University of Krakow
| Jagiellonian University |
|
| Data |
| Motto |
Plus ratio quam vis
(Reason means more than power) |
| Polish |
Uniwersytet Jagielloński |
| Latin |
Universitas Jagiellonica Cracoviensis |
| Established |
1364 |
| Location |
Kraków, Poland
(EU) |
| Enrolment |
38 538 (September 19, 2003) |
| Rector |
Professor Franciszek Ziejka |
| Address |
Collegium Novum, ul. Gołębia 24
31-007 Kraków
Poland |
| Phone |
(+48 12) 422-10-33 |
| E-mail |
rektor@adm.uj.edu.pl |
| Homepage |
www.uj.edu.pl (http://www.uj.edu.pl/index.en.html) |
| Membership |
EUA, Coimbra
Group |
| Map |
Kraków in Poland |
Jagiellonian University (Polish: Uniwersytet Jagielloński) is a university in Krakow, Poland. It was founded in 1364 by Casimir III of Poland as Akademia Krakowska.
History
Its development was stalled by death of the king, and later the university was re-established (1400) by King Wladislaus Jagiello and his
wife Hedwig. She donated all of her personal jewelry to the university. In the 19th
century the university was named Jagiellonian to commemorate this dynasty of Polish kings.
Throughout the history of the University, thousands of students from all over Poland, from Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, Hungary, Bohemia, Germany and Spain have
studied there. In the second half of the 15th century, over 40% of university students came from the countries other than the
Kingdom of Poland. For several centuries, virtually the entire intellectual elite of Poland was educated at the University.
The first chancellor of the university was Peter Wysz and the first professors were Czechs, Germans and Poles, many of them
trained at the University of Prague in Bohemia. The university and the chancellors were partisans of the Council of Basel. Of the students attending about one third were Poles.
Haller established a printing press in Krakow before 1500. By 1520 Greek philology was introduced by Constanzo Claretti, Wenzel von Hirschberg and Libanus; Hebrew was also taught.
Alumni
Famous historical figures connected with the University:
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), astronomer, founder of
heliocentrism
- Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911-1989), communist politician,
prime minister of Poland (1947-1970)
- Norman Davies (b. 1939), British historian
- Antoni Kępiński (1918-1972), psychiatrist
- Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584), poet, one of the pioneers of the
Polish language
- John of Kolno (1435–1484), explorer
- Stanisław Koniecpolski (1590?-1646), military
commander and politician, Grand Hetman of the Crown
- Marcin Kromer (1512-1589), historian, a Prince-Bishop of Warmia
- Stanisław Lem (b. 1921), writer
- Johannes Longinus (1415-1480), historian
- Carl Menger (1840-1921), economist and lawyer, founder of the Austrian School of economics
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski (1503?-1572), poet,
diplomat and political thinker
- Wacław Sierpinski (1882-1969), mathematician
- Francysk Skaryna (1485?-1540?), pioneer of the Belarussian language, the first to print a book in an Eastern
Slavic language
- Henryk Sławik (1894-1944), diplomat, one of the people who
helped Jews during the Holocaust, a Righteous Gentile
- Wisława Szymborska (b. 1923), poet, Nobel Prize in Literature (1996)
- John III Sobieski (1629-1696), military leader and a king
of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, won
the Battle of Vienna
- Pope John Paul II (b. 1920 as Karol Wojtyła), poet,
writer, pope and Catholic bishop of Rome
- Krzysztof Zanussi (b. 1939), film director
Professors
Enrollment
With 38,538 (2003) students and 3174 scientists is one of the leading universities in Poland.
Library
The university library is one of the largest in the country, with almost 5,5 million volumes. It has a large collection of
medieval manuscripts [1] (http://www.bj.uj.edu.pl/bjmanus/manus_e.html), for example Copernicus' De Revolutionibus or Balthasar Behem's Codex.
It also gathered the underground literature (so called drugi obieg) from the period of communist rule (1945-1989).
Organisation
Globus Jagiellonicus - made in
1510 is the first known globe to mention the name of
America.
The university is divided in 13 faculties:
- Law and Administration
- Medicine
- Pharmacy and Medical Analysis
- Health Care
- Philosophy
- History ([2] (http://www.uj.edu.pl/dispatch.jsp?item=uniwersytet/wydzialy/historyczny.jsp&lang=en))
- Philology
- Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science
- Mathematics and Computer Science
- Chemistry
- Biology and Earth Sciences
- Management and Social Communication
- International and Political Studies
- Biotechnology
Since 2000 the university is building the new complex of university buildings, so called the 3rd Campus.
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