Adam Mickiewicz University is the major academic institution in Poznań and one of the top Polish universities. Its reputation has been founded on tradition, achievements of the academic staff, and an attractive curriculum offered to students. No doubt, the AMU is now one of the Polish institutions which are playing a significant role in socio-economic and cultural transformations going on in Central-East Europe. Among its more than one hundred honorary doctors there are Nobel Prize winners Maria Curie-Sklodowska and Wisława Szymborska, Javier Solana, and Pope John Paul II. AMU is a proud bearer of the name of Adam Mickiewicz, a Polish bard of European Romanticism compared to Lord G. Byron or Goethe. Among about 3000 faculty members of Adam Mickiewicz University there are 750 full professor and associate professors. More than 150 visiting lecturers and professors come from abroad. Moreover, the university has entered about 200 partnership agreements with academic institutions all over the world. AMU researchers currently implement about 550 projects funded by the Polish science agencies and participate in 30 international projects, including 15 research projects funded by the Framework Programmes. The university boasts of almost fifty thousand undergraduate, graduate, PhD and postgraduate students in its full-time and part-time programs. AMU is a member of: European University Association, European University Continuing Education Network, The Compostela Group of Universities, The Santander Group - European University Network, European Chemistry Thematic Network and others. AMU's mission is to advance knowledge through quality research and teaching in partnership with business and public services. The university is a centre of academic excellence where research and teaching are mutually sustaining. We continuously extend and update research programs and study curricula, with emphasis on their interdisciplinary and international nature. As a strategic partner in Central Europe, AMU aspires to contribute to the region´s economic growth, social development and environmental sustainability. We align our principles with those of the Great Charter of European Universities. We aim to strengthen ties with the EU Member States and embark on new research initiatives.