Jagiellonian University overview

  • The oldest university in Poland (1364)

    One of the oldest universities
    in the world

  • One of the biggest universities in Central Europe: nearly 44 000 students

    One of the widest educational offer
    in Poland:

    o 16 faculties

    o over 80 study programmes

    o over 140 specialisations

  • Our famous graduates include:
    astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus
    and Pope John Paul II

    Poet Wisława Szymborska,
    later Nobel Laureate in Literature,
    studied at the Jagiellonian University