Jan Długosz University in Czestochowa (JDU) is a Polish public university in Czestochowa, established in 1971 as the Higher Teacher Education School in Czestochowa. Since 2004, it has been named after Jan Długosz.
History
The origins of the university date back to 1957, when in the former barracks at Dąbrowskiego St., the Teacher Training College was established offering two-year studies in mathematics, biology and economics of households and public nutrition. Next, philology and physics were launched. At the end of the 1960s, the school was moved to a new building at Armii Krajowej Av.
In 1971, by decision of the Council of Ministers, the Higher Teacher Education School in Czestochowa was established. Initially, there were two faculties: Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and Faculty of Humanities and Pedagogy. It employed 12 assistant professors and 10 Doctors of Philosophy.
In 1974, four-year Master's studies were launched at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Philology and History and Faculty of Artistic Education, and the name was changed to the Higher Pedagogical School in Czestochowa. The first Master's diplomas were issued by HPS authorities in 1977.
On January 29, 2001, the Central Commission for Degrees and Titles granted HPS the first right to award PhD degrees at the Faculty of Philology and History in the discipline of history. In the same year, the project of establishing the University of Czestochowa on the basis of the HPS and the Theological Institute did not pass in the parliamentary committee on education, science and youth. The reason for its rejection was the lack of qualified staff. A year later, the Ministry of National Education considered creating a university by merging HPS and Czestochowa University of Technology, but due to the lack of a clear declaration from CUT, the project was abandoned.
After numerous debates in the academic community, it was decided that the best candidate for the university's patron at the moment of transformation of HPS into JDA would be Jan Długosz. The figure of the chronicler is associated with the Czestochowa region, where he was born and later served as a priest. After presenting this proposal, on March 26, 2003, the HPS Senate decided to elect Jan Długosz as the patron of the university.
On October 1, 2004, the Higher Pedagogical School in Czestochowa was transformed into Jan Dlugosz Academy in Czestochowa. On March 1, 2016, there was a change in the structure of the University. The Faculty of Social Sciences merged with the Faculty of Philology and History. The new unit was called the Faculty of Philology and History. The JDA authorities explained this step by the need to create a strong faculty that will soon apply for the new right to award doctorate (PhD) qualifications.
The efforts to change the name of the Academy into a University were sealed on May 7, 2018 with the signing of the ordinance on changing the name of the university by the Minister of Science and Higher Education. On June 1, 2018, the university changed its name to Jan Dlugosz University of Humanities and Natural Sciences. On October 1, 2019, the structure of the University changed. Instead of 4 Faculties, 6 new units were created. Competences related to the education of persons seeking scientific degrees were taken over by the Doctoral School. An important step towards the development of the University was obtaining the consent to launch the programme in medicine (consent of the Minister of Education and Science of July 14, 2022), which resulted in the first enrollment of candidates for these studies for the academic year 2022/2023. Thus, the University joined the small group of Polish academic institutions which provide medical education.
As a result of the evaluation announced at the end of July 2022 (and then, as a result of the appeal - in February 2023), scientific disciplines received high categories: history - category A literary studies - category A chemical sciences - category A law - category A linguistics - category B+ physical sciences - category B+ physical culture science - category B+ health sciences - category B+ educational sciences - category B+ music - category A fine arts and art conservation - category A philosophy - category B + security studies - category B +.
The high results obtained in the evaluation made it possible to change the name of the University to Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa on June 1, 2023.
Basic statistics
The university has 5 faculties: Faculty of Humanities; Faculty of Science and Technology; Faculty of Social Sciences; Faculty of Law and Economics and Faculty of Art. The structure also includes Wladyslaw Bieganski Collegium Medicum (established on June 1, 2023 from the transformation from the Faculty of Health Sciences). The University employs nearly 750 people, including approximately 500 research and teaching staff, including 180 research and scientific staff with habilitation degrees (including nearly 60 full professors). The University educates approximately 5 500 students (full-time, part-time and postgraduate studies) in over 50 fields of studies and 34 postgraduate programmes.
This group is complemented by approximately 100 PhD students. In spring 2021, the University signed the membership declaration Magna Charta Universitatum 2020. In the summer of 2023, by decision of the European Executive Agency for Education and Culture in Brussels (EACEA), Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa obtained the status of the European University.
Didactic program The University offers nearly 60 fields of studies and several dozen postgraduate programmes. It has the right to issue diplomas of completion of first- and second-cycle studies.
The University offers education at the Doctoral School in the following disciplines: chemistry, philosophy, physics, history, linguistics, literary studies, educational sciences, music and fine arts and art conservation, as well as law, health sciences, security studies and physical culture science. The University has obtained the right to award habilitated doctor degrees (dr hab.) in the following disciplines: history, philosophy, literary studies, chemical sciences, law, linguistics, physical sciences, physical culture science, health sciences, security studies, educational sciences, music and fine arts and art conservation. It also offers several dozen different courses and trainings.
The University systematically introduces modern teaching methods in the form of online education, tutoring and linguistic education. As part of the implementation of the tutoring program, the University cooperates with the Institute of School Tutoring and is a co-implementer of the “Raising a Wise Person” project - the Faculty of Social Sciences (former Faculty of Pedagogy) evaluates the project.
There is a long-standing tradition of dual education in physics with the University of Le Mans in France, as well as in social work, specialization "Case Management" with the Hochschule der Bundesagentur für Arbeit in Mannheim, Germany. PhD students of the Faculty of Science and Technology can realize PhD programmes in the co-tutelle system under the supervision of two co-supervisors: a research employee of the Faculty of Science and Technology and an employee of an external university, receiving a double diploma, Polish and foreign.
Faculties
Source:
Faculty of Humanities Dean: Przemysław Sznurkowski
Structure:
Institute of History
Institute of Literary Studies
Institute of Linguistics
Department of Philosophy
Fields of study:
Journalism and media cultures
Polish & foreign philology
philosophy
history
Iberian studies
Philosophy (in English)
Specialized English for Business
Faculty of Social Sciences Dean: Daniel Kukla
Structure:
Department of Research on Education
Department of Pedagogy
Department of Social Policy and Social Work and Tourism
Department of Security Sciences
Department of Psychology
Fields of study:
Social analytics and creativity
National security
Pedagogy
Intercultural pedagogy with mediation
Pre-school and early school pedagogy
Special pedagogy
Political science
Developmental counselling and psychological aid
Social work
Psychology
Psycho-prophylaxis
East European and Balkan studies
Tourism and recreation
Social services
Faculty of Law and Economics Dean: Ewelina Żelasko-Makowska
Structure:
Department of Economics and Finance
Department of Administrative and Financial Law
Department of Judicial Law
Department of Constitutional and Comparative Law
Fields of study:
Administration
Economics
Law
Accounting and taxes
Faculty of Science and Technology Dean: Marcin Sosnowski
Structure:
Institute of Chemistry
Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology
Department of Dietetics and Food Research
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of Experimental and Applied Physics
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Department of Photoinduced Phenomena
Department of Contemporary Security Problems
Department of Advanced Computational Methods
Fields of study:
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Computer science
Nutrition
Pharmacy
Physics
Innovative technologies and modern materials
Safety engineering
Medical engineering
Multimedia engineering
Forensics and security systems
Mathematics
Food production and marketing
Human nutrition and dietetics
Wladyslaw Bieganski Collegium Medicum Dean: Sławomir Letkiewicz
Structure:
Department of Health Sciences and Physiotherapy
Department of Physical Culture Science
Department of Kinesiology and Health Prevention
Department of Medical Sciences
Department of Cosmetology and Medical Biology
Department of Nursing
Fields of study:
Physiotherapy
Medicine
Cosmetology
Nursing
Emergency medical services
Physical education
Faculty of Art Dean: Katarzyna Winczek
Structure:
Department of Painting
Department of Graphics
Department of Music
Fields of studies:
Art education in musical art
Art education in visual arts
Photography and visual communication creation
Graphics
Painting
Music in public space
University-wide units
• Academic Sports Center
• JDU Library, whose collections consist of nearly 390,000 items
• JDU Publishing House
• Centre for Knowledge Transfer & Innovation in the Areas of Science & Art
• Centre for Lifelong Learning
• University Centre for Culture, Art and Science
• Distance Learning Centre
• Planetarium – built in 1990–2000, launched in 2007. It is equipped with a modern digital DIGISTAR III SP system
• University of the Third Age (over 600 listeners every year).
National and international cooperation
Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa cooperates with universities and research centres from all over Poland in conducting joint scientific research as part of short- and long-term research internships or as part of ongoing scientific and research projects financed, for example, by the National Science Centre. The University units are members of scientific consortiums, which include academic centres from all over the country and industry representatives. Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa cooperates with approximately 170 research centres abroad under bilateral agreements and in connection with the implementation of the ERASMUS+ program. Bilateral agreements on scientific, educational and cultural cooperation have been concluded, among others: with the following units:
• University of Jan Evangelista in Ústí nad Labem (UJEP) (the Czech Republic)
• Palacky University (the Czech Republic)
• University of Ostrava (the Czech Republic)
• Université du Mans (France)
• Universidad de Almeria (Spain)
• Acharya Nagarjuna University (India)
• Ariel University (Israel)
• State University of Physical Education and Sport (Moldova)
• Hochschule der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany)