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Jagiellonian University
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| Motto | bgcolor="#efefef" | Plus ratio quam vis
(Reason means more than power) |
| Polish | bgcolor="#efefef" | Uniwersytet Jagielloński |
| Latin | bgcolor="#efefef" | Universitas Jagiellonica Cracoviensis |
| Established | bgcolor="#efefef" | 1364 |
| Location | bgcolor="#efefef" | Kraków, Poland (EU) |
| Enrolment | bgcolor="#efefef" | 38 538 (September 19, 2003) |
| Rector | bgcolor="#efefef" | Professor Franciszek Ziejka |
| Address | bgcolor="#efefef" | Collegium Novum, ul. Gołębia 24
31-007 Kraków
Poland |
| Phone | bgcolor="#efefef" | (+48 12) 422-10-33 |
| E-mail | bgcolor="#efefef" | rektor@adm.uj.edu.pl |
| Membership | bgcolor="#efefef" | EUA, Coimbra Group, Europaeum |
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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
Albert Brudzewski (1445-1497), astronomer and mathematician
Stanislaw of Skarbimierz (1360-1431), rector, theologist, lawyer
Paweł Włodkowic (1370-1435), lawyer, diplomat and politician, representative of Poland on the Council of Constance
Tadeusz Sulimirski (1898-1983), historian and archaeologist, experts on the ancient Sarmatians
Enrollment
With 38,538 (2003) students and 3174 scientists is one of the leading universities in Poland.
Library
It also gathered the underground literature (so called drugi obieg) from the period of communist rule (1945-1989).
Organisation
The university is divided in 13 faculties:
Law and Administration
Medicine
Pharmacy and Medical Analysis
Health Care
Philosophy
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.
External links
Category:Kraków
Category:Universities and colleges in Poland
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