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 scientific article, whose authors include dr inż. Karolina Jagiełło, dr Alicja Mikołajczyk, and prof. dr hab. Tomasz Puzyn from the Laboratory of Environmental Chemoinformatics at the Faculty of Chemistry, UG, was published in the journal 'Materials Today'. The publication entitled 'A computational view on nanomaterial intrinsic and extrinsic…

20 people per place - the most popular among candidates for first-degree and integrated master's studies at the University of Gdańsk is our new course this year: Japanese Studies. We already know the preliminary results of the recruitment process for most majors. Recruitment for studies at the University of Gdansk is underway. Enrolment for most majors has been closed yesterday ( July 12, 2023). The process will take…

prof. Romuald Grzybowski The Silver Medal of the University of Gdańsk Doctrinae Sapientiae Honestati was awarded to prof. dr hab. Romuald Grzybowski for his continuous support and long-standing activities for the development of the university. On July 12, the Council Hall of the Faculty of Social Sciences was the venue for the 70th…

The University of Gdansk, in cooperation with institutions from other countries, has received funding for the PRO-CLIMATE project under the HORIZON EUROPE programme. The PRO-CLIMATE project aims to support communities to proactively adapt to climate change through social and behavioural transformation. The project is a continuation and development of the SCORE Horizon 2020 project (ending June 2025), a core element of…

Performances from Spain, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, and Poland will be shown during the 27th International Shakespeare Festival. A special offer of the best seats has been prepared for the staff of the University of Gdańsk, in honour of the cooperation with the Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre. The 27th International Shakespeare Festival 'The…

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…

In the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings, the University of Gdańsk ranked eleventh in the category of universities and sixth in the category of classical universities in Poland. A total of 2,963 institutions from around the world applied for the ranking, with 1,500 universities from 104 countries included in the list published on June 28, 2023. In this year's jubilee ranking (the QS WUR ranking is…

Ricard Ravell Rodríguez Ricard Ravell Rodríguez is the first person at UG to be awarded a doctorate in doctoral school mode. For his dissertation 'Different levels of approximation in quantum open systems and their applications', on July 6, the Physical Sciences Discipline Council UG awarded the young researcher the degree of Doctor…

The Paweł Adamowicz University Secondary School in Gdańsk, which cooperates with Fahrenheit's universities, i.e. the University of Gdańsk, the Medical University of Gdańsk and the Gdańsk University of Technology, can boast excellent matriculation results. All its students passed their Matura exams with excellence. According to the latest recruitment…

In recognition of her work for the development of Sobieszewska Island, dr Katarzyna Żółkoś was posthumously awarded the 'Island's Amber Treasure' ('Bursztynowy Skarb Wyspy') statuette.  The award was handed to dr Dorota Myślińska, Vice-Dean for Student Affairs and Development of the Faculty of Biology, by Piotr Kryszewski, Deputy Mayor for Community…

During the National Celebration of World Hydrography Day (WHD 2023), the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography of the UG, together with the Faculty of Navigation and Naval Armament of the AMW, was honoured with the newly established 'Hydrographer's Laurel' ('Laur Hydrografa') award. On June 30 this year, representatives of the Navy, local governments,…

Prof. Grzegorz Węgrzyn Professor Grzegorz Węgrzyn, Chairman of the Council for Scientific Excellence, Head of the Department of Molecular Biology at the Faculty of Biology of the UG, talks to dr Beata Czechowska-Derkacz about alternative therapies, drugs for rare genetic diseases, pharmaceutical companies, and the Nobel Prize for…

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…

Nearly two hundred athletes will represent Poland at the 31st Summer FISU World University Games (formerly known as Universiade) in Chengdu. The primary student sports event will take place in late July and early August, and the red and white will compete in twelve sports disciplines. The University of Gdańsk students in the national team are Edyta Bielska (athletics section) and Mateusz Kozak (fencing section). Mateusz…

The Minister of Education and Science has awarded scholarships to eminent young scientists. Six people from the University of Gdańsk were among this year's 230 laureates. The researchers will receive the Minister's scholarships of PLN 5,390 per month for up to three years. The Minister's scholarships were granted to young scientists conducting…

Summer season. Theatres, walks in Saska Kępa, rides, horse and car races, and regattas. Hustle and bustle, impatient anticipation of departure, attractions in and out of the city. Sometimes silence, the sound of the sea, unhurried hikes in the mountains and a well-deserved rest at the waters. Summer. A little lazy, a little sleepy, yet always hot and always too short… Based on information taken from maps and magazines…

Creative debates, exchange of views, and approaching innovative solutions to social problems will be fostered by meetings of researchers during the 3rd Congress of Young Science at the University of Gdańsk. During the three-day event, young scientists will have the opportunity to present their research in dozens of panel discussions. The…

prof. Arkadiusz Modrzejewski  From meetings with well-known politicians and diplomats to a conference on the role of an honorary consul to engaging practitioners to teach students, the Institute of Political Sciences UG conducts a variety of research and teaching activities. We asked its director, dr hab. Arkadiusz Modrzejewski,…

Sidharth Chauhan From Kotkhai, a small Himalayan village in India to Harvard Law School and then to Jindal Global Law School as an Assistant Professor. Sidharth Chauhan overcame a lot of challenges as a first-generation lawyer, while also helping others. During the pandemic, the Indian lawyer managed to spread awareness about COVID-…

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…

We want to inform you that thanks to the cooperation of three research groups led by dr Łukasz Rąbalski (University of Gdańsk and the Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Warsaw), dr Maciej Grzybek (Medical University of Gdańsk), and prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Pyrcia (Jagiellonian University), the first sequence of the H5N1 influenza virus that infects cats in Poland, has been obtained. The sequence has been…

Journals of Psychology edited by the scientists from the Institute of Psychology of the University of Gdańsk turned out to be among the best magazines in Poland. Health Psychology Report (HPR) was given two IF points, proving that our journals are well-recognised in the international science community.  ‘The place of our journals in the Web of Science…

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…

The University of Gdańsk has moved up two places in the university classification in the latest Perspektywy ranking. We also maintained our high 16th position in the all-university classification. We were promoted in 6 groups of individual criteria (there are 8 in total). The faculty of Biotechnology (IFB) advanced and is the second-best faculty in the country (jointly with the University of Warsaw), giving way only to…

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…

Prof. Marcin Pawłowski's invention – a unique device on the global scale – a self-testing quantum random numbers generator won the 3rd prize in the 10th edition of 'Eureka! DGP – discovering Polish inventions' contest in the category of discoveries. Dr hab. Artur Sikorski, prof. UG, and mgr MałgorzataRybczyńska, scientists from the Department of…