On 3rd September 1999, the Parliament (Sejm) of the Republic of Poland adopted a resolution on establishing the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University (UKSW) in Warsaw is one of the youngest universities in Poland, but it continues long standing academic traditions, finding its roots at the University of Warsaw.
After the Congress of Vienna in 1815 Warsaw became part of the Russian Empire and Tsar Alexander I was crowned the king of the Polish Kingdom. On the initiative of Stanisław Kostka Potocki, who led the Committee of the National Education and Beliefs (Komisja Oświecenia Narodowego i Wyznań Religijnych) (a ministry of that time), and of Stanisław Staszic, Tsar Alexander I, the Royal University of Warsaw was established on the strength of the decree dated 7/19 November 1816. The new university was composed of five faculties, the most primary of which was the Faculty of Theology. The role of the first rector of the University was fulfilled by the Roman Catholic priest, professor Wojciech Anzelm Szweykowski, the co-founder of the University and the dean of the Faculty of Theology. Szweykowski carried out this role until the suspension of the activities of the university in 1831.
