Jerzy Gorzelik (born 1971), politician and art historian Notable students Urszula Antoniak (born 1968), film director Tomasz Beksiński (1958–1999), radio presenter and journalist Krystyna Bochenek (1953–2010), politician, former Vice-Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Bochenek (1993), politician Borys Budka (1978), politician, former leader of the Civic Platform political party Paweł Czarnota (born 1988), chess grandmaster Jan Drabina (born 1939), historian Anita Gargas (born 1964), journalist Tomasz Kamusella (1967), scholar Maciej Konieczny (1980), politician Ataullah Bogdan Kopański (born 1948), historian Grzegorz Lach (born 1967), historian Tadeusz Lubelski (1949), film historian, theorist and critic Henryka Mościcka-Dendys (born 1976), diplomat Idzi Panic (born 1952), historian Magdalena Piekorz (born 1974), film director, screenwriter, winner of the Golden Lions at the 29th Gdynia Film Festival Renata Przemyk (born 1966), singer Stsiapan Putsila (born 1998), Belarussian journalist, blogger and film director, founder of the media outlet Nexta Michał Rosa (born 1963), film director Tomasz Sapota (born 1970), classical philologist Sławomir Skrzypek (1963–2010), economist, former President of the National Bank of Poland Jan Sładkowski (born 1958), physicist Andrzej Swierniak (born 1950), mathematician Konrad Szołajski (born 1956), film director Maciej Ślesicki (born 1966), film director Szczepan Twardoch (born 1979), writer Gertruda Uścińska (born 1958), lawyer and political scientist Piotr Wilczek (born 1962), historian Natalia Zamilska, (born 1989), composer, DJ and music producer Tadeusz Zieliński (1966), theologian See also List of universities in Poland University of Silesia (Czech Republic) References External links University of Silesia in Katowice - website Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach - website Universities and colleges in Katowice Educational institutions established in 1968 1968 establishments in Poland Film schools in Poland