Poland's science boom

Poland has seen heavy investment in science facilities and a host of scientific institutions with high-end facilities are spread throughout the country. A total of PLN 8.4 billion (£1.8 billion) has been allocated to science and nearly PLN 16 billion to higher education by the government in 2017. In 2013 alone the University of Wroclaw opened a new 11,000m² chemistry and biotechnology research and educational facility; the University of Gdansk opened a 28,572m² building in the faculty of chemistry; and the University of Warsaw launched a biological and chemical research centre that provided scientists with additional 133 laboratories.