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The Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) was founded in 1918, the same year that Poland recovered her independence, and has shared ever since in that country's difficult history. It played a special role during the period of the so-called Polish Peoples' Republic when KUL was a haven for young people who were either refused admission or expelled for political or social reasons from other institutions of higher learning. Numerous professors dismissed from other universities were able to find employment at KUL. Paradoxically, the communist era in Poland was a period of growth for KUL, during which it enjoyed great authority.

KUL is a humanistic university. Man is at the core of its teaching and research interests. All of its faculties - Theology, Civil and Canon Law, Philosophy, Humanities, and Social Sciences - focus on anthropological concerns. These faculties are supportd in their scholarly work by numerous interdisciplinary research institutes and centres. They are complemented in their teaching by specialized and postgraduate programs of study. Together, these structures foster multidisciplinary and holistic approaches to the problems of the human beings and their culture.

During the course of more than 75 years, KUL has become a center of Christianity - both theoretically and historically - problems which concern the Church, its salvific mission and its self-awareness.