Polish university among most innovative centres in Europe
                
                    
                        PR dla Zagranicy
                    
                    
                        Roberto Galea
                        
                        23.05.2017 14:09
                    
                                 
                
                
                    The Jagiellonian University has advanced in a ranking of the 100 most innovative European universities drawn up by the Reuters news agency.
                
                
                    
                         One of the buildings of the Jagiellonian University. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
One of the buildings of the Jagiellonian University. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
                     
                
                
                
               
                
                         The university in Kraków, southern Poland, is the only higher education institution in Central and Eastern Europe to be included in this year's ranking.
The university advanced two places from the previous year, moving up to 90th place.
The “Europe's Most Innovative Universities 2017” ranking is based on an analysis of scientific publications and patent data from 2010-2015.
The Jagiellonian University said on its website that its inclusion in the ranking is largely a result of the activities of its Centre for Technology Transfer (CITTRU), responsible for patent applications.
The top spot in the Reuters ranking was retained by KU Leuven, a Belgian university, whose research spending in 2015 exceeded EUR 454 million. (rg/pk)
Source: PAP, Poland.pl