Collegium Civitas is a private university, that stands as one of Poland's foremost non-public higher education institutions, recognized as a member of both the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (CRASP) and the Conference of Rectors of Non-Public Academic Universities (KRAUN). It is open to new inventions in higher education: interdisciplinary approaches, closer lecturer-student relations, study abroad programs, internships, and the encouragement and supervision of individual student research projects. Collegium Civitas takes great pride in the diversity of its student body, which includes individuals from over 60 countries around the world. Collegium Civitas is the signatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum and the holder of the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2021-2027, recognized by the European Commission as Erasmus Without Paper (EWP) Champion (2023).

The Palace of Culture and Science is a notable high-rise building in central Warsaw, Poland. With a total height of 237 metres (778 ft), it is the second tallest building in both Warsaw and Poland, the sixth tallest building in the European Union and one of the tallest on the European continent. At the time of its completion in 1955, the Palace was the eighth tallest building in the world, retaining the position until 1961; it was also briefly the tallest clock tower in the world, from 2000 until the 2002 installation of a clock mechanism on the NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building in Tokyo, Japan.