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PAST PRESENT FUTURE Kick-off meeting CULTURAL HERITAGE OF SMALL HOMELANDS Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange prof. dr hab. inż. Włodzimierz Sady the rector of the UAK Cracow, 3 – 5 February 2019

WELCOME TO THE ROYAL CITY OF CRACOW! � Royal Capital City and necropolis of Polish kings � Capital of Małopolska Region � Cultural and educational centre � Every year over 200 000 students study at Cracow’s 25 institutions of higher education

HISTORY 1806 – 1809 Chair of Farming at the Cracow Academy 1890 – 1923 Agronomy studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University of Cracow 1923 – 1953 Faculty of Agriculture at the Jagiellonian University of Cracow Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Forestry at the Jagiellonian University of Cracow Jagiellonian University of Cracow 1923 – 1953 College of Agriculture 1972 – 2007 Agricultural Academy in Cracow (named after Hugo Kołłątaj) October 2007 Change into the University of Agriculture in Cracow

ORGANISATION STRUCTURE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE FACULTY OF FORESTRY FACULTY OF ANIMAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND LAND SURVEYING FACULTY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND HORTICULTURE FACULTY OF PRODUCTION AND POWER ENGINEERING FACULTY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY CENTRE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE UJ-UR Total: 30 main fields, 76 specialisations

TEACHING BASE Experimental Station of Ichtyobiology and Forest Experimental Unit in Krynica-Zdrój Forest Experimental Unit in Krynica-Zdrój fisheries Department in Mydlniki fisheries Department in Mydlniki Horse Breeding Unit in Rząska Experimental Station in Prusy Wineyard in Garlica

UNIVERSITY FOR CRACOW Malopolska Agritourist Fair Festival of Science in Krakow Insect Days

UNIVERSITY FOR CRACOW Malopolska Researchers Night Forum Green Smart City Malopolska Festival of Taste „Zasmakuj z UR”

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION University of Agriculture in Krakow (UAK) has 148 partner agreements: -105(Erasmus+) -3 CEEPUS -40 interinstitutional UAK cooperate with: EU countries and Israel, Canada, Kazakhstan, Russia,Ukraine, Belarus, Colombia, Angola, China, Thailand, India and more…

INTERNATIONALISATION Internationalization of education • and research process Seeking new partners and funding • E-Learning • 3rd cycle programmes in English •

ON-GOING PROJECTS Small farms, small food businesses • and sustainable food security – SALSA Food science, technology and engineering • – European Joint Doctorate training towards knowledge, skills and mobility – EJDFoodSci Boosting European citizens knowledge and • awareness of bioeconomy – BLOOM Renaturalisation of inland delta of • Nida River LIFE4DELTA European Territorial Cooperation • (Poland - Slovakia)

SOURCES OF FUNDING EU FOUNDING Erasmus+ • - Strategic partnerships - Exchange - Partner country and Program country Horizon 2020 Horizon 2020 • • NATIONAL FOUNDING Polish National Agency for • Academic Exchange The National Centre for Research • and Development National Science Centre •

RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT IN PERSPECTIVE University develop in many directions through : - Adjustment of traditional fields of studies to future needs through modifications of present teaching programmes to meet the expectations Young generation - Seeking new lines of teaching and research which can develop in future which can develop in future - Organisational changes allowing for successful training of students, conducting The most modern ICP-MS QQQ ThermoFisher research activities and simultaneously property Scientific Spectrometer – the first one in Poland utilising the University resources - Concern for dynamic development of Staff capable Of conducting research on a world level in all disciplines represented at the University

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