Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw
Address: Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
00-927 Warsaw
Poland

Phone for current students: (+48 22) 55 20 117
Phone for general and teaching matters: (+48 22) 55 22 800-801
Fax: (+48 22) 55 22 801

Phone for candidates: (+48) 601 327 725 (10:00 AM–03:00 PM, on weekdays)

e-mail for candidates: rekr.archeo@uw.edu.pl

general e-mail: wauw@uw.edu.pl

Number of Bank Account: 95 1160 2202 0000 0000 6084 9522
Tuition fees should be paid to individual account numbers that have been created for each student. These numbers are available on the USOSweb page.

Faculty Office for Students

Location:

The Faculty of Archaeology is housed in a building known as Szkoła Główna (“Main School”) – marked no. 8 on the map of the Main Campus.

Faculty Office for Students:
(Ground floor, room 1.06, Office of the Vice Dean for Students’ Affairs)
Contact person: Joanna Chomicz

Phone: (+48) 22 55 20 117
Fax: (+48) 22 55 22 811
Office hours: Tuesday-Thursday 10 AM – 1 PM

The beginnings of interest in archaeology at the University of Warsaw date from the early nineteenth century, the time of the Royal University of Warsaw (1816-1831). The University’s Numismatic Cabinet was created in 1816, and Professor Feliks Bentkowski became its first curator. The first collection of the Numismatic Cabinet included a set of 2847 coins acquired in 1824; by 1862, the collection increased to 5887 coins. In response to growing antiquarian interests, a Cabinet of Ancient Curiosities was set up in 1826.

When tsarist authorities closed the University in 1831 in retaliation for the November Uprising of 1830, which hindered the development of archaeological activities. Nevertheless, shortly after the setting up in 1862 of the Main School of Warsaw, the Numismatic Cabinet and the Cabinet of Ancient Curiosities resumed activity. They continued to function even after the Main School was shut down in 1869 and replaced by a Russian Imperial University of Warsaw. In 1871, an Archaeology Cabinet was created, with c. 2000 artefacts, placed under the care of A. Mierzyński. In 1875/76 and 1881/82, Alfred Pawiński gave the first lectures on prehistory: ‘On the History and Prehistory of the Kingdom of Poland and on the History of Primitive Civilisations’. In 1877, the Numismatic and Archaeology Cabinets were merged; even so, until WWI the Imperial University had no separate chair or department of archaeology. During this period the leading role in the development of archaeology was played by the Warsaw Scientific Society, which had an Archaeology Committee starting from 1905 . Its members included Erazm Majewski, Kazimierz Stołyhwo, Stefan Krukowski, Leon Kozłowski, Ludwik Sawicki and Marian Hinner.

In 1915, tsarist authorities retreating before the advancing German army closed the Imperial University of Warsaw and most of its numismatic and archaeology collections were taken East. The University resumed work the same year, this time as a fully Polish institution.

In 1919, the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology was created and housed in Staszic Palace, and  Erazm Majewski became its Director. After WWI, the collections of the Department numbered just 137 pieces from the original pre-1915 collections. After E. Majewski’s death in 1920, his successor was Professor Włodzimierz Antoniewicz. He was also the Dean of the Faculty of History in 1934/35 and Rector of the University of Warsaw in 1936/37. In 1931, the Section of Classical Archaeology was created, led by Professor Kazimierz Michałowski. During WWII, activity of the two Departments was suspended, but lectures in archaeology continued to be given as part of the Underground University.

Over the years, new chairs and departments were created (Department of Slavonic Archaeology, Department of Archaeology of Antiquity, Chair of Ancient Archaeology, with a Department of Anthropology, later transformed into the Chair of Prehistoric and Early Medieval Archaeology). After W. Antoniewicz, the Chair was headed by Zofia Wartołowska and Witold Hensel, and during the early 1960s the staff included: Zbigniew Sochacki, Bronisława Chomentowska, Maria Miśkiewicz, Andrzej Kempisty, Jerzy Gąssowski, Andrzej Wierciński, Stefan Karol Kozłowski, and Janina Rosen-Przeworska

In 1975, the Chair of Prehistoric and Early Medieval Archaeology, the Chair of Papyrology and the Chair of Mediterranean Archaeology were combined into a single unit – the Institute of Archaeology. Its first Director was Professor Waldemar Chmielewski.

The Faculty of Archaeology is the largest academic institution of its kind in Poland, one of the largest in the world. It is divided into 17 Departments and 7 Laboratories. It has a staff of c. 100 (researchers, lecturers, technicians and administration staff). The Faculty offers instruction in most branches of modern archaeology and related sciences to over 1500 students from different areas of study. At present, the Faculty of Archaeology UW is housed in the historic building of the Warsaw Main School (1862-1869) – one of the finest buildings on the main campus of the University.

Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology UW

e-mail: bdkontny@uw.edu.pl
phone (22) 55 22 800

Office hours:
Tuesday: 1.15 p.m. – 3.15 p.m.
Thursday: 11.15 a.m. – 1.15 p.m.

Vice-dean of Finances

e-mail: m.starski@uw.edu.pl
phone: (22) 55 22 800

Duties and responsibilities:

• supervising the functioning of the Faculty’s finances,
• cooperation with the Faculty’s Finance and Budget Committee,
• supervising the implementation of affiliated grants at the Faculty of Archeology of the University of Warsaw,
• representing the Faculty of Archeology in all matters related to finance, budget and scientific research,
• in the event of the Dean’s absence or illness, taking over matters related to running the Faculty

Vice-dean of Research and Development

e-mail: a.soltysiak@uw.edu.pl
phone (22) 55 22 800

Duties and responsibilities:

• handling all matters related to scientific exchange with foreign centres,
• preparation of reports and materials for parametric evaluation and other controls at the Faculty,
• handling all matters related to the promotion of the Faculty,
• conducting matters related to granting honorary distinctions, decorations and awards to the employees of the Faculty,
• supervision over research and scientific achievements of the Faculty employees,
• supervising the development of the Faculty,
• replacing the Dean in current affairs

Vice-Dean for Student Affairs

Contact:

for students – wa.student@uw.edu.pl;

for other matters – ejaskulska@uw.edu.pl;

Office hours:

Thursday 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., online or in-person by appointment.

Appointment can be arranged by email or Google Calendar appointment page (using the University of Warsaw email account only). Do not forget to indicate your name and year of study as well as information if an online or in-person meeting is required.

Responsibilities:

• implementation of the University’s strategy in the field of education,
• consistency of the didactic offer at the Faculty of Archeology,
• the quality of education and the selection of persons conducting classes in consultation with heads of departments
• improving teaching competencies of academic teachers in consultation with the Dean
• coordination of work on the preparation of study programs offered by the unit
  content-related supervision over postgraduate studies and courses offered by the Faculty
• providing the infrastructure necessary to conduct didactics in cooperation with the authorities of the Faculty
• monitoring the quality of administrative services for students at the Faculty
• implementation of the guidelines of the University Education Council in the scope specified in the Study Regulations at the University of Warsaw
• contacts with the Student Council

Term of office 2020-2024

Vice-Dean for Student Affairs reports directly to the Rector of the University of Warsaw. The duties of the vice-dean are complex and they must be realised with help of the team, which members help to complete the tasks specified in the Statute of the University of Warsaw and the Rules of Study at the University of Warsaw.

The Head of Archaeology (Studies in English)
Representative for Equality

Contact: k.pyzewicz@uw.edu.pl
Contact for students: wa.head.archeology@uw.edu.pl

Research interests:
– Paleolithic and Mesolithic archaeology
– use-wear analysis of lithic tools used by the Stone Age societies
– experimental archaeology
– popularization of archaeological knowledge

Tutor of the 1st-year students – Dr. Julia M. Chyla

Contact:  j.chyla@uw.edu.pl

Vice-dean’s recruitment representative – Marcin Wagner

Contact: rekr.archeo@uw.edu.pl

More about recruitment you can find here.

Vice-dean for student affairs and her team supervises the Faculty Student Office.

Administrative Director

e-mail: magdalena.nowakowska@uw.edu.pl
phone +48 723 030 061

Duties and responsibilities:

• organization and control of all administrative work of the Faculty,
• managing units of the Faculty’s administration, with the exception of laboratories,
• in the scope determined by the Dean, undertaking activities in property and financial matters of the Faculty, subject to the rights and obligations of the head of the Independent Economic and Financial Section

Deputy Administrative Director

e-mail: zbigniew.stasiak@uw.edu.pl
phone (22) 55 22 836

Duties and responsibilities:

• supervision of building service employees and companies related to the maintenance of installations and internal devices,
• supervision over the proper functioning of the building,
• replacing the Administrative Director in the field of administrative services for the Faculty

Administrative Offices
address:
Faculty of Archaeology, 26/28 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street, 00-927 Warsaw

Faculty Office for Students

admission hours at the Faculty Office for Students:
Tuesdays 10.00 a.m.  – 1.00 p.m.
Wednesdays 10.00 a.m.  – 1.00 p.m.
Thursdays 10.00 a.m.  – 1.00 p.m.
Mondays&Fridays closed for petitioners.

room:
1.06, ground floor
phone number: 
+48 22 55 20 117

employees:
– Renata Kamińska
– Joanna Chomicz – English-language first- and second-cycle studies
– Magdalena Kirik – support for English-language and distance learning studies
– Joanna Lange-Kostrzewa

General Affairs Section

open from Monday to Friday, 9.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.

room number:
2.03, 1st floor
phone number:
+48 22 55 22 800 (801)
general e-mail:
wauw@uw.edu.pl

employees:
– Beata Goljasz
– Mirela Tomczyk

Independent Economic and Financial Section

visitor hours:
Monday 9.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Tuesday 9.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Wednesday 9.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Thursday 9.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Friday a day with no interested parties

general e-mail:
wa.finanse@uw.edu.pl

employees:
– Krystyna Dudzińska
– Magdalena Kijewska
– Dagmara Kulbicka
– Magdalena Matera
– Weronika Makowska