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This article presents some innovations in the field of andragogy and permanent education implemented in Zamość in the 60s of the 20th century. The subject matter is an example of a programme developed by the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University concerning adult education at the academic level. The author discusses the institutional solutions, teaching resources and fields of study. He underlines the use of the models of adult continuing education implemented by the University of Łódź, the University of Poznań and the University of Warsaw. An attempt of adult education undertaken in Zamość was a novelty in higher education in Poland.