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On 31 March 2026 the Jagiellonian University was visited by the Ambassador of the Republic of Portugal to Poland Mário Rui dos Santos Miranda Duarte, who was accompanied by the Consul General of Portugal in Kraków Marek Puwalski. The programme of the visit included a meeting with the JU Rector and a lecture given by the Ambassador as part of the Jagiellonian Diplomatic Encounters.
The results of one of the most prestigious university rankings in the world – the QS World University Rankings by Subject – have been announced. In 2026, the Jagiellonian University was classified in 27 disciplines, three more than in the previous year, divided into five main research areas. Once again, Library and Information Management were ranked the highest. Strong results were also achieved in Philosophy, Modern Languages and Linguistics.
A paper on diverse reactions of plant communities to climate change has been published in the Nature journal. The article, co-authored by Prof. Alina Stachurska-Swakoń and Prof. Remigiusz Pielech from the JU Institute of Botany, shows that plant communities struggle to keep up with the global warming and the results obtained are crucial for better understanding of ecological resilience in a warming climate.
Researchers from the Jagiellonian University have developed a preparation that may become an effective antifungal agent for cultivated plants. The solution is based entirely on substances of natural origin, which means that it can potentially be used both in large‑scale agricultural production and in organic farming.
On 11-15 March 2026 the 51st International Exhibition of Inventions - one of world’s major events devoted to innovation and intellectual property protection – was held in Geneva. The solution presented by Dr Marcin Jakubiec from the JU Faculty of Pharmacy was highly rated by the jury and awarded with the gold medal, as well as the Award for Excellence in Research and Innovation.
A recent study published in Science journal allows better understanding of overexploitation of fisheries. Taking into account evolutionary processes and the impact of ocean warming, the JU researcher Prof. Jan Kozłowski, in cooperation with two co-authors from Australia analysed and explained the observed processes of the reduction in the size of fish bodies, confirming the pessimistic forecasts that the process will go on and have further negative impact on fishing industry.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is one of the most severe genetic disorders of childhood. Caused by mutations in the gene encoding dystrophin—a protein essential for the stability of muscle fibres — it leads to progressive degeneration of skeletal muscles and severe cardiac complications. Due to its inheritance pattern (the dystrophin gene is located on the X chromosome), the disease affects almost exclusively boys, and despite intensive research, it remains incurable.
The Government of the Republic of Poland has announced the appointment of new Polish representatives to the Venice Commission. They are Prof. Monika Florczak-Wątor of the Jagiellonian University and Prof. Wojciech Sadurski, affiliated with both the University of Sydney and the University of Warsaw. Both are highly regarded experts in constitutional law whose academic achievements are recognised across Europe.
This year’s European Congress of Local Governments (ECLG), held on March 2-3 in Mikołajki, brought together more than 3,000 guests - leaders from the world of local government, politics, business, administration, science, culture, and media, who over the course of two days took part in more than 250 debates, panel discussions, presentations, special conversations, author meetings, and award ceremonies. The participants included numerous academics from the Jagiellonian University.
The research project AIM SAFE ('AI Multi agent System for Safe and Transparent Clinical Decision Support in Polypharmacy and Oncology'), implemented with the participation of the JU MC Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Data as part of the call 'Leveraging multimodal data to advance generative artificial intelligence applicability in biomedical research (GENAI4EU)', received the maximum score of 15/15 points and has been selected for funding.
A team of students from the Jagiellonian University Faculty of Law and Administration was awarded in the 21st International Commercial Mediation Competition, which featured participants from more than 60 universities from all over the world. Contestants from the oldest Polish university were distinguished for the best interaction with the mediator.
A research team comprising scholars from two JU departments: Judyta Bąk from the Institute of Archaeology and Dr. Dominika Pawcenis from the Faculty of Chemistry conducted research at CIRI beamline of JU SOLARIS synchrotron. The primary aim of their study was the identification and characterisation of pigments used in tattoos, as well as the investigation of application techniques within soft tissues.