The academic level of the University is indicated by the fact that almost every faculty has received category 1, the highest, in the official rankings of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Junior academics and doctors from the Jagiellonian annually receive over 10% of the prestigious grants awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science in recognition of the level of their scientific research. Academics from the University are effective in their competition for grants from European research programmes, and the University has several European Centres of Excellence.

Today, JU is recognised for:

• Offering students a wide range of possibilities to develop academically, intellectually, and professionally;
• A broad specialisation in studies relating to the issues involved regarding european integration;
• A long standing commitment to the spread of knowledge in the most professional manner;
• High-quality and internationally renowned research;
• Dynamically developing didactic and research centres;
• A wide range of innovative study and research options that seek to stir the aspirations for analysis, critical discourse, and dialog to stretch intellectual standards.