About IRO

Address
Czapskich 4
31-110 Kraków
Phone
+48 12 663-1104 / 1273 / 1229 / 1475 Outgoing Mobility Section

+48 12 3013 / 3014 / 3015

International Co-operation Section

Fax
+48 12 422 1757

International Relations Office - structure, staff members and activities

The International Relations Office (IRO), which was created on 1 January 1965, participates in the implementation of the Jagiellonian University's policy concerning international co-operation.

The International Relations Office consists of two Sections:

1) International Co-operation,

2) Outgoing Mobility.

 

 

International Co-operation Section

  • Dorota Maciejowska, MA

Head of IRO

Responsibilities:

  • organization and coordination of IRO's tasks
  • coordination of inter-institutional partnerships and collaborations, including Erasmus+ and SYLFF Programme
  • developing and managing international opportunities for staff
  • establishing internal regulations
  • reports on the international cooperation of the Jagiellonian University

Czapskich 4, room 13
Phone: +48 12 663 1110
dorota.maciejowska@uj.edu.pl

  • Adriana Hołub-Palonka, MA

Responsibilities:

  • cooperation with universities in North America, South America, Asia and Australia,
  • bilateral exchange with universities in Australia, Canada, Chile, India, Japan, Peru, Singapore and the USA,
  • governmnetal offers: student scholarships and posts for Polish language teachers,
  • IRO's distribution list,
  • administraton of IRO's website,
  • reports on the international collaboration of the Jagiellonian University.

Czapskich 4, room 25
Phone: +48 12 663 3015
adriana.holub-palonka@uj.edu.pl

  • Maria Kantor, PhD

Responsibilities:

  • cooperation with universities in Europe,
  • bilateral exchange with universities in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine,
  • bilateral exchange of students and PhD candidates with European universities, 
  • administrative and financial assistance to holders of the Lew Sapieha Award, the Iwan Wyhowski Award and the Króliczewski Educational Fund,
  • editor of Newsletter.

Czapskich 4, room 25
Phone: +12 48 663 3014
maria.kantor@uj.edu.pl

  • Izabela Zawiska, PhD

Responsibilities:

  • Erasmus+ agreements, staff mobility.

Czapskich 4, room 25
Phone: +48 12 663 3013
izabela.zawiska@uj.edu.pl

Barbara Chmielowska, MA

Responsibilities:
  • coordination of contacts with The Guild
  • coordination of JU Welcome Centre
  • administration of the websites of The Gulid and Welcome Centre
  • reports on JU visitors

ul. Czapskich 4, room 13
Phone. +48 12 663 3850
barbara.chmielowska@uj.edu.pl

Outgoing Mobility Section

  • Katarzyna Dziwirek, MA

    Deputy Head and manageress of the Administration and Finances Section

Responsibilities:

  • organization and coordination of the Section's tasks,
  • financial assistance to JU staff and students participating in international mobility,
  • coordination of collaboration with travel agencies and airlines,
  • reports on the Section's activities.

Czapskich 4, room 26
Phone: +48 12 663 1229
katarzyna.dziwirek@uj.edu.pl

  • Joanna Kliś, MA

Responsibilities:

  • financial assistance to JU staff and students participating in international mobility,
  • settlement of advance payments concerning outgoing mobility.

Czapskich 4, room 26
Phone: +48 12 663 1475
joanna.klis@uj.edu.pl

  • Iwona Sadowska, MSc

Responsbilities:

  • financial assistance to JU staff and students participating in international mobility,
  • settlement of advance payments for outgoing mobility.

Czapskich 4, room 26
Phone: +48 12 663 1273
i.sadowska@uj.edu.pl

  • Dorota Słowik, MA

Responsibilities:

  • financial assistance to JU staff and students participating in international mobility.

Czapskich 4, room 26
Phone: +48 12 663 1104
dorota.slowik@uj.edu.pl

Secretariat

IRO's activities

The International Cooperation Section is responsible for:

  1. supporting activities related to initiating and coordinating international cooperation of the Jagiellonian University with universities and research institutions at the university level;
  2. preparing bilateral agreements on scientific cooperation realised at the university level;
  3. providing support to JU units that want to make cooperation agreements on faculty and institute level;
  4. coordinating the JU's participation in IRUN;
  5. organising trainings and meetings for international relations officers from partner universities;
  6. editing the IRO's periodical Newsletter;
  7. database of all the JU's bilateral agreements with international universities and research institutions;
  8. coordinating exchange within bilateral agreements at the university level and providing administrative-financial assistance to JU staff, PhD candidate and students;
  9. administering the Rector's Committee for Bilateral Grants for Students and PhD Candidates;
  10. coordinating and administering The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) and the Jagiellonian University SYLFF Steering Committee;
  11. administrative-financial assistance to holders of the Lew Sapieha Award and the Iwan Wyhowski Award (academic staff and PhD candidates from Belarus and Ukraine) as well as the JU's grant-holders of The Króliczewski Educational Fund;
  12. administrative assistance to JU's candidates for governmental scholarships offered by the Bureau for Academic Recognition and International Exchange;
  13. coordinating posts for Polish language teachers within governmental agreements;
  14. coordinating and registering ERASMUS+ agreements (KA1 Mobility for learners and staff) and administrative-financial assistance to staff mobility, in particular:
    1. collaboration with the Erasmus+ co-ordinators,
    2. recruitment for JU staff mobility,
    3. providing information and assistance to participating staff,
    4. reports on staff mobility,
    5. organizing/co-organizing Erasmus Staff Training Weeks at the UJ,
  1. collaborating with JU units concerning rankings, internationalisation and international cooperation;
  2. collaborating with JU units concerning the realization of bilateral exchange of  students/PhD candidates at the university level;
  3. websites of IRO, SYLFF and IRUN;
  4. IRO's distribution list (information about various grants, summer schools, conferences and scientific events);
  5. reporting on international co-operation.

 

The Outgoing Mobility Section is responsible for:

  1. providing administrative-financial assistance to JU staff, PhD candidates and students qualified for international mobility, in particular:
    1. mobility application forms and their verification,
    2. mobility procedures and settlement of advance payments,
    3. information on the rules of calculation of expenditures on mobility,
    4. mobility database,
    5. collaboration with the JU Bursar's units and Personnel Department,
    6. international insurance for staff, PhD candidates and students,
    7. financial assistance to mobility within Erasmus+,
  1. coordinating the collaboration with travel agencies;
  2. tender call notices for the booking of air, train and bus tickets;
  3. collaboration with the airlines.

Outgoing Mobility Section

  • Katarzyna Dziwirek, MA

    Deputy Head and manageress of the Outgoing Mobility Section

Responsibilities:

  • organization and coordination of the Section's tasks,
  • financial assistance to JU staff and students participating in international mobility,
  • coordination of collaboration with travel agencies and airlines,
  • reports on the Section's activities.

Czapskich 4, room 26
Phone: +48 12 663 1229
katarzyna.dziwirek@uj.edu.pl

  • Joanna Kliś, MA

Responsibilities:

  • financial assistance to JU staff and students participating in international mobility,
  • settlement of advance payments concerning outgoing mobility.

Czapskich 4, room 26
Phone: +48 12 663 1475
joanna.klis@uj.edu.pl

  • Iwona Sadowska, MSc

Responsbilities:

  • financial assistance to JU staff and students participating in international mobility,
  • settlement of advance payments for outgoing mobility.

Czapskich 4, room 26
Phone: +48 12 663 1273
i.sadowska@uj.edu.pl

  • Dorota Słowik, MA

Responsibilities:

  • financial assistance to JU staff and students participating in international mobility.

Czapskich 4, room 26
Phone: +48 12 663 1104
dorota.slowik@uj.edu.pl

Secretariat

IRO's activities

The International Co-operation Section is responsible for:

  1. supporting activities related to initiating and coordinating international cooperation of the Jagiellonian University with universities and research institutions at the university level;
  2. preparing bilateral agreements on scientific cooperation realised at the university level;
  3. providing support to JU units that want to make cooperation agreements on faculty and institute level;
  4. coordinating the JU's participation in IRUN;
  5. organising trainings and meetings for international relations officers from partner universities;
  6. editing the IRO's periodical Newsletter;
  7. database of all the JU's bilateral agreements with international universities and research institutions;
  8. coordinating exchange within bilateral agreements at the university level and providing administrative-financial assistance to JU staff, PhD candidate and students;
  9. administering the Rector's Committee for Bilateral Grants for Students and PhD Candidates;
  10. coordinating and administering The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) and the Jagiellonian University SYLFF Steering Committee;
  11. administrative-financial assistance to holders of the Lew Sapieha Award and the Iwan Wyhowski Award (academic staff and PhD candidates from Belarus and Ukraine) as well as the JU's grant-holders of The Króliczewski Educational Fund;
  12. administrative assistance to JU's candidates for governmental scholarships offered by the Bureau for Academic Recognition and International Exchange;
  13. coordinating posts for Polish language teachers within governmental agreements;
  14. coordinating and registering ERASMUS+ agreements (KA1 Mobility for learners and staff) and administrative-financial assistance to staff mobility, in particular:
    1. collaboration with the Erasmus+ co-ordinators,
    2. recruitment for JU staff mobility,
    3. providing information and assistance to participating staff,
    4. reports on staff mobility,
    5. organizing/co-organizing Erasmus Staff Training Weeks at the UJ,
  1. collaborating with JU units concerning rankings, internationalisation and international cooperation;
  2. collaborating with JU units concerning the realization of bilateral exchange of  students/PhD candidates at the university level;
  3. websites of IRO, SYLFF and IRUN;
  4. IRO's distribution list (information about various grants, summer schools, conferences and scientific events);
  5. reporting on international co-operation.

 

The Outgoing Mobility Section is responsible for:

  1. providing administrative-financial assistance to JU staff, PhD candidates and students qualified for international mobility, in particular:
    1. mobility application forms and their verification,
    2. mobility procedures and settlement of advance payments,
    3. information on the rules of calculation of expenditures on mobility,
    4. mobility database,
    5. collaboration with the JU Bursar's units and Personnel Department,
    6. international insurance for staff, PhD candidates and students,
    7. financial assistance to mobility within Erasmus+,
  1. coordinating the collaboration with travel agencies;
  2. tender call notices for the booking of air, train and bus tickets;
  3. collaboration with the airlines.