The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow conducts its scholarly and didactic activity at five Faculties: of Theology, Philosophy, History and Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences and one located in another city - Theology Faculty in Tarnów - and also at Interfaculty Institutes: of Bioethics, and of Ecumenism and Dialogue. The Centre for Studying the Thought of John Paul II also ranks as an interfaculty school.

The three fields of study - Theology, Philosophy and History and Cultural Heritage - hold the Certificate in Education Quality issued by the Conference of the Rectors of the Polish Universities in recognition of their high education quality.

Our University is member of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (FIUC) and of the European Federation of Catholic Universities (FUCE), of the Conference of the Rectors of the Polish Universities (KRUP) and of the Conference of the Rectors of Polish Academic Schools (KRASP).

The University is involved in cooperation with several universities abroad by organizing exchanges of students and guest lectures by foreign professors. These are: the Ruhr University in Bochum, the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, the University of Graz, and the University of Preszow and the Catholic University of Ruzomberok.