Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (MCSU) (, UMCS) was founded October 23, 1944 in Lublin. It is named in honour of Marie Curie-Sklodowska. Currently the number of students is almost 36,000. The university has 302 professors (157 full professors), 231 habilitated doctors, 826 senior lecturers, and 1829 teachers in total. Total staff is 3628. To meet the growing demand for higher education, the university has established branches in other cities. Rankings In 2011 the Polish national daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita ranked the university 11th among Polish public universities (25). Faculties Arts Biology and Biotechnology Chemistry Economics Geosciences and Land Management Philosophy and Sociology Humanities Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science Pedagogy and Psychology Political Science and Journalism Law and Administration Off-Campus Branch in Pulawy Notable alumni Henryk Cioch (1951–2017), lawyer Zyta Gilowska (1949–2016), economist and politician Stanisław Michalkiewicz (born 1947), politician and activist Maciej Płaza (born 1976), writer and translator Jarosław Stawiarski (born 1963), politician Roman Szporluk (born 1933), Ukrainian and American historian, professor emeritus, doctor of historical sciences Publications The university publishes the following journals: Acta Humana () Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska sectio A – Mathematica () sectio AA – Chemia ( sectio AAA – Physica () sectio B – Geographia, Geologia, Mineralogia et Petrographia () sectio C – Biologia () sectio F – Historia () sectio FF – Philologiae () sectio G – Ius () sectio H – Oeconomia () sectio I – Philosophia-Sociologia () sectio J – Paedagogia-Psychologia () sectio K – Politologia () sectio L – Artes () sectio M – Balcaniensis et Carpathiensis () sectio N – Educatio Nova () Anuario Latinoamericano – Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales () Artes Humanae () Etnolingwistyka. Problemy Języka i Kultury () Folia Bibliologica Kultura i Wartości () Lubelski Rocznik Pedagogiczny () Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature () New Horizons in English Studies () Polish Journal of Soil Science () Prima Educatione () Przegląd Prawa Administracyjnego () Res Historica ( Studenckie Zeszyty Naukowe () Studia Białorutenistyczne () Studia Iuridica Lublinensia () TEKA of Political Science and International Relations () Wschód Europy. Studia humanistyczno-społeczne () Zeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie () Botanic Garden Founded in 1946 and originally apart of the campus of the University. In 1951, a new location of the Garden in Sławinek (a district in Lublin) was approved. In 1958, the University obtained the property rights of area. It has about 6,500 species of flora growing here, gathered in several area, among