Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie

address: Al. Mickiewicza 21,
31-120 Kraków
phone: + 48 12 622 42 51
fax: + 48 12 633 62 45
e-mail: rector@ur.krakpow.pl
internet: www.ur.krakow.pl

University of Agriculture in Krakow

Education

One of the oldest Polish universities, the University of Agriculture in Krakow is continuing agricultural studies first initiated at the Jagiellonian University in 1890. Since 1953 the University has been operating as an independent institution. At present the University of Agriculture has 7 faculties and two Interfaculty Studies: Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture, it provides education for over 12 700 students in 18 main fields and 38 specializations, including Agroecology taught in English. Following Bologna Process the University offers three-degree studies (BA, BSc, MA, MSc. and PhD), as well 33 other post-graduate programmes for Master Diploma holders. The Quality Assurance System ensures high standard of teaching. Most of the 18 main fields of studies have obtained accreditation of the State Accreditation Commission.

The University conducts a wide student exchange with other universities of agriculture and life sciences in Poland within the frame of MOSTAR programme which has been created specifically for this purpose. Students, keen on extending their professional knowledge and learning research skills are actively involved in 12 student scientific organizations, participat-ing in conferences held specially to allow for the wide presentation of their research results. Increasing number of students and teachers travel abroad to study or teach lectures within LLP-ERASMUS or exchange experiences within the frame of Leonardo da Vinci programme. Currently we exchange students with over 40 universities in the EU. In the frame of CEEPUS programme our students can travel for study periods to Austria, Albania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania. Moreover, the university exchanges students and teachers on the basis of bilateral agreements with universities in the Ukraine and in the United States. The university regularly hosts lectures presented by guest speakers from foreign scientific institutions.

Student facilities
The University has 3 campuses and 8 main didactic facilities with modern, well equipped laboratories, lecture halls and seminar rooms; 4 dormitories provide accommodation for c.a. 2000 people, there are 3 main canteens and fast food bars in all teaching facilities. The students have their student culture club, sports club, folk dance ensemble, University choir, cabaret, amateur theatre and vocal group. Didactic facilities are adapted for the disabled.

Research
Currently the University employs 741 academic staff members. The main research areas comprise:

• Multifunctional rural development
• Sustainable agriculture l Environmental protection l Farm animal breeding and husbandry, animal welfare l Environmental engineering l Modern methods of forest monitoring and protection, forest climatology
• Biological and ecological research on pathogens and plant pests l Biotechnology in crop breeding; application of biotechnology in genetic research; agroecology l Ecoenergetics
• Production of healthy and safe food.

International Cooperation
Since 1990 the University has actively participated in the EU educational programmes (Tempus, CEEPUS, Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Jean Monnet) and research projects within the 5th and 6th Framework Programme and INTERREG. Currently the University scientists are also realizing projects co-financed from Norwegian Fund and Swiss funds, as well as various activities financed from the EU structural funds.
Academic staff members take part in COST actions and conduct joint research on the basis of 34 bilateral agreements signed with partner institutions in Europe, United States and Asia.

The University is a member of University Network of European Capitals of Culture (UNeECC) – an organization promoting the cities – European Capitals of Culture. In 2008 it joined the European University Association (EUA), which provides opportunity for developing cooperation with foreign universities.

Four international conferences are organized regularly and several international scientific events take place at the University each year.

Annually about 450 University researchers participate in international conferences and symposia worldwide. Every year the University hosts about 200 people who come to study, for training or for consultations.

Study programmes

Fields of study in Polish

• rolnictwo (Agriculture)
• ochrona Erodowiska (Environmental Protection)
• zarzadzanie (Management)
• ekonomia (Economics)
• zootechnika (Animal Husbandry)
• rybactwo (Fishery Studies)
• biologia (Biology)
• inżynieria środowiska (Environmental Engineering)
• geodezja i kartografia (Geodesy, Surveying and Cartography)
• gospodarka przestrzenna (Spatial Management)
• leśnictwo (Forestry)
• ogrodnictwo (Horticulture)
• technika rolnicza i leEna (Agriculture and Forestry Engineering)
• zarzadzanie i inżynieria produkcji (Management and Production Engineering)
• technologia żywności i żywienie człowieka (Food Technology and Human Nutrition)
• towaroznawstwo (Commodity Science)
• biotechnologia (Biotechnology)
• architektura krajobrazu (Landscape Architecture)

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