On 25 May 2023, the inauguration of the College of Philosophy and Theology of the SGMK will take place at 20 Basztowa Street in Kraków. The event will be attended by representatives of the highest authorities of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Copernicus Academy and the Nicolaus Copernicus University, members of the Chambers of AK, prominent representatives of the world of science from Poland and abroad.

The Nicolaus Copernicus University of Science and Technology (Nicolaus Copernicus University) has commenced operations in the capital city. Its primary aim is to educate top-class scientists and conduct research and development work.

School and Academy

Formally being a separate entity, the institution is integrated into the Copernicus Academy through the AK General Assembly’s statutory function as the University Council. In addition, the Copernicus Academy influences the staffing of the School’s bodies, including the rectors.
There will be five colleges within the structure of the SGMK: The College of Astronomy and Natural Sciences in Toruń, the College of Medical Sciences in Olsztyn, the College of Economic Sciences and Management in Warsaw, the College of Philosophy and Theology in Kraków and the College of Legal Sciences in Lublin.

College

The College of Philosophy and Theology, starting its operations in Kraków, will offer doctoral training in the disciplines of philosophy and theological sciences.
The training programme proposed to doctoral students will be based on the principles of content diversity, methodological diversity, interdisciplinarity and an individualised model of academic care. Attention to doctoral students undertaking studies in the above-mentioned disciplines will involve the proposal of joint work on the development of research competences and skills supporting conscious activity in communication processes, which support the ability to act in research teams.

The form of work thus defined will refer to the model of the relationship between masters and their students, well-established in university culture. The invitation to scholars, especially those coming from abroad, is intended to recreate the flow of intellectuals and ideas that was characteristic of the Middle Ages and which was the cause of a ferment such as had never been seen in Europe before. It was based on a theological conception of existence, assuming that man must strive, using his intellect created in the image and likeness of the divine, to understand the premises God used in the work of creation.

This commitment to understanding the divine plan has been part of the essence of university studies for a very long time. Despite the development of science, and changes in the wider culture, modern man is still faced with many questions to which he does not find satisfactory answers. With more and more opportunities to communicate and exchange views, he is still unable to clearly define the direction in which it is really worthwhile to go. This is why supporting the study of philosophy and theology still has its value, not only in terms of opening up new possibilities for thinking about the world or explaining phenomena that verge on the mysterious. It makes it possible to recreate the largely lost, but at the same time desirable, role of the master, surrounded by a circle of disciples committed to understanding the reality that surrounds us all.