The University of Rzeszów successfully continues the policy of these Institutions, but on wider range, with new facilities and courses. University's international cooperation is very fruitful with educational Institutions both from West and East Europe. The University of Rzeszów has its leading role in initiating and keeping great and wide scientific, social and cultural contacts with neighbouring countries and our partners from European Community. Geo-cultural conditions open many possibilities of cooperating through the structure of Carpathian Euroregion and it is still one of its priorities to keep international cooperation fluent and profitable. A lot of faculties belong to the international associations and organisations as well as students, who take part in conferences organised in different part of Europe in the framework of ELSA or AEGEE. The University offers a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, specialist training, supplementary training, and adult education. The University has almost 20,000 full- and part-time students. Every year approximately 4,000 new students are admitted. The staff comprises about 2,000 people. The University of Rzeszow has the right to confer an Associate Professor (doktor habilitowany) degree in history and archaeology, and a PhD in five disciplines: history, physics, sociology, literature and linguistics, archaeology, agronomy, biology, health