Uniwersytet Jagielloński

address: ul. Gołębia 24,
31-007 Kraków, Poland
phone: +48 12 663 63 77
fax: +48 12 422 63 06
e-mail: admissions@adm.uj.edu.pl
internet: www.uj.edu.pl

Jagiellonian University

First founded in 1364, the Jagellonian University has been an integral part of Kraków's life for almost 650 years. The University's importance of the international scene dates back to the 15th century when some 44% of the entire student population was coming from abroad! Today, with its growing curriculum and course lists offered in foreign languages, the JU is once again drawing an increasing number of the world's best students to its ancient halls and modern campus. Being recognised worldwide, the JU is a member of the European University Association, Coimbra Group and the Utrecht Network.
The academic level of the University is indicated by the fact that almost every faculty has received category 1, the highest, in the official rankings of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Junior academics and doctors from the Jagiellonian annually receive over 10% of the prestigious grants awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science in recognition of the level of their scientific research. Academics from the University are effective in their competition for grants from European research programmes, and the University has several European Centres of Excellence.

The ancient Jagiellonian University, covered with the moss of centuries, is simultaneously a young, innovative place. A new, modern campus, called the Third Campus, between Zakrzówek and Pychowice, is being built barely 4km from the centre of Kraków. In 1999, the Research Centre for the Life Sciences was opened there, and in 2002 this was followed by the opening of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology building, with the most up-to-date scientific and technological infrastructure in Poland, and the Institute of Environmental Protection. In 2005, the new site for the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management was opened. The infrastructure in the very centre of Kraków is also being transformed and modernised – in 2005 the Auditorium Maximum was opened; a complex of lecture halls and the first real conference centre in Kraków.

With almost 46 000 students enrolled, 3657 academic teachers and almost 500 distinguished professors, JU provides 111 professionally focused course areas in the most notable fields. For the past few years, JU has consistently occupied top positions in various rankings of the best universities in Poland. Its degrees are recognised worldwide. With its outstanding level of teaching and being held in high regard on the international map of education, studying as a degree or exchange student is an unforgettable personal experience, and life-time academic and professional investment.

Today, JU is recognised for

• Offering students a wide range of possibilities to develop academically, intellectually, and professionally;
• A broad specialisation in studies relating to the issues involved regarding european integration;
• A long standing commitment to the spread of knowledge in the most professional manner;
• High-quality and internationally renowned research;
• Dynamically developing didactic and research centres;
• A wide range of innovative study and research options that seek to stir the aspirations for analysis, critical discourse, and dialog to stretch intellectual standards.

Study programmes

Fields of study in Polish

Facts & figures

• Founded in 1364
• 3657 academic staff
• 46 545 students (70% women)
• 1914 foreign students

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