Jagiellonian University in Kraków (UJ) runs International Relations and Area Studies at the Faculty of International and Political Studies as a three-year (six-semester), full-time bachelor's programme taught entirely in English, with a general academic profile and political science and public administration as its leading discipline. It is meant for students who already use English well and want to work on international issues – from local and regional matters to global politics, security and diplomacy.
The programme gives you systematic, interdisciplinary knowledge of international affairs and the skills to apply it in politics, academia and the economy. Classes take place in a multicultural environment, so alongside the subject matter you build intercultural competences needed to deal with national and international challenges. You learn to analyse changes in the social and economic environment at the local, regional and international level, and students take part in international educational and academic initiatives. Each course in the study plan has its own syllabus, with compulsory and elective subjects spread over six semesters.
Everything happens in English: you need a working command of the language from the start, and the programme aims to produce graduates who are fluent in English and also use another foreign language.
Beyond regular classes, you can join:
Graduates can work in the public and private sectors – in social, cultural, economic and political institutions, both governmental and non-governmental, national and international. These include organisations dealing with international security, diplomacy and socio-cultural relations at the local, regional, transnational and global level.
You can continue at master's level, for example in International Relations, or choose postgraduate studies at the faculty.
Did you know? The faculty is based in a modern eight-storey building on Reymonta Street, with four large lecture halls, a student zone and its own library with a reading room, close to the Jagiellonian Library, Jordan Park and the Błonia meadows.
As of the 2026/27 admissions, based on the programme pages at studia.uj.edu.pl.
