• ENIGMA or breaking secret codes. The best students graduating in mathematics in 1929, received training from the army cipher office. This was probably the first cryptology class ever! Among those students were Rejewski, Zygalski and Różycki who all greatly contributed to cracking the Enigma code. Their work played a crucial role in ending WW II in Europe. Play http://codebreakers.eu/ to learn more. More

• The first woman Prime Minister of Poland (1992-1993), Madam Hanna Suchocka graduated in law. Since 2001, she has been Polish ambassador to the Holy See.

• 2005 Oscar for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score, was awarded to Jan A.P. Kaczmarek for his music to Finding Neverland. Mr. Jan P. Kaczmarek graduated in law.

• Nobel Peace Prize 2007 was jointly awarded to the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and to Al Gore. One member of that prestigious panel is Professor Piotr Tryjanowski of AMU Faculty of Biology.