Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce ''()'', formerly Holy Cross Academy ''()'' and Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Sciences ''()'', is a public

university A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...

Kielce Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnic ...

, Holy Cross Province. It is named after

Jan Kochanowski Jan Kochanowski (; 1530 – 22 August 1584) was a Polish Renaissance poet who wrote in Latin and Polish and established poetic patterns that would become integral to Polish literary language. He has been called the greatest Polish poet before ...

and was established in 1945, dating its tradition to an educational institution specialising in pedagogy.

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As from October 1, 2011, the University's name is The Jan Kochanowski University (cf. the Polish version). Kielce Universities and colleges in Poland {{Poland-university-stub