Number of staff (including Collegium Medicum) As of 31 December 2012 total 7081 academic teachers 3798 professors (extraordinary and ordinary) 683 visiting professors 2 docents 1 adjunct academics 1775 assistants 695 lecturers and senior lecturers 542 language teachers and instructors 79 certified librarians, information and documentation staff 21 others 3283 Fig. 1. Jagiellonian University – employees Source:

Total number of students Total number of students in 2012/2013 academic year (As of 31 December 2012) total students PhD students Post diploma students Number of programmes of study and specialisations (As of 2012/2013 academic year) programmes of study 73 specialisations 152 Fig. 2. Jagiellonian University – students and programmes Source:

Fig. 3. Enrollment results at the Jagiellonian University Source:

FacultyInstitutes Units within institutes Independent chairs (katedra) Units within independent chairs (katedra) Independent departmentsOther units KatedraZakładKlinikaZakładKlinika ChairDepartmentClinicDepartmentClinic Law and Administration Medicine Pharmacy Health Sciences Philosophy History Philology Polish Studies Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science Mathematics and Computer Science Chemistry Biology and Earth Sciences Management and Social Communication International and Political Studies Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology Source: Fig. 4. Organization (structure) of Jagiellonian University

University units and their assessment according to the Committee for the Evaluation of Academic Units (in 2013) Faculty of Law and Administration A Faculty of Medicine A Faculty of Pharmacy A Faculty of Health Sciences A Faculty of Philosophy A Faculty of History A Faculty of Philology B Faculty of Polish Studies A+ Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science A+ Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science A Faculty of Chemistry A+ Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences A Faculty of Management and Social Communication A Faculty of International and Political Studies B Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology A+ Source: Fig. 5. Faculties of Jagiellonian University – results of evaluation

The Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences came into being in The disciplines it comprises - biology, geography, geology and environment sciences. Another discipline it originally comprised, that of molecular biology, became independent in The Faculty includes fives institutes: - the Institute of Botany, - the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, - the Institute of Geological Sciences, - the Institute of Environment Sciences, - the Institute of Zoology. Source: Fig. 6. Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Jagiellonian University

Source: Fig. 7. Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences – new location

1. Department of Physical Geography 2. Department of Geography of Population, Settlement and Farming 3. Department of Geomorphology 4. Department of Pedology and Soil Geography 5. Department of Tourism and Health Resort Management 6. Department of Hydrology 7. Department of Climatology 8. Department of Regional Development 9. Department of Geographical Information Systems, Cartography and Remote Sensing 10. Research Team on Geography of Religion Source: Fig. 8. Institute of Geography and Spatial Management: departments and research teams

The first cycle (undergraduate) study programmes are 3 years (6 semesters) long and require 180 ECTS points. At the first year of study all the students have to do the same courses. speciality of their choice From the second year on, the students study the courses of the speciality of their choice, including: - Physical geography, - Socio-economic geography, - Spatial management and regional development, - Tourism. Source: Fig. 9. Geography: organization of study programme (I)

The second cycle (graduate) programme of study is a 2 year (4 semester) programme during which the students are required to accumulate 120 ECTS points. Besides the limited number of courses obligatory for all students (O), it is also required to complete all courses obligatory for the students of a given speciality (OS) as well as some optional courses. The following specializations are available to candidates during the admission: - Functioning of natural environment and environmental management, - Hydrology, meteorology and climatology, - Socio-economic geography, - Spatial management and regional development, - Tourism, - Geographic information systems. Source: Fig. 10. Geography: organization of study programme (II)

The studying process is supervised by the academic supervisor, who approves the list of optional courses chosen by the student. He or she also acts as an MA thesis advisor to the student. Source: Fig. 11. Geography: organization of study programme (III)

e-learning np. ESRI Virtual Campus Fig. 12. Concept of GIS specialization