In 2014 the Jagiellonian University will celebrate its Great 650th Jubilee. Visitors from all over the world will come to Kraków on this occasion.

The festivities will last throughout the year and will culminate on 8–12 May. The programme of the celebrations will be very diverse and extensive.

Its academic part will comprise a series of conferences, conventions and symposia. The cultural part will consist of musical concerts in the Słowacki Theatre, an outdoor concert for students in the area of the Żaczek club and a multitude of exhibitions.

The most important part of the cultural events will be a musical-historical spectacle on the Market Square. The main author of the spectacle is a person of great renown, however the name has not yet been revealed.