Nicolaus Copernicus University was established in Toruń in 1945. It’s among the largest universities to study in Poland. It comprises 16 faculties which include 3 faculties at Collegium Medicum UMK (another campus in Bydgoszcz) for medical science.
The infrastructure of state-of-the-art research at Nicolaus Copernicus University includes the national laboratory of (FAMO) Molecular and Optical Physics, the Interdisciplinary Center for Modern Technologies, and the Center for Quantum Optics.