For the 21st time, we invite you to join the Heritage Academy’s postgraduate programme. Run by the International Cultural Centre and the Krakow University of Economics, the programme offers a modern curriculum in cultural asset management and the promotion of cultural heritage. Classes at the Heritage Academy are taught by experts from Poland’s most dynamic cultural institutions. Applications for the 2026/2027 academic year will remain open until 25 September.

The postgraduate programme run by the ICC and the Krakow University of Economics prepares graduates for modern work in cultural institutions and for the wise management of heritage resources, both tangible and intangible. The Heritage Academy offers 300 hours of classes and 16 weekend sessions. Practical sessions, seminars, lectures and fieldwork are led by qualified staff. These are individuals specialising in the creation and organisation of exhibitions, the management of large museums and collections, the conservation of works of art and the protection of cultural heritage.

The Heritage Academy’s modern programme

The Heritage Academy’s postgraduate programme covers topics that enable students to expand their knowledge of the most pressing issues, such as the use of AI tools in the cultural sector, the protection of cultural heritage in the event of a crisis or war, as well as the legal aspects of the restitution of lost or illegally exported works of art in Poland and Europe. Participants in the Heritage Academy programme have the opportunity to learn about how cultural institutions operate, studying their funding and management systems. They can also gain an “insider’s view” of the workings of museums, cultural centres and galleries, as well as selected contemporary conservation projects.  

During the 21st edition of the Heritage Academy, as every year, there will be study visits to cultural institutions, field workshops held at historic sites, and a study trip dedicated to the topic of cultural heritage management. This academic year will also provide an opportunity to take part in Open Lectures, organised as part of the study programme.

Price: 2900 pln perm term

Teaching wise heritage management since 2001

The MCK Heritage Academy has been running its postgraduate programme since 2001. Since then, 20 intakes have taken place, with over 450 participants. The main aim of the programme is to prepare graduates for modern work in cultural institutions and for the wise management of both tangible and intangible heritage resources. The Heritage Academy programme is aimed at employees of cultural institutions, tour operators, heritage conservation services, teachers, museum professionals, as well as owners of historic buildings and investors.

Graduates of the Academy of Heritage include. Paulina Cius-Górska (Director of the Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park in Chorzów), Marcin Dawidowicz (Mazovian Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments), Michal Dębowski (Municipal Conservator of Monuments in Szczecin), Monika Gubala (Director of the Department of Culture and National Heritage in the Office of the Marshal of the Małopolska Region), Dorota Janiszewska-Jakubiak (member of the ICC Program Council), Dr Piotr Oleńczak (Director of the Office of Decorations and Appointments at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland), Dr. Katarzyna Palubska (ICOMOS – International Council on Monuments and Sites), Zygmunt Sabik (Deputy Director of the International Centre for Training and Research on Heritage in Danger, Wrocław).

Staff

dr Michał Wiśniewski

Head of the Education Centre Academy of Heritage, Lecturer at the Academy of Heritage

PhD Wojciech Bałus

Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University

dr Dorota Białek-Kostecka

Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow

PhD Marek Ćwiklicki

Prof. UEK, Krakow University of Economics

Maria Dankowska, PhD

Łódź University of Technology

PhD Piotr Dobosz

Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University

Maciej Gnela, MA

Krakow University of Economics

Piotr Górajec, MA

deputy director of the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów

Dr Katarzyna Góralczyk

Doctor of security studies, researcher at the Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage at the Pontifical University of John Paul II

Paweł Jaskanis, MA

Director of the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów

Alicja Knast, MA

Director of the National Gallery in Prague

PhD Piotr Krasny

Art historian, researcher of the history of early modern art

PhD Andrzej Matlak

Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University

Ambrose Mituś, PhD, Prof. UEK

Prof. UEK

Monika Murzyn-Kupisz, PhD, prof. UJ

Prof. UJ

dr Michał Niezabitowski

Krakow historian, museologist

Przemysław Nocuń, PhD

Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University

Katarzyna Plebańczyk, PhD

Faculty of Management and Social Communication of the Jagiellonian University

Marcin Poprawski, PhD

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Prof. Jacek Purchla

Art historian and economist

Andrzej Siwek, PhD

PhD in architecture and urban planning

Prof. Wojciech Szafrański

Doctor of legal sciences, professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Marek Świdrak, MA

Art historian and lawyer

Prof. Krzysztof Surówka

Head of the Department of Public Finance at the Krakow University of Economics

Prof. Bogusław Szmygin

Lublin University of Technology

Prof. Stanisław Waltoś

Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University

Grzegorz Zajączkowski, MA

Engineer, programmer

Dominik Ziarkowski, PhD, Prof. UEK

Assistant professor at the Department of Tourism at the Krakow University of Economics

dr Michał Wiśniewski

Head of the Education Centre Academy of Heritage, Lecturer at the Academy of Heritage

head of the Education Centre – Academy of Heritage at the International Cultural Centre, assistant professor at the Department of Economic and Social History of the Krakow University of Economics, researcher of 20th-century architecture of Krakow and Poland, member of the board of the Institute of Architecture foundation.

PhD Wojciech Bałus

Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University

Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University – his areas of expertise cover 19th to 21st-century art theory and history, the relationship between art and philosophy, cultural anthropology, and literary studies.

dr Dorota Białek-Kostecka

Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow

head of the Laboratory for Transfer and Separation of Mural Painting at the Department of Conservation and Restoration of Mural Painting at the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

PhD Marek Ćwiklicki

Prof. UEK, Krakow University of Economics

Prof. UEK, Krakow University of Economics – his scholarly interests include management in public administration, modern methods and concepts of organisation and management, information and communication management.

Maria Dankowska, PhD

Łódź University of Technology

Łódź University of Technology – specialist in research on urban planning and urban regeneration.

PhD Piotr Dobosz

Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University

Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University – his interests focus on issues of administrative law, local government law, protection of monuments, and cultural heritage.

Maciej Gnela, MA

Krakow University of Economics

Krakow University of Economics – he uses the experience gained as an entrepreneur in scientific, expert, and didactic work, in particular in the field of public procurement.

Piotr Górajec, MA

deputy director of the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów

deputy director of the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów. Co-founder of the Museum Educators Forum.

Dr Katarzyna Góralczyk

Doctor of security studies, researcher at the Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage at the Pontifical University of John Paul II

Doctor of security studies, researcher at the Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage at the Pontifical University of John Paul II, initiator and director at the Institute of Heritage Safety. Expert at the heritage security protection, especially in the case of armed conflicts and crises.

Paweł Jaskanis, MA

Director of the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów

Director of the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów, art historian, archaeologist, museologist and specialist in the management and protection of monuments.

Alicja Knast, MA

Director of the National Gallery in Prague

Former director of the Silesian Museum in Katowice. Musicologist, associated with the museum sector since 1995. Lecturer at the London Metropolitan University (2005–2006) and researcher at the University of Plymouth (2005–2008). Author of publications in the field of instrumentology, music psychology, and museology. Since 2015, she has been working as a member of the Council for Museums and National Memorials of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

PhD Piotr Krasny

Art historian, researcher of the history of early modern art

Art historian, scholar of early modern art, specialist in the protection of cultural heritage, in 2008-2012 director of the Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University.

PhD Andrzej Matlak

Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University

Specialist in the field of copyright and related rights as well as media law. Editor-in-chief of the series “Prace z Prawa Własności Intelektualnej” published as part of the Scientific Journals of the Jagiellonian University.

Ambrose Mituś, PhD, Prof. UEK

Prof. UEK

teaches courses in the field of jurisprudence, public procurement as well as administrative law and the law of self-governmental communities.

Monika Murzyn-Kupisz, PhD, prof. UJ

Prof. UJ

her research interests focus on cultural policy and the economy of culture, the socio-economic context of museum activities and the development of modern cities, as well as the regeneration of degraded downtown areas.

dr Michał Niezabitowski

Krakow historian, museologist

Krakow historian, museologist, interested in the issues of historical exhibitions and building a narrative in the exhibition space, museum education, the role of museums in building collective memory, museum management, and the history of museology.

Przemysław Nocuń, PhD

Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University

Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University – his research interests focus on issues related to the functioning of castles in the cultural landscape of medieval Europe and the archaeology and culture of the medieval South Caucasus.

Katarzyna Plebańczyk, PhD

Faculty of Management and Social Communication of the Jagiellonian University

Faculty of Management and Social Communication of the Jagiellonian University – her research focuses on information in culture, cultural observatories, relations of supply and demand in the market of cultural goods and services.

Marcin Poprawski, PhD

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań – coordinator of nationwide research programmes in the field of cultural policy and management in culture, co-author of strategies, reports, training for local governments and institutions.

Prof. Jacek Purchla

Art historian and economist

Art historian and economist, lecturer at the Jagiellonian University and Krakow University of Economics, founder of the Academy of Heritage, founder and in 1991-2018 director of the International Cultural Centre, in 2016-2017 Chairman of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, in 2015-2020 Chairman of the Polish UNESCO Committee.

Andrzej Siwek, PhD

PhD in architecture and urban planning

he graduated from the Jagiellonian University in history (1987) and art history (1991). PhD in architecture and urban planning, obtained at the Krakow University of Technology in 2014, awarded in the Competition of the General Conservator of Monuments of the Republic of Poland and the Main Board of the Association of Monument Conservators for the best study, academic or popular, on the protection of monuments and museology.

Prof. Wojciech Szafrański

Doctor of legal sciences, professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Lawyer, doctor of legal sciences, professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, expert in art market, historian of law, specialising in legal and economic issues of art trade, protection of cultural heritage and codification of law in the 18th century, lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Adam Mickiewicz University, University of Arts in Poznań and the Jagiellonian University. Member of the Council of the Academy of Art in Szczecin (2021-2024).

Marek Świdrak, MA

Art historian and lawyer

Art historian and lawyer, he works at the Education Centre – Academy of Heritage, assistant at the Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University, specialist in the history of early modern art and the law and protection of cultural heritage.

Prof. Krzysztof Surówka

Head of the Department of Public Finance at the Krakow University of Economics

Head of the Department of Public Finance at the Krakow University of Economics, specialist in the operation of the state budget, local government finance, social security systems and European Union finance, in 2014-2020 the Vice-Rector of the UEK.

Prof. Bogusław Szmygin

Lublin University of Technology

Lublin University of Technology – specialises in the protection and conservation of architectural monuments, the theory of monument conservation and regeneration of historic cities, in 2009-2017 President of the Polish National Committee of ICOMOS.

Prof. Stanisław Waltoś

Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University

Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University – specialist in the history of criminal law, in 2000–2002 a member of the Legislative Council for the Prime Minister, in 2004–2006 chairman of the Criminal Law Codification Committee, in 2009–2015 a member of this commission, in 1977-2011 Director of the Jagiellonian University Museum.

Grzegorz Zajączkowski, MA

Engineer, programmer

Engineer, programmer, social animator and coordinator of projects in the area of ​​information society development. Deals with the application of information technologies in education, development of civil society and popularization of cultural heritage, employee of the Ministry of Digital Affairs.

Dominik Ziarkowski, PhD, Prof. UEK

Assistant professor at the Department of Tourism at the Krakow University of Economics

www.nataliafredo.pl

Assistant professor at the Department of Tourism at the Krakow University of Economics – his interests focus on early modern and 19th-century art, artistic historiography, protection of cultural assets and cultural landscape, and the role of cultural heritage in tourism.

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