Information on higher education institutions in the 2012/2013 academic year pursuant to the Higher Education Law Act. In Part I - data on schools, students and graduates by types of schools, groups of fields, age and sex, academic teachers, doctoral and post-graduate studies, academic degrees and titles granted; in Part II - data on the structure and level of basic fi nancial categories: income, costs and financial result of higher education institutions, funds of higher education institutions and their use, investment outlays and renovations costs, individual costs of education. The share of higher education expenditures in selected European countries and public expenditures in Poland.