Merentibus medal is awarded for great services rendered to the Jagiellonian University. It can be given either to a person, or to an institution, from both Poland and abroad. In exceptional cases, staff members of the Jagiellonian University can also be awarded. The decision to award the medal is made by the JU Senate, following a proposal put forward by the Rector.
Each time the medal is given, an entry in the Book of the Awarded, justifying the decision, is made. The medal is awarded by the JU Rector during academic ceremonies. At the presentation ceremony, the medal recipient is also given a certificate, and the relevant entry from the Book of the Awarded is read.
"Merentibus" Medals have been given to the following persons and institutions:
In 2023:
- Professor Olivier Martin
- Professor Henryk Siewierski
In 2019:
- Professor Mario Suwalsky
In 2018:
- Professor Wacław Uruszczak
In 2014:
- Professor Ralph Jozefowicz
In 2013:
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
In 2012:
- Professor Benjamin Michael Chain
- Professor Cheong Byung Kwon
In 2011:
- Professor Michael Marberger
In 2009:
- Professor Franciszek Ziejka
- Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg
- University of Bochum
In 2008:
- The Catholic University of America
- University of Orlean
- University of Vienna
In 2007
- Professor Piotr Sztompka
- City of Krakow
- Hartmut Machner
- Andrzej Tarczyński
In 2006:
- Professor Claudine Kieda
- Professor Stanisław Grodziski
In 2004:
- Professor Gunnar Boehner
- Professor Antoni Dziatkowiak
- St. Anne's Academic Collegiate Church
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
In 2003:
- Professor Tadeusz Popiela
- Professor Alfred Schauer
- Professor Ryszard Gryglewski
In 2002:
- Professor Krystyna Dyrek
In 2001:
- Professor Stanisław Waltoś
- Professor Jean Castel