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Jagiellonian University

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Krakow, Poland
601–800th in World University Rankings 2025
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About Jagiellonian University

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Jagiellonian University was founded in 1364 by the Polish king Casimir the Great, and was at that point known as the Studium Generale. It is the country’s oldest higher education institution and, at 652 years, is also one of the oldest in Europe, having survived a number of invasions and two world wars.

Among its alumni are several major historical figures, including astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who enrolled as a student in 1491, and more recently Karol Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II), who was one of around 800 students educated in secret by Jagiellonian during the Second World War when the Nazis closed the university during the Polish occupation.

After the war, Jagiellonian became a place of refuge for academics forced to leave Lviv and Vilnius owing to the alteration of the Polish border.

Today, the university is made up of 15 faculties. It has 4,000 academics and more than 40,000 students, 65 per cent of whom are women.

Its campus is centrally located in the city of Kraków, Poland’s former capital. Local and national government funding, coupled with funds from the European Union, have recently seen the construction of a new site for the Faculty of Chemistry as well as continued work on the construction of the Centre for Natural Sciences Education.

The university is replete with historical buildings, the oldest being the Collegium Maius, dating back to 1400, which houses the Jagiellonian Museum.

The Jagiellonian Library is one of Poland's biggest, containing 6.5 million volumes, and housing a collection of medieval manuscripts that includes Copernicus' De Revolutionibus.

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World University Rankings 2025
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Teaching 41.2
Research Environment 32.3
Research Quality 51.2
Industry 51
International Outlook 44.3
202530354020162017201820192020202120222023202420252423.823.122.325.525.930.431.338.441.2

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Key Student Statistics

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Student gender ratio
66 F : 34 M (1)
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International student percentage
12% (1)
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Students per staff
9.2 (1)
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Student total
32989 (1)

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Subjects Taught at Jagiellonian University

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Physical Sciences601–800th

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Mathematics and Statistics

Computer Science801–1000th

  • Computer Science

Social Sciences501–600th

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Geography
  • Communication and Media Studies

Life Sciences501–600th

  • Biological Sciences

Clinical and Health401–500th

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Other Health

Law101–125th

  • Law

Business and Economics501–600th

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Business and Management
  • Accounting and Finance

Arts and Humanities201–250th

  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Archaeology
  • Art, Performing Art and Design

Education301–400th

  • Education

Psychology301–400th

  • Psychology