Jagiellonian University in Kraków TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... 5 1. Structure of the University ............................................................................................................................ 5 1.1 Governance .............................................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 Faculties .................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Libraries .................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Student organizations .................................................................................................................................... 6 3. Student Information ...................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Dean ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Dean’s office/Institute secretary office .................................................................................................... 7 3.3 Persons conducting classes ...................................................................................................................... 8 3.4 Self-governing Students’ Union ................................................................................................................ 8 3.5 Association of PhD Students..................................................................................................................... 9 4. Visa and temporary stay permit .................................................................................................................... 9 5. Health care in Poland ................................................................................................................................... 10 5.1 Health insurance .................................................................................................................................... 10 5.2 Accident Insurance (Polish abbreviation: NNW) .................................................................................... 11 6. Accommodation ........................................................................................................................................... 11 6.1 Student dormitories ............................................................................................................................... 11 6.2 Private housing ....................................................................................................................................... 12 7 Schedule of the 2017-2018 academic year ................................................................................................... 12 7.1 Lectures and classes will be held in the following periods ..................................................................... 13 7.2 Examination periods ............................................................................................................................... 13 7.3 Breaks ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 7.4 Additional breaks .................................................................................................................................... 13 7.5 Organizational matters ........................................................................................................................... 13 II SUPPORT SERVICIES........................................................................................................................................... 14 1. Educational support available at the JU for undergraduate and PhD students with disabilities and for students in a difficult health situation ............................................................................................................ 14 1.1 Who is entitled? ..................................................................................................................................... 14 1.2 Catalogue of educational support .......................................................................................................... 15 1.3 Urgent psychiatric consultations ............................................................................................................ 15 1.4 Leave of absence from classes ............................................................................................................... 16 2.2 Extension of the duration of PhD programs upon the consent of the head of PhD program ................ 17 2.3 Childbirth allowance ............................................................................................................................... 17 2.4 Taking care of a child .............................................................................................................................. 17 1 3. Safety and security ....................................................................................................................................... 18 3.1 General Safety ........................................................................................................................................ 18 3.2 Commissioner for Human Rights (Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich) in Poland: ........................................ 18 3.3 Anti-discrimination and anti-violence campaigns at the Jagiellonian University: .................................. 19 3.4 Combatting hate crime: .......................................................................................................................... 19 3.6 Disappearance of a person ..................................................................................................................... 20 3.7 Sexual violence and assault .................................................................................................................... 21 3.8 Police and Emergency services in Poland: .............................................................................................. 22 3.9 Trouble with law? ................................................................................................................................... 23 3.10 Security on Jagiellonian University’s premises ..................................................................................... 23 4. Sport ............................................................................................................................................................. 24 4.1 Compulsory classes offered by Department of physical education and sport ...................................... 24 4.2 Non-obligatory classes in the 2017-2018 academic year. ..................................................................... 25 4.3 Offer of the Sports Office and Academic Club of the University Sports Association of the Jagiellonian University ..................................................................................................................................................... 26 III MY STUDY ......................................................................................................................................................... 27 1. Student Membership ................................................................................................................................... 27 1.1 Acquisition and loss of the student status ............................................................................................. 27 1.2 Removal from students’ list.................................................................................................................... 27 1.3 Failure to take up a degree program ...................................................................................................... 28 1.4 Readmission to study ............................................................................................................................. 28 1.5 Removal from PhD students list ............................................................................................................. 28 1.6 Change of a field of study ....................................................................................................................... 29 1.7 Student’s transfer from another institution of higher education .......................................................... 29 2. Legitymacja Studencka i Legitymacja Doktoranta Student Card and PhD Student Card ........................... 30 2.1 Validity period ........................................................................................................................................ 30 2.2 Krakowska karta miejska (public transport card) ................................................................................... 30 2.3 Library card ............................................................................................................................................