Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Kracow, Poland
The Jagiellonian University is the oldest higher education institution in Poland and one of the oldest in Europe. It was founded on 12 May 1364 by the Polish king Casimir the Great. The Jubilee year 2014 marked the 650th anniversary of this remarkable event. Since its very beginning, the Jagiellonian University has been an international institution. Poles, Ruthenians, Lithuanians, Hungarians, Germans, Czechs, the Swiss, the English, the Dutch, the French the Spanish, Italians, and even Tatars studied here in the old days.
Further development of the University has been inextricably bound with the turbulent and often tragic history of Poland. The institution managed to survive both the partitions of Poland by Russia, Prussia and Austria, and the two world wars, serving as a guardian of Polish culture and identity and educating successive generations of Poles, as well as members of other nations, significantly contributing to the intellectual heritage of Europe.
Some of the Jagiellonian University students and academics have been major historical figures, including world famous scholars, such as Nicolaus Copernicus or Karol Olszewski, as well as Karol Wojtyła, the future Pope John Paul II.
1st cycle study programmes
Programmes carried out in English:
Programme |
Duration |
Tuition fee |
International Relations and Area Studies |
3 years |
4000 Euro per year |
Long-cycle study programmes:
Programme |
Duration |
Tuition fee |
Doctor of dental surgery programme |
6 years |
First year -11 000 Euro per year |
Medical doctor programme for high school |
6 years |
12 000 Euro per year |
Medical doctor programme for college-university students |
6 year programme carried out in a 4-year mode |
12 000 Euro per year |
2nd cycle study programmes:
Programme |
Duration |
Tuition fee |
MA in culture studies: TransAtlantic studies |
2 years |
5000 Euro for the entire course of study |
MA in European Studies |
2 years |
7600 Euro |
MA in International Relations: Europe in the Visegrad Perspective |
2 years |
5,750 EUR per academic year. |
The Interdisciplinary MA Programme in Polish Studies, Jewish Studies and History |
2 years |
3000 Euro per semester |
MSc in Ecology and Evolution |
2 years |
1st year – 2200 Euro |
2nd cycle programmes (double degree)
Programme |
Duration |
Tuition fee |
MA in European Regional Studies |
2 years |
4500 Euro |
MA in European Studies / MA in Governance, Leadership and Democracy Studies |
2 years |
4500 Euro |
EU-Japan Advanced Multidisciplinary Master Studies |
2 years |
7600 Euro |
3rd cycle (PhD degree) study programme:
Programme |
Duration |
Tuition fee |
PhD Programme in Comparative Literature |
4 years |
2500 Euro |
Non-degree post-diploma study programme:
Programme |
Duration |
Tuition fee |
English and European Union Law |
2 years |
1250 Euro per year |