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Research Landscape
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Research InstitutionsR&D activities in Poland are conducted by the following entities Higher education institutions play a major role in the national research potential. They are located in all major Polish cities. Some of those cities boast of long-term academic traditions, having developed strong academic communities. Research is carried out mainly by 150 higher education institutions (2007 data), which are sub-divided into: universities, technical universities, agricultural universities, universities of economics, pedagogical universities, medical universities, academies of art studies, academies of physical education, academies of theology. Most of them are supervised by the Minister of Science and Higher Education, others - by relevant Ministries (i.e. the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of National Defence. The list of higher education institutions in Poland is available at http://www.nauka.gov.pl/higher-education/higher-schools-in-poland/ The Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) established in 1952, is an independent research institution with units across the country. It organises and integrates the research community, prepares expert opinions for public institutions and conducts research through its research units grouped in 7 departments. The Academy has a number of actively working external research stations abroad. PAS as a research centre currently comprises of 79 research establishments (institutes and research centres, research stations, botanical gardens and other research units) and auxiliary scientific units (archives, libraries, museums, and foreign PAN stations). The tasks of the institute include conducting research and educating research workers and specialists with special qualifications in specific disciplines. The institute can run doctorate and post-graduate studies and other educational activity.
Branch research-development units are state institutions operating as separate entities in terms of their legal basis, organisational arrangements and funding mechanisms supervised by various sector ministries that conduct R&D work in line with the needs of the national economy and social life. Among 189 units there are research institutes, central laboratories and research and development centres. Development units are business entities active in R&D. Besides their primary activity, they also lead experimental development aimed at the application of the already existing knowledge attained through basic or applied research or through practical experience. The knowledge is applied to produce or significantly improve new materials, devices, products, processes, systems or services. Generally, 670 development units (data 2007) are industrial enterprises with own R&D backend (labs, R&D units and centres, research-technological departments, construction and construction-technology bureaux, technology development units, study bureaux and project bureaux, etc.), as well as agricultural and zootechnical units, farms and experimental stations, science-technology centres, etc.
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