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NCU Faculty of Humanities:
Erasmus Basic Information
for incoming students
Faculty of Humanities
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Toruń, Poland
FACULTY
OF
HUMANITIES
Faculty of Humanities of Nicolaus Copernicus University (Torun, Poland)
would like to invite international students to spend one semester
or a whole academic year in Toruń.
Erasmus+ offers a great prospect for those who want to expand their
knowledge studying in Poland.
Incoming students can expect to receive comprehensive assistance
from the International Programmes Office (incoming@erasmus.umk.pl)
and the Faculty Erasmus+ coordinator Prof. Zbigniew Nerczuk
(zibbi@umk.pl).
NCU web pages for incoming students:
http://www.umk.pl/en/cooperation/erasmus_plus/
Faculty of Humanities web pages for incoming students:
http://www.erasmushum.umk.pl/
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NCU Faculty of Humanities:
Erasmus Basic Information for incoming students
Program for the incoming students: Invitation to Philosophy and Sociology
In the year 2014/15 the Faculty of Humanities is going to offer a Program in English for the
incoming students “Invitation to Philosophy and Sociology”.
Its two modules are:
1. The series of 15 lectures (90 minutes each, 30 h 4 ECTS) held at the beginning of the winter
and summer semester.
2. Set of 15 seminars on the issues outlined in the introductory lectures (20 h each, 4ECTS).
Every incoming student is required to enroll for the two selected seminars from the list below:
• Krystyna Szafraniec: Society in the mirror of youth – the sociological perspective
• Dominik Antonowicz: State, Market and Society
• Krzysztof Olechnicki: Anthropological perspective on everyday life
• Piotr Stankiewicz: Public Engagement in Science and Technology
• Łukasz Afeltowicz: Is human like an 'enactive' insect? Introduction to situated cognition and enactivism
• Radek Sojak: Science and Technology Studies: an Introduction
• Rafał Gruszczyński: Logic as a tool• Marcin Kilanowski: Philosophy of Human
Rights
• Ola Derra: Gender, science and social hope, philosophical approach to the contemporary world and knowledge
• Paweł Gładziejewski: Cognitive science of self-deception. How and why we lie to ourselves
• Anita Pacholik-Żuromska: Philosophical problems of cognitive science
• Janusz Grygieńć: Introduction to Political Philosophy
• Ewa Bińczyk: Introduction to Philosophy
• Adam Grzeliński: Main Issues of Modern Philosophy
• Krzysztof Abriszewski: Philosophy and popular culture
The more detailed description may be found at
http://www.erasmushum.umk.pl/
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Institute of Information Science and Book Studies
Information ArchitectureProf. dr hab. Ewa Głowacka
Information Services to People with DisabilitiesDr hab. Malgorzata Fedorowicz-Kruszewska
Information Searching on the WebDr Natalia Pamula-Cieslik
Multimedia in Social CommunicationDr Veslava Osinska
Networking and task managementDr Piotr Malak
Social Data Processing Tools and Analysis Using SPSSdr Piotr Malak, dr Veslava Osinska
Web DesignDr Mariusz Jarocki
Web Information Management and EvaluationDr Natalia Pamula-Cieslik
Introduction to BibliotherapyProf. dr hab. Bronisława Woźniczka-Paruzel
Social and Information NetworksDr Piotr Malak, Dr Veslava Osinska
IISBS Contact person
dr hab. Tomasz Kruszewski: tomkrus@umk.pl
Catalogue of all the courses offered in NCU
https://ects.umk.pl/en/
Complementary programs in English
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Invitation to linguistics, litterature and cultural studiesdr Marcin Skibicki
Daily life in the Roman provinces of Asia Minor and Thracedr hab. Bartosz Awianowicz
Metaphors across Europe: language, culture and the minddr hab. Ariadna Strugielska
Post-9/11 media and the “culture of leaks”dr Joanna Walewska
Coming back images (the “old fashioned” and “trendy”
images in nowadays culture)dr Joanna Bielska-Krawczyk
From Musical Anthropology to Sound Studies. The Death
of Music or the Rise of Audio Culture?dr hab. Dariusz Brzostek
Language, culture and identity. Ethnic minorities in Polanddr Michał Głuszkowski
The exemplary heroines and heroes of the Greek tragedy
and their reception in the worldwide literature and culturedr Barbara Bibik
Love and desire – theory and practice in the ancient,
medieval and modern Europedr Rafał Toczko
The etymological reinterpretation in the Indo-European
Languagesdr Piotr Sobotka
Is Polish a Strange and Difficult Language? From
Language Universals to Language Specificitydr Aleksandra Walkiewicz
What is language?dr Sławomir Wacewicz
Women in media: the global and the localdr Katarzyna Więckowska
Contemporary Polish literature: modern and post-modern
poetry, fiction and non-fictiondr hab. Marcin Wołk
Retro-style crime fiction (Kryminał “retro”): Polish “vintage
style” crime fiction at the beginning of the 21st century.dr Dariusz Pniewski
Myth and Narrative in European Musicdr Małgorzata Lisecka
Invitation to linguistics, litterature and cultural studiesdr Marcin Skibicki
Daily life in the Roman provinces of Asia Minor and Thracedr hab. Bartosz Awianowicz
Metaphors across Europe: language, culture and the minddr hab. Ariadna Strugielska
Post-9/11 media and the “culture of leaks”dr Joanna Walewska
Coming back images (the “old fashioned” and “trendy”
images in nowadays culture)dr Joanna Bielska-Krawczyk
From Musical Anthropology to Sound Studies. The Death
of Music or the Rise of Audio Culture?dr hab. Dariusz Brzostek
Language, culture and identity. Ethnic minorities in Polanddr Michał Głuszkowski
The exemplary heroines and heroes of the Greek tragedy
and their reception in the worldwide literature and culturedr Barbara Bibik
Love and desire – theory and practice in the ancient,
medieval and modern Europedr Rafał Toczko
The etymological reinterpretation in the Indo-European
Languagesdr Piotr Sobotka
Is Polish a Strange and Difficult Language? From
Language Universals to Language Specificitydr Aleksandra Walkiewicz
What is language?dr Sławomir Wacewicz
Women in media: the global and the localdr Katarzyna Więckowska
Contemporary Polish literature: modern and post-modern
poetry, fiction and non-fictiondr hab. Marcin Wołk
Retro-style crime fiction (Kryminał “retro”): Polish “vintage
style” crime fiction at the beginning of the 21st century.dr Dariusz Pniewski
Myth and Narrative in European Musicdr Małgorzata Lisecka
Complementary programs in English
Faculty Coordinator
dr Marcin Skibicki : skibicki@umk.pl
Faculty of Languages
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How to apply?
ACADEMIC YEAR
Winter Semester: from October to mid-February
Summer Semester: from mid-February to the end of June
For more detailed information please check: Academic Calendar
DEADLINES FOR APPLICATIONS
1 JUNE – full academic year or first semester students
1 NOVEMBER - second semester students.
STEPS - APPLICATION FORM
I. Nomination e-mail
If you have been selected by your home university to study at the Nicolaus Copernicus University within
the ERASMUS programme, your home university should send an e-mail with your nomination to our
office incoming@erasmus.umk.pl .
II. Online application (applying, uploading documents and submitting)
1.Only electronic applications https://irk.umk.pl/. (New application for 2014/2015 will be ready at the
end of April!)
2.Submitting application.
III. Sending original documents to NCU
The original application form from NCU (signed and stamped by your home university) together with
2 photos (of high quality, size: 3,5 x 4,5 cm) should be sent in an envelope by registered post to the
following address:
International Programmes Office
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Gagarina 11,
87-100 Toruń,
Poland
IV. Decision of the NCU
Other documents
1.Electronic photo (on-line)
In order to adjust the photo to the requirements of our Polish student ID-card, you will need the Java
programme which can be downloaded from here.
2.Health insurance - by e-mail – a scan of the European Health Insurance Card or of private insurance (the
latter one should be translated into English)
The more detailed description may be found at
http://www.erasmushum.umk.pl/
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The Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Toruń is the biggest university in northern Poland. The
idea of university is to widely educate students. As a university NCU is different than a typical
specialized school, it places an emphasis on giving students the opportunity to broaden their
interests. So, apart from your main course of studies, you can also learn about philosophy,
economics, physics, mathematics, law and much more if you want to. Our university was rated highly
in the universities ranking which was recently carried out in Poland. There are 18 departments at the
university. The university employs over 4.000 people, among them there are over 2.000 university
teachers and 600 professors. There are almost 30.000 students, who are studying at over 100
specializations. So far the university has produced over 100.000 graduates. Each year over 100
symposiums, conferences and scientist sessions take place at the university. Thousands of scholars
from Poland and foreign countries take part. Every year over 500 scholars from all over the world
visit our university. There are 21st century facilities waiting for you, and we have extensive experience
in managing learning.
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