Sciences. These new, state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities for the management and science faculties have opened up new horizons for the University’s research potential. The Third Campus project is being accompanied by a wave of investments in the nearby Kraków Technological Park and Special Economic Zone. The design of the Third Campus, a bridgehead between science and industry, is a unique feature in Poland and this part of Europe. An excellent example of the state-of-the-art technologies we are employing is shown in the Life Science Incubator built for the Jagiellonian Centre of Innovation, a commercial company in which the Jagiellonian University is the sole shareholder. The turn of the centuries was also a time of investment in the Second Campus. In 1994 work started on the construction of a new wing for the Jagiellonian Library, which was completed in 2001. Two technical facilities were built, and the old (interwar) part of the Library along with the Main Reading Room were modernised and entered in the register of historic buildings. In 2005 the Auditorium Maximum, a magnificent conference
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centre with a main hall seating 1,200 and several smaller rooms, was opened. Situated at ul. Krupnicza 33, for several years now the Auditorium Maximum has served as the venue for the inauguration ceremony at the beginning of each new academic year. It is also used for international conferences and symposia as well as for artistic performances and events. The Jagiellonian University’s impressive investment plans for the next few years envisage the redevelopment of the premises of the Faculty of Philology on the corner of ul. Krupnicza and al. Mickiewicza. A new building, Collegium Paderevianum II, will go up next to the Old Paderevianum and the Small Paderevianum, which will be modernised. The project is being financed from EU funds. Work is continuing on the Third Campus. The Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology is due to open in 2013. The construction of the Solaris National Synchrotron Radiation Centre is in its final stages. The new building for the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy, and Applied Computer Science is due to open in 2014. Work is starting on the new building for the Faculty of Chemistry.
Photo Anna Wojnar
The next opportunity for the University’s material growth came with the Sixth Centenary Jubilee of Renewal (2000). In 2001 the Sejm of the Republic of Poland passed a resolution granting the Jagiellonian University funds of over 600 million PLN from the national budget for the construction of a new campus. In 2009 Sejm amended the act, increasing the assets in the grant to nearly 950 million PLN and extending the time for the project to 2015. Situated at Pychowice on the outskirts of the city, the Third Campus, a.k.a. the Jubilee Campus, is the Jagiellonian University’s 21st-century showcase. So far the investments completed in this long-term project have augmented the University’s facilities with buildings for the Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology at ul. Gronostajowa 7; the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at ul. Łojasiewicza 6; the Faculty of Management and Social Communication at ul. Łojasiewicza 4; the Institute of Zoology at ul. Gronostajowa 9; the Institute of Environment Science at ul. Gronostajowa 7; the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management at ul. Gronostajowa 7; and for the Faculty of Biology and Earth