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Jagiellonian University in the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2024
17.04.2024
We now know the results of one of the most important global higher education institution rankings: QS World University Rankings by Subject. In this year’s edition, the Jagiellonian University was ranked in 23 disciplines in all five research areas. The highest number of points was awarded to Religious Studies, Philosophy, Linguistics, Modern Languages, Geography and History.
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Polish-French collaboration with the potential to revolutionise urology
15.04.2024
The latest procedure performed at the JU University Hospital in Kraków is a welcome piece of news for men affected by incontinence. On 10 April, a team of doctors led by Prof. Piotr Chłosta implanted an electronic hydraulic urethral sphincter into the body of a patient. It is the first procedure of its kind in Poland and only the second in Europe. It was carried out within the framework of an ongoing clinical trial.
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JU researcher and students awarded with Fulbright scholarships
12.04.2024
Prof. Mateusz Borowski from the JU Faculty of Polish Studies Chair in Performative Studies has the Fulbright Slavic Award 2024–2025 grant, within the framework of which he will assume a teaching position at the University of Illinois in the US. Additionally, as many as 15 students from the Jagiellonian University will participate in a one year-long scholarship in one of four renowned American research centres in Austin, Charlottesville, Chicago and Oklahoma City thanks to the funding from the BioLAB programme.
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Neural networks and AI to accelerate disease diagnostics
12.04.2024
Jagiellonian University scientists have developed the world’s first method of fast identification of bacteria and fungi on photographs from light microscopes. The new technology utilises deep neural networks and artificial intelligence with the aim of supporting medical diagnostics. It can also be applied in industry, food safety monitoring, or scientific research.
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JU chosen by Polish Returns NAWA grant recipient
10.04.2024
The Polish Returns is one of NAWA flagship programme, which allows talented Polish scientists working abroad to come back to Poland and continue their research at Polish academic institutions. One of the grant winners is Dr Patryk Lipka-Bartosik, who will soon leave the University of Geneva for the Jagiellonian University, where he will run a project from the field of quantum thermodynamics.
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JU scientists describe a degradable polymer that inactivates Zika virus
09.04.2024
Jagiellonian University researchers from the JU Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, the Faculty of Chemistry, and the Faculty of Biophysics, Biochemistry and Biotechnology indicated that one of polymers functions as an effective inhibitor of Zika virus. Their paper was published in Polymers for Advanced Technologies, a peer reviewed research journal issued since 1990 by John Wiley & Sons publishing house.
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JU psychologists’ project recognised by the Erasmus+ National Agency
05.04.2024
The international TEAM (Teacher Education About Multilingualism) project, funded by an Erasmus+ grant, was co-created by members of Bilingualism Matters Kraków and Psychology of Language and Bilingualism Lab "LangUsta" from the Institute of Psychology of the Jagiellonian University.
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