught at the Institutes of
Economics, Theory of Socio-economic Development, and
Marketing and Management. The staff members often work in
the capacity of experts for industrial and government
institutions. They conduct application research, at the same
time enriching theories in the field of economics, management
and marketing, and socio-economic development. The Faculty
has the right to confer doctor’s and habilitated doctor’s degrees
in economic sciences. It organizes cyclical international and
national conferences devoted to the problems of quality
management, banking and finances.

25. The Faculty of Law and Administration
For over 50 years since its inception, the Faculty of Law and
Administration has increased its academic potential, having
become one of the best law faculties in Poland. Two study
programmes are offered here. In 2002, the Faculty received a
Category 1 rating under the State Committee for Scientific
Research classification. It has the right to confer doctor’s and
habilitated doctor’s degrees in legal sciences. The faculty
members serve as judges on the supreme agencies of justice
system: the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court,
the Constitutional Tribunal, and the Tribunal of State. The
Faculty of Law and Administration comprises the Institute of
Administration and Public Law, Institute of History and Theory
of State and Law, Institute of Civil Law, Institute of Criminal
Law, Department of European Communities Law, and
Department of Civil Procedure.

26. The Faculty of Law and Administration
Scientific achievements contribute to the
development of legal disciplines represented by
particular Departments and Chairs. The Faculty
is one of Poland’s leading centres for the reform
of teaching syllabuses and implementation of
the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
The Faculty of Law and Administration has
concluded agreements on international
cooperation with universities in the Czech
Republic, France, Japan, Germany, the US,
and in Ukraine and Belarus.

27. The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics
and Computer Science
The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer
Science belongs to the oldest faculties of our
university. It provides education on undergraduate and
graduate level in the main branches as well as offering
a four year postgraduate studies in mathematics and
physics leading to Doctor's degree. The staff is
composed of 45 senior scientists (professors and
readers) and 123 junior scientists and teachers.
As a rule, in each of Mathematics, Physics and
Computer Science branches the first year of studies is
common and from the second year students can
choose different specializations.

28. The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics
and Computer Science
The main specializations offered in Mathematics are:
Mathematical Analysis, Numerical Analysis and Optimization,
Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Mathematical
Structures, Computer Graphics and Geometry. In addition to
the main specialization the students of Mathematics can choose
additional ones, for example Economic Mathematics, Insurance
Mathematics or Computer Science for Mathematicians.
Physics offers the following specializations: Applied Physics,
Astrophysics, Biophysics and Molecular Physics, Nuclear
Physics, Solid State Physics, Theoretical and Mathematical
Physics.
The study of Computer Science branches after the second year
into three specializations: Theoretical Computer Science and
Programming Systems, Computer Technologies and Artificial
Intelligence.

29. Institute of Computer Science
Study programmes in computer science,
computer science and physics.
Main research fields: intelligent e-learning
systems, database technologies, computer
graphics and vision, image processing,
modelling and simulations, digital signal
processing, artificial intelligence.

30. Main scientific activities of
Department of Information Technologies

31. Scientific activities
medical imaging
image processing
computer graphics and visualization
biomedical modelling
expert systems
optimization algorithms
hospital information systems (HIS, PACS, RIS)
computer network technologies, mobile technologies

32. Examples

33. INTEGRATED TELEMEDICAL NETWORK IN
LUBLIN PROVINCE – CURRENT STATUS AND
FUTURE PLANS
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Lublin, POLAND
5th ICICTH Samos 2007

34. The first PACS in Lublin
• one of the first PACS (picture
archiving and communication
system) in Poland (1999),
• a medical network (fig.),
• thousands of examinations
acquisitioned, processed,
transmitted between
cooperating health service
centres, and archived on CDs,
• presented during ICICTH
2003 (Samos),
• still operating, but modern
systems are needed
CDs – a next generation
radiological archive

35. New telemedical projects (1)
teleradiological network for image transmission (CT,
MRI, PET, etc.) coordinated by a teleradiology centre,
telemetric electrocardiography transmission and
cardiologic teleconsultation (already implemented
independently in two hospitals),
videoterminals network for hospitals’ admission rooms
and emergency units,
application of telemedical techniques for breast cancer
detection,

36. New telemedical projects (2)
• telemedical systems for ambulance services,
• GIS (Geographic Information System) and GPS (Global
Positioning System)-based solutions for first-aid
services.

37. GIS/GPS-based system for first-aid
services (1)
• an integrated
management and
monitoring system for
emergency units, in
order to provide
required services to
the desired location
through the optimal
route

38. GIS/GPS-based system for first-aid
services (2)
An innovative system, making use of a
mixture of technologies:
GPS,
RTK-DGPS (Real Time Kinematic
Differential Global Positioning System)
based on EUPOS (European Position
Determination System) collocated
stations, EUPOS (European
GIS,
Position Determination
video monitoring of the area in order to
System) collocated
provide optimal routes for rescue units, stations
data transmission (WiFi, GPRS).

39. Information flow between telemedical
systems
• Some of the independently
developed projects turned out to
be complementary.
• A great part of technical
infrastructure can be shared.
• Systems are expected to be
interoperable and compatible
with each other, to provide the
desired information flow.
• A common central node (a
telemedical centre) for all the
telemedical projects should be
created.

40. Conclusions
The first PACS in Lublin has been working unfailingly
for the last 8 years – a success.
Various telemedical projects need to be coordinated.
The planned regional telemedicine centre is expected
to perform this function.
There is no need to build new, dedicated network
infrastructure.

41. Modern technologie
Examples

42. E-learning: Virtual Campus of
the University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska
Many on-line courses
Remote access
Academics support

43. University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska on-line:
Island in Second Life

44. University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska on-line:
Island in Second Life (cultural fusion events)
Second Life of
UMCS - movie