Univerza v Varšavi, ki gosti številne mednarodne doktorske projekte in srečanja ter zaseda 301.-400. mesto na Šanghajski lestvici svetovnih univerz po akademskih merilih (ang. ARWU – Academic Ranking of World Universities), je k sodelovanju povabila tudi Univerzo v Mariboru, ki skupaj z drugimi tujimi univerzami in institucijami iz ZDA ter Japonske sodeluje pri doktorskem študiju nanostrukturnih materialov in biomaterialov na varšavski Fakulteti za kemijo:
Nanostructured materials and biomaterials
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA, (Prof T. Swager)
- University of Maribor (UM), Maribor, Slovenia, (Prof N. Vaupotic)
- Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), (Prof H. Takezoe)
- University of California at Berkeley, Department of Chemistry, Berkeley, USA, (Prof. Marcin Majda)
- Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry, East Lansing, Michigan, USA, (Prof. Gary J. Blanchard)
( Vir: International PhD Studies in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Poland: http://beta.chem.uw.edu.pl/msd_phd/partner.php?heading=Partner%20Institutions )