About the Faculty

University of Rzeszów’s Faculty of Philology (WF UR) – one of the fifteen faculties of the University of Rzeszów, created on the 1st of January 2025 by virtue of the University of Rzeszów’s Statute. The Faculty’s office is located in the Rejtana Campus (buildings A1 and A3).

Contact information:
University of Rzeszow
Faculty of Philology
ul. Kopisto 2B, 35-351 Rzeszów, Poland
phone: 17 872 12 04
e-mail: wf@ur.edu.pl

HISTORY OF THE FACULTY

History of the faculty goes back to the year 1965, when Teacher Training College was appointed by the resolution of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (in 2001 it was merged with other branches into University of Rzeszów). Faculty of Philology and History and Faculty of Mathematics and Physics were the two composing the University at its beginnings. On the first of October, 1965, an independent Faculty of Philology emerged and was composed of two chairs: Chair of Polish Philology and Chair of Russian Philology.

The year 1976 brought changes to the structure of the young university, with the following entities joining in: Chair of Literature and Polish Language, Chair of Literature and Russian Language, Department of German Philology (appointed in 1975), Chair of Pedagogy, and Department of History. The unit was also renamed to Faculty of Humanities. The development of the chairs and their rising scientific potential caused the two biggest to be transformed into Institute of Polish Philology and Institute of Russian Philology.

Faculty of Humanities endured for 10 years, until 1986, when Rzeszów’s WSP underwent another structural change. Faculty of Philology was restored and comprised of 3 units: Institute of Polish Philology, Institute of Russian Philology, and Chair of German Philology, to which in 1995 joined Chair of English Philology. Later the two chairs were transformed into institutes.

In 2001 Faculty of Philology joined the newly founded University of Rzeszów. At the time it was comprised of four prospering institutes and additionally, in 2017, Chair of Applied Linguistics was singled out.

Between the years 2019 and 2024 the units belonging to the faculty operated within University of Rzeszów’s College of Humanities with two disciplinary institutes established: Institute of Polish Studies and Journalism and Institute of Modern Languages (comprised of Chair of English Philology, Chair of German Philology, Chair of Russian Philology, and Chair of Applied Linguistics).

On the 1st of January 2025 University of Rzeszów returned to its original facultative structure. The newly reactivated Faculty of Philology is currently made up of five institutes: Institute of English Studies, Institute of German Studies, Institute of Applied Linguistics, Institute of Polish Studies and Journalism, and Institute of Slavonic Studies (former Russian Studies). Following entities also belong to the Faculty: Polish Community Centre POLONUS, Centre for Foreign Language Studies, and Research and Educational Centre TEKST – DYSKURS – KOMUNIKACJA.

Important events for the faculty include:

  • In 1993 – receiving accreditation for conferring the Ph.D. in Humanities degree in literary studies,
  • In 1996 – receiving accreditation for conferring the Ph.D. in Humanities degree in linguistics,
  • In 2016 – receiving accreditation for conferring the Doctor habilitatus in Humanities degree in linguistics,
  • In 2017 – receiving accreditation for conferring the Doctor habilitatus in Humanities degree in literary studies.

Since the year 2009 the Faculty conducted Ph.D. studies within the Faculty Doctoral Program, but in 2019 these were replaced by Doctoral School.

 

PRESENT STATE

SCIENCE

At the Faculty, the research is conducted around several main subjects in two fields:

Linguistics:

  1. Teaching and studying a foreign language/Polish as a foreign language.
  2. (Chosen) aspects of general, contrastive, and applied linguistics of Slavonic and Germanic languages, studied synchronically and diachronically.
  3. Socio-historical-cultural aspects of verbal and nonverbal communication.
  4. Onomastic, linguo-cultural, glottodidactic, logopedic, and pragmatic studies of the Polish language in both synchronic and diachronic aspects.

Literary studies:

  1. Research on literature and periodical publishing during Old Polish epochs and Polish renaissance; research on genre forms,
  2. The literature of 19th century Poland - myths, legends; problems and background of Polish education at the time,
  3. Problems of history, theory, literature anthropology and 20th-21st century Poland culture; research on media,
  4. Problems and background of literature and culture of the world; theoretical-literary and comparative issues.

Furthermore, Faculty employees conduct research in the scope of cultural and religious sciences, and social communication and media sciences.


The Faculty can confer following degrees:

  • Ph.D. and Doctor habilitatus in literary studies
  • Ph.D. and Doctor habilitatus in linguistics


The following periodicals are being published at the Faculty:

  • Dydaktyka Polonistyczna
  • Fraza
  • Słowo. Studia Językoznawcze
  • Studia Anglica Resoviensia
  • Tekst i Dyskurs
  • Tematy i Konteksty
  • Zeszyty Naukowe UR. Seria Filologiczna. Glottodydaktyka

Faculty Employees engage in scientific, research and didactic activity within Erasmus+, NAWA and DAAD programs in cooperation with foreign research centers located in Germany Austria, Brazil, Italy, Finland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Croatia, The Czech Republic, and more. 

 

EDUCATION/DIDACTICS

Currently, candidates may choose from nine programs of study (including one in English), all offered as either BA or MA, and available in both full-time and part-time modes (part-time is only available for English Philology). All programs are positively evaluated by Polish Accreditation Committee (PKA).

The Faculty constantly develops its didactic potential and cooperates with local cultural institutions to make teaching students even more effective and to adjust the programs according to the needs of the job market. Within the programs, appealing majors are available for students to develop their interests and keep the standard of education high.

The active, enthusiastic students have a chance to develop their hobbies within the several student scientific clubs. Club members have the opportunity to engage in media work, volunteer work, attend scientific conferences, workshops, discussion panels, contests, camps, and participate in popularizing, cultural and research activities.

The most talented students can take part in internships in prestigious research facilities and cooperate with scientists from other centers. Every year, students from University of Rzeszów become beneficiaries of the Minister of Education scholarship.

Programs of study:
  • Journalism and Social Communication (available in BA and MA programs)
  • English Philology (available in BA and MA programs)
  • German Philology (available in BA and MA programs)
  • Polish Philology (available in BA and MA programs)
  • Russian Philology (available in BA and MA programs)
  • Applied Linguistics (available in BA and MA programs)
  • Speech Therapy with Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language (available in a BA program)
  • Media, Visual and Social Communication (available in a BA program)
  • Teaching Foreign Languages – English and Russian (available as integrated Master’s studies)

Furthermore, following postgraduate studies are available at the Faculty:

  • Speech Therapy
  • Neurologopedics (temporarily suspended)
  • Teaching Polish Language

The Faculty conducts foreign language state exams (TELC, Linguaskill, TOLES, Goethe Test-Pro) and The Certificate of Proficiency in Polish as a Foreign Language exam.