Editing Kraków (section)

== Education ==
{{Main|Education in Kraków}}
[[File:UEK Budynek Główny (od frontu).jpg|left|thumb|[[Kraków University of Economics]]]]

Kraków is a major centre of education. Twenty-four institutions of higher education offer courses in the city, with more than 200,000 students.<ref>{{cite web|title=Study in Krakow, city of colours|url=http://www.study-krakow.com/about_krakow/|publisher=krakow.pl|access-date=14 May 2013|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211231758/http://www.study-krakow.com/about_krakow/}}</ref> [[Jagiellonian University]], the oldest university in Poland and ranked by the ''[[Times Higher Education Supplement]]'' as the second-best university in the country,<ref name="THES"/><ref name="Jagiellonian University ranking among world universities"/> was founded in 1364 as ''Studium Generale''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.en.uj.edu.pl/en_US/about-university/history|title=History – UJ|website=www.en.uj.edu.pl|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023002519/https://en.uj.edu.pl/en_US/about-university/history|url-status=live}}</ref> and renamed in 1817 to commemorate the royal [[Jagiellonian dynasty]] of Poland and Lithuania.<ref name="jagiellonian"/> Its principal academic asset is the [[Jagiellonian Library]], with more than 4&nbsp;million volumes, including a large collection of medieval manuscripts<ref name="Treasures of the Jagiellonian Library"/> like [[Copernicus]]' ''[[De Revolutionibus]]'' and the [[Balthasar Behem Codex]]. With 42,325 students (2005) and 3,605 academic staff, the Jagiellonian University is also one of the leading research centres in Poland. Famous historical figures connected with the university include [[John Cantius|Saint John Cantius]], [[Jan Długosz]], [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], [[Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski]], [[Jan Kochanowski]], [[King John III Sobieski]], [[Pope John Paul II]] and Nobel laureates [[Ivo Andrić]] and [[Wisława Szymborska]].<ref name="Wislawa Szymborska, Nobel Prize in Literature 1996"/>

AGH University of Science and Technology, established in 1919, is the largest [[Institute of technology|technical university]] in Poland, with more than 15 faculties and student enrollment exceeding 30,000.<ref name="AGH-UST staff and students, introduction"/> It was ranked by the Polish edition of ''[[Newsweek]]'' as the best technical university in the country in 2004.<ref name="agh"/> During its 80-year history, more than 73,000 students graduated from AGH with master's or bachelor's degrees. Some 3,600 persons were granted the degree of [[Doctor of Science]], and about 900 obtained the qualification of ''[[Doctor habilitatus]]''.<ref name="History of AGH-UST"/>

[[File:Collegium Maius 2017.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|''[[Collegium Maius]]'', [[Jagiellonian University]]'s oldest building]]

Other institutions of higher learning include [[Academy of Music in Kraków]] first conceived as [[Music school|conservatory]] in 1888, one of the oldest and most prestigious conservatories in Central Europe and a major concert venue;<ref name="History of the Akademia Muzyczna"/> [[Kraków University of Economics]], established in 1925;<ref name="Kraków University of Economics homepage"/> [[Pedagogical University of Cracow|Pedagogical University]], in operation since 1946;<ref name="Akademia Pedagogiczna w Krakowie, homepage"/> [[Agricultural University of Kraków]], offering courses since 1890 (initially as a part of [[Jagiellonian University]]);<ref name="Akademia Rolnicza, homepage"/> [[Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]], the oldest [[Fine Arts]] Academy in Poland, founded by the [[Polish painter]] Jan Matejko; [[Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts]];<ref name="krakow4"/> [[The Pontifical Academy of Theology]];<ref name="Papieska Akademia Teologiczna, homepage in English"/> [[AGH University of Science and Technology]] and [[Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology|Kraków University of Technology]], which has more than 37,000 graduates.

Scientific societies and their branches in Kraków conduct scientific and educational work in local and countrywide scale. The [[Academy of Learning]], [[Association of Law Students' Library of the Jagiellonian University]], [[Polish Copernicus Society of Naturalists]] and the Polish Section of [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] all have their main seats in Kraków.