Founded in 1969, Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz) is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in the urban setting of the medium city of Bydgoszcz (population range of 250,000-499,999 inhabitants), Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Officially recognized by the Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyzszego, Polsce (Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland), Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy (UKW) is a large coeducational Polish higher education institution. Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy (UKW) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees in several areas of study. UKW also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, as well as administrative services.