Rektor UG prof. Piotr Stepnowski Prof. Harald Weinfurter takes up the Waclaw Szybalski Named Chair, and the academic year 2023/2024 at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics officially opens! A unique inauguration at WMFiI is behind us, attended by faculty and university authorities, scientists, students and…

Fot. Alan Stocki 'For the second time, we are celebrating the inauguration of the academic year together with the UG Faculty of Philology. On this magical day, let us remember the words of Albert Einstein: "The pursuit of knowledge is one of man's most beautiful aspirations". May our pursuit of knowledge and our passion for learning…

'The aim and mission of the ACB UG Faculty of Management is to strive to shape and enrich the educational offer so that it responds to the rapidly changing needs of the labour market - both locally and globally. We begin almost every new academic year with new majors and specialisations. Recently, the Faculty's offer at first degree level…

The Senate meeting on Thursday, September 28, 2023, was opened by the Rector prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski presenting congratulatory diplomas to two editors, prof. Mariola Bidzan and prof. Małgorzata Lipowska from the Institute of Psychology of the Faculty of Social Sciences UG, whose journal Health Psychology Report has received 2 IF points and is…

The UG Vocal Studio invites you to the Stary Maneż for a great time with Michael Jackson's immortal hits, which will resound anew in a female version. The soloists and vocal group will be accompanied by an excellent band of acclaimed musicians from Tricity. In cooperation with the Social Affairs Section of the University of Gdańsk, a pool of 66…

Dear Academia, we would like to invite you to read our International Office newsletter 04/2023, presenting activities and actions in the field of international cooperation. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or need additional information.   Załączniki Attachment…

The Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre invites you to the performances.   To order tickets, please contact the Customer Service Office by e–mail: bow@teatrszekspirowski.pl.   September 24, 8 p.m. Shame! – concert   Promotion of the album ‘Crisis’. The concert will be played on our new Warehouse Stage. event page and description: link   tickets: PLN 60 internet sale: link   October 12, 7 p.m. ‘Kazik, I was only joking’ –…

The Pomeranian Economic Griffin in the Pomeranian Start-Up category went to NaNoEXPO - Next Generation Therapeutics, a spin-off company cooperating with the University of Gdańsk. Gryffin is an award for Pomeranian companies that set new trends and desired economic directions, contributing to the development of the entire region. 'We are invariably…

Students and teachers of the Pawel Adamowicz University High School in Gdańsk (ULO) celebrated their return to school! The official start of the 2023/2024 school year on September 4, 2023, was also attended by representatives of Fahrenheit University, including the Rector of the University of Gdańsk, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski and the Rector of the…

On the last Saturday of September (September 30, 2023), a colourful march and a lavish parade will take place at Długi Targ in Gdańsk. For the second time, universities and local authorities will officially open the new academic year! The city of Gdańsk is not only one of Poland's most important academic centres but also a place where science,…

More than 600 competitors from 32 countries will participate in 43 competitions during EuroSkills – an international industry skills competition organised by WorldSkills Europe and held for the first time in Poland. The event will bring together hundreds of young professionals from countries across Europe to compete for the chance to become the best in their chosen skills. For the first time, Poland, specifically Gdańsk…

Scientists from SEA-EU University will give lectures and workshops on acquiring, analysing and using marine data. Enrolment is underway for the third edition of Marine Data Literacy, a BIP course that will occur partly online and partly at the University of Split. The course consists of two parts: remote and…

Holidays are, on the one hand, a time for relaxation, but on the other hand, quite a logistical challenge to provide attractions and care for children. The initiative to solve this problem was once again taken by the UG Centre for Physical Education and Sport staff: Małgorzata Aftańska, Agnieszka Heimrath and Wojciech Pawicki. 'Active Uni' is an already traditional initiative of CWFiS and KU AZS UG to run a holiday…

This has never happened before! AZS UG (the Academic Sports Association of the University of Gdańsk) is expanding its offer for young activists taking their first steps in academic sport. At the beginning of September, the first edition of the AZS Lider Camp will take place at the association's centre in Wilkasy. The camp is aimed at under-25 AZS…

Dr Elżbieta Czapka from the Centre for Sustainability UG, together with a team of researchers from the Pandemic Centre based in the Alrek Health Cluster, Bergen: Professor Esperanza Diaz - Director of the Centre, Marta-Johanna Svendsen and Andrea Magugliani received funding of £195,400.00 for a project entitled 'Increasing migrants' access to vaccine information in the Tri-City'. The winning project includes research…

How to develop the maritime sectors in a sustainable way? On Friday, July 28, at 2 p.m., dr hab. Wojciech Pokora, prof. UG and dr Trinetra Mukherjee from the University of West Brittany will talk about Blue Growth. The speakers will present their ongoing projects as part of the SEA-EU Talent webinar series. The meeting is a great opportunity to share…

A remarkable research project carried out in cooperation with the Bird Migration Research Station of the Faculty of Biology UG has been collecting data on bird migrations continuously for over 60 years! The Baltic Action (Akcja Bałtycka) is a research programme currently under the scientific supervision of dr inż. Jarosław Nowakowski from the Bird Migration Research Station of the Faculty of Biology, UG, headed by dr…

With deliberations and speeches by representatives of ten European universities, a concert by the Gdansk Academic Orchestra and the UG Vocal Studio, and a cruise on the UG RV Oceanograf ship, the SEA-EU Governing Week at the University of Gdańsk made for intensive five days of building cooperation between European higher education centres. See what went on during the summit of the consortium's main bodies…

The new face of the SEA-EU alliance! The coordinators from the nine SEA-EU universities agreed on a refreshed visual identity for the consortium and the first elements of a communication strategy for the next four years. The results of the meeting at the University of Malta were presented at the Governing Board meeting on June 29, 2023…

From left: dr Justyna Michałek Kwiecień, dr hab. Maria Kaźmierczak, prof. UG, prof. dr hab. Beata Pastwa-Wojciechowska, and prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski The appointment of six new professors at the university, changes to postgraduate study programmes, or awards to faculty and researchers for scientific achievements are just some…

The University of Gdańsk’s marine potential was presented to the participants of the SEA-EU Governing Week by the Rector of the University of Gdańsk Prof. Piotr Stepnowski and Dr. hab. Waldemar Surosz, prof. UG, the Dean of the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography of the University of Gdańsk. On the last day of the event, the guests from ten…

Governing Week at the University of Gdańsk comes to an end. On the Thursday evening of the 29th of June, the guests from the member universities of SEA-EU visited the National Museum in Gdańsk, where they had an opportunity to admire ‘The Last Judgement’ by Hans Memling. Director of the museum Dr. hab. Jacek Friedrich, prof. UG,  presented the painting and its artistic values with the musical accompaniment provided by…

The most important deliberations of the SEA-EU Governing Week at the University of Gdańsk came to an end. The authorities of the European Universities of the Seas and the representatives of the alliance’s units met on the 29th of June in the Library of the University of Gdańsk to discuss previous actions and plan the future of SEA-EU 2.0. During the meeting, the new visual identity of the alliance, the report of Ports…

The 28th of June was the second day of the SEA-EU Governing Week at the University of Gdańsk. Thursday afternoon the meeting of the international team of Task 4.4  SEA-EU Goes Greener and the open lectures centered on sustainable development took place.   One of the objectives of Task 4.4 is developing Sustainability Network. It is going to be a platform aiming at exchanging experiences focused on organising modern…

After the second day of the SEA-EU Governing Week deliberations, over 120 foreign guests headed to Professor Jerzy Limon’s Theatre Hall to listen to the concert of the University of Gdańsk Academic Orchestra and the University of Gdańsk Vocal Studio. It was the first ever joind performance of the two groups, which presented, among others, songs ‘Havana’ and ‘Moonlight Serenade’. The event was led by Dr. Roksana Zgierska…

The representatives of universities, ports, and city councils from the cities where SEA-EU partner universities are placed met to talk about the development of both international and regional cooperation within their institutions. The SEA-EU Cities and Ports Council deliberations were part of Governing Week, the SEA-EU Alliance summit taking place…

Today is the second day of Governing Week at the University of Gdańsk. Members of the Executive Committee from nine European Universities of the Seas discussed the future of the alliance. An end of SEA-EU 1.0 report and the results of previous actions were presented, as well as action plans for the upcoming years, including establishing closer and better-functioning relations between business and higher education…

Mobility, communication, and inner work organisation of the SEA-EU alliance for the next four years were discussed by the representatives of nine partner universities. The first day of the SEA-EU Governing Week in Gdańsk concluded with the SEA-EU Technical Working Group and the reSEArch-EU Technical Working Group meetings. The congress of over 120 representatives of European universities takes place from the 27th to the…

We are after the first meetings of Governing Week, an event organised every six months by a different partner of ‘The European University of the Seas’ alliance. Before noon, a meeting of the Quality and Ethics Committee and an Ukrainian Day panel took place in  the Library of the University of  Gdańsk. The meeting of the Quality and Ethics Committee started at 9:00 a.m. with approving the minutes from the last sitting……

The Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdańsk, according to the results of the latest ranking of law faculties in Poland by the Rzeczpospolita daily, was ranked 4th among public universities in Poland. The overall assessment consisted of three main components: academic potential, quality of education and foreign cooperation. Regarding the quality of education among public universities, the WPiA UG…