The Warsaw University of Life Sciences[4] (Polish: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, lit.

'Main School of Rural Homestead', SGGW) is the largest agricultural university in Poland, established in 1816 in Warsaw.

On 23 September 1816 the School of Agronomy was founded at Marymont and was accommodated in the palace of Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien.

After the independence of Poland in 1918 the Institute was returned to Warsaw and became the Major School of Rural Economy in 1919.

On 70-hectare main campus are located 12 dormitories, a modern library, a sports centre (with tennis courts, a sports hall and a swimming pool) a foreign languages centre, a veterinary clinic.