Jagellonian University

Category: Many faculties
City: Cracow

The Jagellonian Krakow university is Poland's second largest and most revered. Its over 47,000 students and 7,000 faculty members make Krakow?s 650-year-old Jagiellonian University a major European institution of higher education. Though mostly government-funded, the university enjoys broad autonomy as regards its management, finances, internal organization, scientific research, education, student enrollment, etc. Decision-making lies with democratically elected university Senate and rectors voted into office every four years.

More than 600 professors plus some 4,000 readers and other lecturers make up the teaching staff of the Krakow university?s 15 faculties. Each faculty is governed by a council and a dean it appoints.

The university consists of the following faculties.

- Faculty of Law and Administration,

- Faculty of Philosophy,

- Faculty of History,

- Faculty of Philology,

- Faculty of Polish Studies,

- Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science,

- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science,

- Faculty of Chemistry,

- Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences,

- Faculty of Management and Social Communication,

- Faculty of International and Political Studies,

- Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology,

- Faculty of Medicine,

- Faculty of Pharmacy,

- Faculty of Health Sciences.

The last three of the above and the Clinical Hospital form so called Collegium Medicum (Medical College) which is granted considerable independence within the university. The faculties are divided into institutes and chairs. And there are units operating outside the faculty framework as well.


Degree Bachelor, Master, PhD, Language course
Language English, French, Polish

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