Jan Długosz University

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:

Faculty of Science and Technology

Dean: Marcin Sosnowski

Structure:

Institute of Chemistry

Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology