The goal of the Free Belarus University is to foster a broad, pro-reform Belarusian elite in cooperation with Western universities, drawing on the reform experiences of Central and Eastern European countries and using modern educational technologies.
The strategic objective of the FBU is to create a Belarusian digital university.
The Free Belarus University operates as a provider of European distance education programs, adapting courses to the needs of Belarusian students based on systematic sociological research of the target group.
The primary language of instruction is Belarusian. Selected courses are also offered in Polish, English, French and Russian.
Council of the Free Belarus University
Svetlana Alexievich
Nobel Prize laureate in literature
Andżelika Borys
Chairperson of the Union of Poles in Belarus, former political prisoner
Aleś Bialacki
Chair of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna", Nobel Peace Prize laureate, political prisoner
Mikołaj Iwanow
Professor, Doctor of History, former Soviet dissident
Stanisłaŭ Šuškievič
(1934-2022)
Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, first leader of independent Belarus (1991-1994)
FBU Management
Alaksandr Milinkievič
Chancellor of FBU
Associate professor, PhD in physics with a specialization in quantum electronics, laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought awarded by the European Parliament, advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on European affairs.
Aleś Lahviniec
Program Director
MA in political science, instructor, civic activist, translator.
Partners
The Free Belarus University is funded by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science. The University of Wrocław is the leading partner of the "Wolny Uniwersytet Białoruski" project.
Academic Partners: University of Wrocław, University of Warsaw, University of Łódź, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Higher School of Management Personnel in Konin, Civitas University, as well as professors from Florida Atlantic University, Tallinn University, University of Bordeaux, Tallinn University of Technology, and Linköping University.
SUPPORTING A SCIENTIFIC CAREER
Continuing a scientific career in Poland for Belarusian researchers and university teachers
Recruitment underway:
Participants of the FBU courses
Other countries:
Armenia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Portugal
Mexico
Montenegro
Kenya
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
USA
Vietnam
FBU is built by Belarusians worldwide — beyond borders.