The University of Poznan (Polish Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza) is one of the major Polish universities, opened on May 7th, 1919 in Poznań. It is named after the most famous Polish poet, Adam Mickiewicz.

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	Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (459 words) The University was closed by the Nazi Occupation in 1939 and reopened in much smaller form only after the end of WWII. However, since the year 1955 the University has been named after Adam Mickiewicz, greatest Polish Romantic poet of the first half of the 19th century. While many building of the Poznań University still remain scattered in areas near the city centre and older borroughs, all the structure is being moved to the Campus in Morasko. Adam Mickiewicz University / Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Poznań (Poland) (795 words) Adam Mickiewicz University is located in the City of Poznań and was established in 1919. Unfortunately, the King's decree evoked a sharp protest on the part of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków as a result of which Pope Paul V issued a bulla in which the Kraków Academy's privileges had to be reconfirmed. That is why we may say that the foundation of the University of Poznań coincided with the rebirth of the Polish State after World War I. On 7 May 1919, which marked the four hundredth anniversary of the foundation of the Lubrański Academy, the Commencement Ceremony of the Piast University took place.
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