page_title: Lublin
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Lublin / Education
caption_attribution_description: Polski: budynek Katedry Biotechnologii Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego w Lublinie
context_page_description: Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 339,784. Lublin is the largest Polish city east of the Vistula River and is about 170 km to the southeast of Warsaw by road.
  One of the events that greatly contributed to the city's development was the Polish-Lithuanian Union of Krewo in 1385. Lublin thrived as a centre of trade and commerce due to its strategic location on the route between Vilnius and Kraków; the inhabitants had the privilege of free trade in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Lublin Parliament session of 1569 led to the creation of a real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, thus creating the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Lublin witnessed the early stages of Reformation in the 16th century. A Calvinist congregation was founded and groups of radical Arians appeared in the city, making it an important global centre of Arianism. At the turn of the century, Lublin was recognised for hosting a number of outstanding poets, writers, and historians of the epoch.
context_section_description: There are five public schools of higher education:
  Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (UMCS)
  John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL)
  Medical University of Lublin
  University of Life Sciences in Lublin
  Politechnika Lubelska
  Lublin is home to private higher education establishments.
  University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin
  Lubelska Szkoła Biznesu
  Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Społecznych z siedzibą w Lublinie
  Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Administracji
  Vincent Pol University in Lublin
  It is home to one of the oldest still-functioning schools in Poland, The Staszic School, which was established in 1586. The school has many notable alumni, such as Bolesław Prus, one of the most influential Polish writers and novelists, and Lesław Paga, the co-founder of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
caption: Faculty of Biotechnology, KUL
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