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= MISMaP =

The MISMaP College or College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences is an interdisciplinary studies programme organized by the University of Warsaw aimed at creating a flexible curricula based on students' individual interests and talents rather than on a fixed sequence of academic studies.

History
The resolution to create an Inter-Faculty Individual Programme in Mathematics and Natural Sciences was passed by the University Senate on December 18, 1991, and the programme was launched in October 1992. It was an unprecedented project in Poland. In 2001, the programme was further formalized as a College in its own right, a decision approved in 2007 under the University Senate Resolution No. 290 (17 October 2007).

Organization and management
Seven University of Warsaw faculties are partners in the MISMaP College: Biology, Chemistry, Geography and Regional Studies, Physics, Geology, Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics and the Faculty of Psychology.

Those College subdivisions offer further, more detailed, courses of studies in thirteen different fields:
 * Faculty of Biology - biology, biotechnology, environment protection
 * Faculty of Chemistry - chemistry
 * Faculty of Physics - physics, astronomy
 * Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies - geography, spatial management
 * Faculty of Geology - geology, applied geology
 * Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics - mathematics, informatics
 * Faculty of Psychology - psychology

MiSMaP students choose one of thirteen programmes as their major (basic curriculum), which they are obliged to finish and graduate, and are free to pursue any number of additional courses within the criteria of minimal curriculum requirements listed by the College. In theory it is possible to graduate as a Bachelor of Arts in any number of majors during the three-year programme (an additional extension year is allowed) with the exception of psychology, which is a five-year MA programme br /> Additional MA two-year courses of studies in 12 subjects provided by 6 Faculties are organized as well as the Inter-Faculty Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies in Natural Sciences and Mathematics (MISDoMP) which provides possibility to gain a PhD title in interdisciplinary curricula.

Students are obliged to choose a tutor, whose goal is to help and guide during whole course of studies.

Unlike the majority of University of Warsaw Faculties there is no formal title of Dean. Instead the title of Director of MISMaP College is used. As of 2013 this position is held by prof. dr hab. Andrzej Twardowski (Faculty of Physics). Two Deputy Directors have specialised fields of authority, one liaising with individual faculties (Prof. Krystyna Pyrzyńska, Faculty of Chemistry), and one with publicity and promotion responsibilities (Prof. Maria Doligalska, Faculty of Biology).

Goals
Besides overall aim for graduates of MISMaP College to gain comprehensive interdisciplinary education in the framework of natural sciences and mathematics, they are expected to:
 * think logically and clearly formulate their views
 * be able to ask questions and pin point problems
 * be able to solve problems
 * be able to organise their work and studies efficiently
 * be able to learn new concepts
 * have basic knowledge and skills needed to conduct academic research.

Academic and scientific research and impact:
Due to its interdisciplinary design, MISMaP College provides the academic world with graduates well adapted to participate in various forms of research. This is reflected in the relatively high impact factor of international journals in which the graduates and academics of MISMaP College publish, as well as in the numerous conferences organized by College's Faculties.

Sources:
1. http://en.mismap.uw.edu.pl/

2. http://www.researchgate.net/institution/University_of_Warsaw/department/College_of_Inter-faculty_Individual_Studies_in_Mathematics_and_Natural_Sciences