John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin ("Catholic University of Lublin, Lat. Universitas Catholica Lublinensis Ioannis Pauli II") - a private Catholic university in Lublin, with full rights of public school. Founded in 1918, to 1928 under the name University of Lublin, from October 16 2005, on the basis of a resolution approved by the Senate of the Polish Episcopate, the University changed its name to the Catholic University of Lublin John Paul II. In 1938 years of KUL has the right to award degrees.