1240 candidate officers began their first year of survey at the Military method Academy on Wednesday. Never before in the past of the college capital has the fresh yearbook been so numerous. "WAT graduates, as always, are the essential intellectual pillar of the Polish army" - stressed Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
The beginning ceremony of the academic year 2025/2026 began the speech of Brig-Gen. prof. dr. hab. Inż. Przemysław Wachulak, Rector-Commander of WAT. – The fresh academic year is primarily a peculiar day for our students. Therefore, I welcome with enthusiasm the youngest students of the Military method Academy: a fresh yearbook, young, capable, ambitious people," said the rector-commandant.
This year, a evidence number of future officers of the Polish Army will begin their studies at the Capital College. “This year we have accepted over 1,240 candidates to be officers. In all levels and forms of education will be studied at the Military method Academy more than 9,000 students: almost 4,000 subjects and over 5.5 1000 civilian students. discipline began in the first year with over 3,000 students. 300 doctoral students are taught at the Doctoral School, 110 of which are professional soldiers. On officer's courses, more than 400 professional soldiers and employees of the Ministry of National Defence rise their competence,' said General Wachulak.
WAT – an intellectual pillar of the military
"War method Academy plays an crucial function in the educational safety architecture of our Homeland. It is in the walls of WAT that you gain cognition and skills, among others, from the usage of state-of-the-art defence technologies, and the teaching process is supervised by the best military and civilian staff", wrote the Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz in a letter to the students of the Academy. "WAT graduates as always constitute the essential intellectual pillar of the Polish army and are an crucial component in building the possible of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland" - said the Minister.
A letter from the president of the Republic of Poland, head of the armed forces, Karol Nawrocki read the Deputy Head of the National safety Bureau, Brig. Gen. Mirosław Bryś. "At a time erstwhile the threats to Homeland safety become real again, and the changes taking place around Poland are not only fast, but besides unpredictable, the strength and position of the country depend to a large degree on the possible of the army," wrote the president. "This in turn has always been and is the derivative not only of modern weapons and well-functioning systems, but besides – and possibly above all – of thoroughly educated, prepared and creative personnel. Your knowledge, the practice combined with courage in taking initiatives, can become the most crucial Polish weapon," said Karol Nawrocki.
After the speech of the Rector-Commander, students of the first year of survey and PhD students starting at the Doctoral School made a vow. The ceremony marked the graduation of the professor's degree to 4 soldiers and WAT staff and the degree of doctor habilitated 5 soldiers and university staff. 39 people received a doctorate. Students who wrote the best diploma papers and winners of the competition for the Military Counterintelligence Service Award were besides awarded.
The ceremony was completed by an inaugural lecture entitled “Polar Nematics – fresh Faces of the Old Phase”, which was given by the colonel Dr. Przemysław Kula, Prof. WAT from the Department of fresh Technologies and Chemistry.
Why studies at the Military method Academy?
The Academy attracts young people who want to combine discipline with military and liable service to the country. We asked the first year students why they decided to go to this university.
– For a long time, the military has been something fascinating to me," said the general pupil James Czyż of the Department of fresh Technology and Chemistry. – 3 years ago, I decided that my future, both professional and scientific, I want to tie myself to the military. The natural choice was so WAT. James adds that in the future, he would like to deal primarily with weapons of mass destruction, detection and eradication. “I am little curious in pyrotechnic materials, but this part of protecting and combating threats is the most crucial to me,” he explains. The student has already undergone a monthly basic course as part of a voluntary basic military service. “This was the first real encounter with the army,” he says. – If individual feels that this is his way, that he wants to test himself and give himself everything, it is truly worth a effort – he adds.
Szer. chor. Miłosz Dołęga from the Department of Krypton and Cybersecurity started his adventure with the Academy even earlier – in Military General Information advanced SchoolThat works at WAT. I was in a class with a mathematical and computer profile. Even then we had classes with lecturers from the Academy – he recalls. It was natural for me to stay here for college.
Today he dreams of serving in cyberspace defence troops. “It would be perfect to work on building WOC components,” he says. “This is simply a modern and highly needed part of the army,” he adds.
He besides mentions classes he attended in advanced school. “We took part in trainings, we had tactical and IT classes conducted by WAT staff. It just confirmed to me that this is my place.
Military method Academy – 75 years of technological and military service
WAT, established by the 1951 Act, is simply a public academic college supervised by the Minister of National Defence. It is an open method university which serves the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland through the training of students, the improvement of technological and educational staff and the conduct of investigation and improvement work in the fields of science, technology and social sciences.
The training process at WAT is carried out by 8 faculties: Security, Logistics and Management, Cybernetics, Electronics, Land Engineering and Geodesy, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Armourment and Aviation, fresh Technology and Chemistry, and the Institute of Optoelectronics. The structure of the university besides has a Doctor's School.
Students of the Academy have more than 100 courses to choose from, including 9 second-cycle programs conducted in English. The certificates of excellence of education are certified in 5 fields: computer discipline and cryptology, cybersecurity, material engineering, safety engineering and energy.
The teaching offer includes uniform master's studies for candidates for officers and civilian students, engineering and undergraduate studies, second-cycle master's studies, as well as postgraduate studies, MBA programs, and specialist courses and training courses. This year the academic novelty is 2 directions: global road transport, chemistry and analysis of dangerous materials (in Polish) and aviation and cosmonautics (in English).
