The «Artes Liberales» Institute Foundation

Board & council

The «Artes Liberales» Institute Foundation was established in 1997 by academics linked to OBTA. Its main goal is to promote and support educational projects addressed to students and young scholars in Poland and East-Central Europe, aimed at eliminating the barriers between various academic disciplines within the humanities and social sciences.

Goals of the «Artes Liberales» Institute Foundation

• Dissemination and popularization of new educational methods in disciplines from the "non-applied humanities"
• Dissemination and popularization of the cultural output and tradition of nations that lived in regions surrounding the Mediterranean
• Providing supplementary funding for research-and-development and educational units, those of the University of Warsaw in particular, whose activity involves disciplines from the "non-applied humanities"
• Supporting the exchange of professional or academic experiences in disciplines related to the foundation's goals

The «Artes Liberales» Institute Foundation

• Assists in running the Interdepartmental Individual Studies in the Humanities (MISH) of the University of Warsaw and the Artes Liberales Academy (Inter-University Individual Studies in the Humanities)
• Co-organizes the East-Central European School in the Humanities (MSH)
• Assists in organizing the Hellenic Studies at the University of Warsaw
• Co-organizes the University of Warsaw's Educational Laboratory - the Center for Studies on the Classical Tradition in Poland and East-Central Europe (OBTA) and the University's Interdepartmental Individual Studies in the Humanities (MISH)
• Implements the international Higher Education Support Program (HESP) in Poland
• Implements the Prometheus Program

The «Artes Liberales» Institute Foundation could begin its activity thanks to a three-year grant provided by the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
The "Artes Liberales Institute" Foundation admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administrated programs.