Chapter 8

Core Values Management at the World’s Oldest Universities

Case Study 1: Jagiellonian University

Name: Jagiellonian University in Kraków.1

Country: Poland (Krakow).

Date of foundation: Founded in 1364 (as the second university in Central Europe) by King Casimir III the Great, who received permission from the Pope to establish a university in Krakow, the capital of the Kingdom of Poland.

Motto: PLUS RATIO QUAM VIS (“let reason prevail over force”).

Form: A public university.

Rector/President: Professor Karol Musioł, PhD (from September 1, 2012, Prof Wojciech Nowak, PhD).

Structure: Jagiellonian University is composed of 17 faculties (which have different organizational sub-structures): Law and Administration, Medicine, Pharmacy and ...

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