- History
- Authorities
- The Faculty units (including experimental units)
- Academic staff
- Education
- Major research areas
al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków
tel: +4812 6625001
fax: +4812 4119715
e-mail: wles@ar.krakow.pl
History
The Faculty of Forestry originated from the Jagiellonian University of Cracow. The Unit of Forestry was formed in October 1946 as a part of the Faculty of Agriculture at the Jagiellonian University of Cracow owing to the initiative and endeavours of Professor Dezydery Szymkiewicz. In 1946 also the name of the faculty was changed into the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry with two separate units: Agriculture and Forestry. Finally in September 1949 a separate Faculty of Forestry was founded. However in 1951 the enrolment of students was stopped by the Ministry of Higher Education and in 1954 the faculty was finally closed down. Owing to the perseverance of a group of professors led by Professor Tadeusz Gieruszczyński the Faculty of Forestry was re-opened in 1963.
Authorities
Dean - Professor Tadeusz Kowalski, PhD, DSc.
Vice Dean for General Affairs - Józef Suliński, PhD, DSc.
Vice Dean for Student Affairs - Jerzy Skrzyszewski, PhD
The Faculty units (including experimental units):
- Department of Forest Botany and Nature Conservation
- Department of Forest Mensuration
- Department of Forest Ecology
- Department of Forest Entomology
- Department of Forest Pathology
- Department of Forest Soil Science
- Department of Forest Engineering
- Department of Forest Work Mechanisation
- Department of Forest Tree Breeding (Didactic and Research Unit in Krynica)
- Department of Forest Protection and Forest Climatology (Phytoclimatic research unit in Krynica)
- Department of Silviculture (Experimental Unit in Krynica)
- Department of Forest Management
- Department of Forest and Wood Utilization
- Department of the Philosophy of Nature and Regional Culture
- Department of Zoology and Wildlife Management (Carpathian Research Unit at Krempna-Roztajno)
- Computer Laboratory
Academic staff
The Faculty Council is authorized to grant degrees of Doctor and Habilitated Doctor of Forest Science the field of Forestry.
The Faculty employs 96 members of academic staff including 16 full professors, 11 persons holding DSc. degrees, 61 persons holdin
g PhD. degree and 2 with MSc. degrees.
Education
The Faculty trains about 1200 students on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes: full time and part-time (weekend) in the field of:
- Forestry (specialisations: Forest Management and Protection of Forest Resources).
- Nature and Environment Protection,
- Forest Utilisation and Forest Transport,
- Plantation Breeding of Fast Growing Trees and Shrubs,
- Postgraduate Study on Forest Site Science.
Major research areas:
- biology and ecology of forest populations, tree ring ecology, phytosociology,
- macro- and microelement cycling in nature,
- effect of air pollution on mountain forests with particular regard to southern Poland; integrated forest monitoring,
- reclamation and forest management of post-industrial wastelands and degraded areas,
- protection of mountain forests and forests under the influence of industrial emissions,
- studies on microclimate and climate forming factors in various forest communities in mountain areas, the effect of acid rains on forest soils and young trees,
- forest soil resistance to anthropogenic factors,
- insect pests of conifer and deciduous trees, entomofauna of national parks and nature reserves,
- forests tree diseases - symptomatology, etiology and conditions for exacerbation of diseases processes ,
- assessment of main forest forming species variability in the Carpathians, biological conditions for establishing gene banks for these species,
- improving methods of breeding assessment, maintenance and renovation of mountain forest stands
- optimal and rational utilisation of forest raw material base, improving methods of work organisation and ergonomy in forestry, modernisation of technological processes of timber and non-timber product acquisition with particular regard to mountain areas,
- biology and ecology of game and protected mammals and some birds,
- recreational function of forest and its role in the regional development.
