The university's academic advancement in both Poland and abroad is illustrated by

its widely recognized research achievements. The scientists and physicians from the
Collegium Medicum carry out pioneer studies, e.g. in cardiac surgery, urology and
neurology, often leading to the development of novel treatment methods.[16] Their
findings have been published in international journals such as European Journal of
Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, and The Lancet. UJ
archaeologists lead explorations of ancient sites in various parts of the world,
including Egypt, Cyprus, Central America, South Asia and Altay.[17] The astronomers
take part in major international projects, including H.E.S.S. and VIPERS. The work
of UJ bio-technologists has been published in journals, such as Bioorganic &
Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Ecology Resources, and European Journal of Human
Genetics.

In the English-speaking world, the Jagiellonian University has international

partnerships with the University of Cambridge, University of Melbourne, University
of Chicago, University of California, Los Angeles, London School of Economics,
University of Rochester, University of California, Irvine, Case Western Reserve
University.[18] In the French-speaking world, partner universities include the
Sorbonne, University of Montpellier. UJ also maintains strong academic partnership
with Heidelberg University, Germany's oldest university.[19] The Jagiellonian
University offers specializations in German law, in conjunction with Heidelberg
University and Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.[20]

Other cooperation agreements exist with Charles University Prague, University of

Vienna, University of Tokyo, Saint Petersburg State University, Technical
University of Munich, and Free University of Berlin.[21][22]

Libraries

The Jagiellonian Library's main site

The Jagiellonian Library extension

The university's main library, the Jagiellonian Library (Biblioteka Jagiellońska),
is one of Poland's largest, with almost 6.5 million volumes; it is a constituent of
the Polish National Libraries system.[23] It is home to a world-renowned collection
of medieval manuscripts,[24] which includes Copernicus' De Revolutionibus, the
Balthasar Behem Codex and the Berlinka. The library also has an extensive
collection of underground political literature (so-called drugi obieg or samizdat)
from Poland's period of Communist rule between 1945 and 1989.

The beginning of the Jagiellonian Library is traditi