Maria Curie-Skłodowska University cooperates with foreign universities, researchers, scientifics institutes and other types of entities including NGOs and cultural institution. Cooperation is mostly based on bilateral contacts between academic staff, sometimes formalized by agreements or through participation in project consortia. International cooperation at MSCU is implemented by several administrative Centers:
Research, along with education, constitutes the most important sphere of university activity. UMCS conducts research in over 25 science disciplines at eleven Faculties, which are listed below and International Cooperation Center serves as a central contact point for scientists who wants to develop internatonal cooperation with our University in any field of research: