Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie

AGH University of Science and Technology, officially Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica, is a Polish university in Kraków. It offers degree programmes, postgraduate studies, courses and training, and a doctoral school. It also has a research offer and an offer for business. AGH is organised into faculties, centres and a doctoral school, and it has a campus in Kraków.

AGH says it holds a firm place in Poland and a growing one abroad. It lists its main strengths as its infrastructure, a steady budget, modern laboratories, an experienced teaching and research staff, and talented students and doctoral students.

AGH has a Drone Centre, which holds seminars. It recently joined a partnership to develop drone technology in the Małopolska region. It is also linked to UNIVERSEH, the European Space University for Earth and Humanity.

The university hosts public events and conferences. In November 2026 these include AGH Career Days and the fourth Congress of Distributed Energy at ICE Kraków, which looks at local, secure and sovereign energy. It also runs the science podcast Bunkier Nauki and the AGH NAUKA meetings.

The Polish parliament declared 2026 the Year of Stanisław Staszic, on the 200th anniversary of his death. Staszic is the patron of AGH, and the university runs a website to mark the year.

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• Degree programmes
• Postgraduate studies
• Courses and training
• Doctoral school
• Research offer
• Offer for business
• AGH Drone Centre
• Science podcast and meetings