Education in Poland and receiving quality higher education for some time now very popular.The universities of the country have become an excellent alternative to Russian and Ukrainian institutions of higher education.Ethnic proximity, similarities common to Slavic mentality and, more importantly, affordability make learning in Poland is very popular among students of neighboring countries.
Many schools located in one of the most beautiful cities of the country - in Krakow.Here it is one of the oldest not only in Poland but also in Europe, institutions of higher education - the Jagiellonian University.
history base
diplomas issued on the basis of its twelfth May 1364 King Casimir III.Then, in the Jagiellonian University consists of eleven faculties, of which eight were jurisprudence, two - health, one studied the liberal arts.To create a department of theology of Pope permission has been received.
headed Krakow Jagiellonian University Chancellor kingdom.He was appointed to take care not only about its activities, but also on the future development.The then head of Europe's oldest university began actively to conduct construction and organizational and work.But soon after the death of Casimir, whose order was founded by the Jagiellonian University, they were suspended.And the ensuing period of the reign of Louis the Hungarian became an educational institution is not the most favorable.
In honor of the Grand Duke Jagiello
was only in July 1400 of the University resumed its activities.This happened with the help of Queen Jadwiga, at the request of which the King of Poland and Vladislav Jagiello ON reopened is the oldest educational institution.It was in his honor and was named University.The fact that he began to function again, then was of great importance for Poland, because have not been based either Vilna nor Königsberg University.
Studium Generale
King Jagiello strongly supported the Lithuanians, who come to study in Krakow.In 1409 he even instructed to allocate a small house, which could accommodate poor students, especially those who came from Russia.Jagiellonian University became the main high school for young people from ON.Until the middle of the fifteenth century there were about seventy young Lithuanians, who came from the petty-bourgeois class, as well as some members of the nobility, including the Princes Sapieha, Hedrojtsy, Svir and Golshanskiy.
Initially, the university was named the Studium Generale, then it was renamed the Academy of Cracow.It was only in the nineteenth century, it received its current name - Jagiellonian that emphasized his connection with the royal dynasty of the same name.
General
Today the university has become a combination of innovation and tradition of producing high-quality education.It consists of several functions of institutions - of sophisticated molecular biology and biotechnology, environmental protection, zoology.On its territory there are three campuses.The most recent was built in the six hundredth the university.He became the body, which moved to the Department of Mathematics, Science and Computer Science.The campus was built four kilometers from the city center, close to the Technology Park and the economic zone of the city of Krakow.
Specialties
Jagiellonian University, the faculties which offer training mainly in Polish, has thirty-seven special one hundred and.According to him graduate more than fifty thousand students enrolled.Of these, more than two thousand young people - foreigners.
Jagiellonian University, the specialty is attractive not only for locals but also for Europeans to work on the Bologna education system with accrual loans.Diplomas that provides graduates with the oldest university, recognized worldwide.
Today Jagiellonian University, admission to the faculties which annually is becoming increasingly popular, is a European association of higher education institutions - in the Utrecht Network.The demand for education in the walls of Krakow alma mater due to the large variety of specialties and relatively low prices.Today, the Jagiellonian University has fifteen departments, including political science and international relations, biology, earth sciences, as well as three health that in the middle of the last century have been separated into an independent Collegium Medicum.
Pride University
university provides training in the areas of forty-six hundred and twenty-seven specializations.But his pride is a library.Krakow Jagiellonian University owns the largest in Poland collection of old manuscripts.In the library of the institution of higher education - about six million items.The funds have medieval manuscripts, including "Code Balthazar Begema" and even «De revolutionibus orbium coelestium», from the pen of Nicolaus Copernicus.Here is also a rich collection of literature issued by the Polish samizdat in the days of the communist regime.The university library consists of funds and so-called "BERLIN", the status of which is still controversial, and historical collections from the Prussian imperial collection.
main hall of the Jagiellonian University - the assembly - was once the largest in Krakow: under its arches held more than a scientific debate, which entered later in the story.
historical value
Jagiellonian University, photo old building which is another proof of its status as the oldest in Europe, is really a landmark in Poland.The building Collegium Magnus, which today posted a library with a museum, not in vain protected by the state as a historical value.The walls, lined with bright red brick building with a perfectly smooth surface is decorated with square openings of windows and pediments crowned teeth.Surprisingly interesting chimneys made jagged roof slopes.
This drive tourists
Many travelers visiting Krakow, be sure to express a desire to see the Jagiellonian University.Stroll through the beautiful patio, surrounded by arched vaults, you can go to the museum halls.The massive door, studded with copper leads from the common room to the two united by a common set of rooms.Here is placed the "holy of holies" - a treasure trove of university.Despite repeated devastation and looting, its collection, which included an amazing and Jagiellonian Globe - the oldest existing in the world today.Incidentally, the aforementioned exhibit American continent is still called by that name, which gave him the Amerigo Vespucci.Another treasure of the museum dedicated to the great Copernicus, kept them used the astrolabe.It also exhibited a globe of the sky, as well as torkvektum Bylitsy Nicholas, which was bequeathed to the scientist.
Admission Rules
The Jagiellonian University applicants who have a map of the Pole, come free of charge.Since the study is organized in a unified system - the Bologna process, Graduates receive one of three qualifications: bachelor's, master's or doctorate.
For applicants from Ukraine, coming to the university, there are only interview in which they tested the level of knowledge of the Polish language, as well as basic items, specialty and motivation.
students, regardless of the form of training, given the opportunity, if desired, to change their profile of education, adding to the already attended a course of new, more popular in the current environment.The system of education in the University of Cracow is not tied to the traditional national values: it creates the conditions for the maximum comfort of students coming from other countries.
Program
this great university material basis: many campuses located throughout the city, research centers.Students have the opportunity to take part in many exchange programs.They can undergo training worldwide.The university provided numerous scholarships.Registration fee at the Polish-training courses - 275 zlotys.The list of specialties taught in English, annually changing.The cost for the services of organizing the process of admission to the Jagiellonian University is 950 euros.
Benefits
Kudos to study in this school is known throughout Europe.Among the advantages of the Jagiellonian University - its 650 years of experience in the field of education, a high ranking among the world's universities.Development of international relations and highly qualified teaching staff say that graduates of this institution will be easy to find a job in most large organizations.
