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The Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Sciences in Kielce History The Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Sciences in Kielce History University origins The history of the Jan Kochanowski Świętokrzyska im. J. Kochanowskiego. University started in 1969 with the Its continuous development resulted in establishment of Teachers College in searching the status of the university Kielce. in 2008 which is reflected in the name In 1973 the College was transformed of the Jan Kochanowski University of into the Higher Teachers‘ Training Humanities and Sciences in Kielce. School, which offered full time and The establishment of the University part time Master degrees in fourteen in Kielce has a great impact on the fields. In 1979 it received the name of development of the Świętokrzyski Jan Kochanowski. Its external branch administrative district. The University in Piotrków Trybunalski was opened in in Kielce contributes greatly to the 1980. activation of the city environment and On 1 September 2000 the College village communities in the Świętokrzyski acquired the status of academy region from which most of the young and received the name of Akademia students come. History University in numbers The Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Sciences in Kielce belongs to the largest universities in Poland. At present there are more than twenty thousand students and more than a thousand of postgraduate students studying at the five Faculties and a branch in Piotrków Trybunalski. In the 2010/11 academic year the university offers 34 majors in 150 specialisations in the pedagogical, medical, artistic, humanity and science fields. Students can develop their scientific interests in almost sixty student societies and the Academic Sport Association. The University is authorised to give sciences (Faculty of Management and doctoral degree in ten fields including: Administration). With apart from that the history and linguistics (Faculty of Faculty of Humanities is allowed to give Humanities), physics, geography, the academic habilitation qualification. biology, chemistry (Faculty of The total number of staff employed Mathematics and Science), health at the University amounts to over science (Faculty of Health Sciences), one thousand seven hundred people pedagogy and fine arts (Faculty of including nine hundred ninety five Pedagogy and Arts) and political teachers. Dormitories The Jan Kochanowski University of Dormitores Humanities and Sciences in Kielce provides students with one thousand places in four dormitories at the student campus located in the city centre (ul. Śląska). Students can share double and triple rooms in the segments equipped with the bedroom and kitchen. All rooms have the access to the Internet and digital telephones. The well-known student club, WSPAK, is located at the student campus. • Dormitory ODYSEJA ul Śląska 11A , tel. +48 41 349 73 58, fax +48 41 349 73 61 • Dormitory FAMA ul. Śląska 13, tel. +48 41 349 73 56, fax +48 41 349 73 57 • Dormitory MELODIA ul. Śląska 15, tel. +48 41 349 73 51 • Dormitory ŁĄCZNIK ul. Śląska 15, tel. +48 41 349 73 63 Career Office Academic Career Office assists students of future employment opportunities for and foreign studies, and organizing the graduates in planning their professional current and future graduates, especially training and courses to increase the careers. by maintaining constant contacts with qualifications. Mission of the Academic Career Office national and foreign entrepreneurs, at the Jan Kochanowski University refers gathering information about courses, to ensure the students and graduates scholarships, post graduates courses of Jan Kochanowski University the best start in their professional life by confidential and free of charge consultation and assistance. The objective of activities of Academic Career Office is to offer various forms LLP - Erasmus The Jan Kochanowski University of co-operation. Every year more and The number of Erasmus bilateral Humanities and Sciences in Kielce more bilateral agreements are signed, agreements is up to 37 with universities has been involved within the Erasmus and therefore the number of students in 14 countries (Italy, Portugal, Spain, Programme for 6 years. The up-to-date and staff participating in the programme Germany, UK, Finland, Norway, participation in the Programme has increases. What is more, it becomes Denmark, Greece, Slovakia, Czech contributed greatly to the dynamic highly popular due to the widespread Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey). development of international promotion of the Programme. LLP - Erasmus Erasmus Code: PL KIELCE02 Erasmus EUC: 219943-IC-1-2007-PL- ERASMUS-EUCX-1 WEB: www.ujk.edu.pl Institutional LLP – Erasmus Coordinator Prof. zw. dr hab. Wiesław Caban Vice- Rector for science and international co-operation tel. +48-41-349-72-04, fax +48-41-349-72-01 e-mail: [email protected] Contact person for LLP – Erasmus office of science and international co-operation Ms Ewa Włodarczyk tel. +48 41 349 72 73 tel./fax +48 41 349 72 32 e-mail: [email protected] LLP- Erasmus LLP- LLP – Erasmus Coordinators at the Faculty of Management tel. +48-44-732-74-32 Jan Kochanowski University of and Administration e-mail: [email protected] Humanities and Sciences in Kielce/ prof. dr hab. Janusz Kot Poland (Vice-dean for science Faculty of Philology and History and international co-operation) – Branch in Piotrków Trybunalski Faculty LLP – Erasmus Coordinators tel. +48-41-349-65-25 dr Tadeusz Szperna Faculty of Humanities (Office of Faculty of Management (Vice-dean for general affairs) dr Ewa Oberda and Administration – Deanery) tel. +48-44-732-74-22 (Vice-dean for international e-mail: [email protected] (Office of Faculty of Philology co-operation) and Humanities – Deanery) tel. +48-41-349-71-01 Faculty of Social Sciences e-mail: [email protected] (Office of Faculty of Humanities – Branch in Piotrków Trybunalski – Deanery) dr Andrzej Witusik More on Erasmus in UJK can be found e-mail: [email protected] (Vice-dean of Faculty on the web page of the University of Social Sciences) www.ujk.edu.pl Faculty of Mathematics and Science dr Marta Repelewicz (Vice-dean for didactics) tel. +48-41-349-62-32 (Office of Faculty of Mathematics and Science – Deanery) e-mail: [email protected] Faculty of Pedagogy and Art dr Małgorzata Kwaśniewska (Vice-dean for didactics and stationary studies) tel. +48-41-349-67-12 (Office of Faculty of Pedagogy and Art – Deanery) e-mail: malgorzata.kwasniewska@ujk. kielce.pl Faculty of Health Sciences dr Grażyna Nowak-Starz (Vice-dean for stationary studies) tel. +48-41- 349 69 14 e-mail: [email protected] Faculty of Humanities General Information about the Faculty The Faculty of Humanities was established in 1969. It comprises four Institutes and one independent Department. It has been granted the right to confer doctoral degrees in the fields of History and Linguistics, as well as the right to confer post-doctoral degrees (habilitacja) in the field of History. More info at our web page: www.ujk.edu.pl 25-509 Kielce, ul. Leśna 16 Tel. +48 41 349 71 00 till -09 Fax +48 41 349 71 08 e-mail: [email protected] Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences was established in 1969. It comprises five Institutes. It has been granted the right to confer doctoral degrees in the field of physics, geography, biology, chemistry. More info at our web page: www.ujk.edu.pl 25- 406 Kielce, ul. Świętokrzyska 15 Tel./ Fax +48 41 349 62 34, +48 41 349 62 33 e-mail: [email protected] Faculty of Pedagogy and Arts The Faculty of Pedagogy and Arts was established in the year 2005. It comprises four Institutes. The Faculty of Pedagogy and Arts is authorised to give doctoral degree in pedagogy and fine arts. More info at our web page: www.ujk.edu.pl 25-029 Kielce, ul. Krakowska 11 Tel. +48 41 349 67 16, -17 e-mail: [email protected] Faculty of Management and Administration The Faculty of Management and Administration was established in 1992. It comprises three Institutes. The Faculty of Management and Administration is authorised to give doctoral degree in political sciences. More info at our web page: www.ujk.edu.pl 25-340 Kielce, ul. Świętokrzyska 21 Tel./ Fax +48 41 349 65 24, +48 41 349 65 25 e-mail: [email protected] Faculty of Health Sciences The Faculty of Health Sciences was established in the year 25-317 Kielce, ul. IX Wieków Kielc 19 2005. It comprises three Institutes. Tel. +48 41 349 69 01, The Faculty of Health Sciences is authorised to give doctoral +48 41 349 69 60 degree in health science. e-mail: [email protected] More info at our web page: www.ujk.edu.pl Faculty of Social Sciences The Faculty of Social Sciences was established in the year 2000. It comprises three Institutes. More info at our web page: www.ujk.edu.pl Branch of The Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Sciences in Kielce 97-300 Piotrków Trybunalski ul. J. Słowackiego 114/118 Tel. +48 41 732 74 00 Fax +48 41 732 74 05 e-mail: [email protected] Faculty of Philology and History The Faculty of Philology and History was established in 2000. It comprises three In- stitutes, one independent School and one independent Department. More info at our web page: www.ujk.edu.pl Branch of The Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Sciences in Kielce 97-300 Piotrków Trybunalski ul. J. Słowackiego 114/118 Tel. +48 41 732 74 00 Fax +48 41 732 74 05 e-mail: [email protected] Majors at The Jan Kochanowski University and Sciences in Kielce • Administration • Artistic education in the field of Fine Arts • Artistic education in
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