Jesuit Academy of Kolozsvár

The Jesuit Academy of Kolozsvár was founded in 1581 by King Stephen Báthory, prince of Transylvania and king of Poland. He called to Kolozsvár (today Cluj-Napoca, Romania) seven Jesuit professors from Italy, Germany, and Poland, who constituted the Collegium Academicum Claudiopolitanum. The first rector of the college was the Polish Jesuit priest Jakub Wujek. Academia Cladiopolitana had a university statute, having the royal right to confer the university titles of baccalaureus, magister, and doctor, in two faculties: philosophy, followed by theology.

Jesuit Academy of Kolozsvár

The Jesuit Academy of Kolozsvár was founded in 1581 by King Stephen Báthory, prince of Transylvania and king of Poland. He called to Kolozsvár (today Cluj-Napoca, Romania) seven Jesuit professors from Italy, Germany, and Poland, who constituted the Collegium Academicum Claudiopolitanum. The first rector of the college was the Polish Jesuit priest Jakub Wujek. Academia Cladiopolitana had a university statute, having the royal right to confer the university titles of baccalaureus, magister, and doctor, in two faculties: philosophy, followed by theology.