Колегіум Новум Collegium Novum

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The Novum Collegium is the main building of the Jagiellonian University. Built on the site of the Jerusalem bursa, which burned down in the mid-nineteenth century. This Gothic house was built in 1883-1887 according to the design of Felix Kshezharsky. Here is the administration of the Jagiellonian University, deans 'faculties, finance department, administration, professors' offices and lecture halls.

In the assembly hall there are portraits of many prominent professors, including Jó zef Dietl and Jó zef Shujski, as well as Jan Matejko's painting "Astronomer Copernicus, or a Conversation with God", which depicts Nicolaus Copernicus while exploring the sky.

At the entrance - memorial plaques in honor of the founders of the University of King Casimir, Queen Jadwiga and King Wladyslaw.

A bronze monument to Nicolaus Copernicus has been erected on the square in front of the college. Developed by Cyprian Godebsky, created in 1899.
On June 8.1900, he was officially presented in the courtyard of the Mayus College of the Jagiellonian University. In 1953, at the initiative of Karol Estreicher, the monument was moved to this place. The monument represents Nicolaus Copernicus, who stands on a granite pedestal. It has four marble slabs with inscriptions in Latin, dedicated to the memory of the great astronomer.