Silver in the university category and fourth place in the overall classification - ASA UG athletes achieved excellent results during the 2025 Polish Academic Championships! The occasion for celebration was the Academic Sports Gala, which took place in Warsaw on 30 October this year as the culmination of the Academic Sports Congress…

Lion and dragon dances, ocarina playing and a Polish-Chinese fashion show - on 26 October, the 10th anniversary of the Confucius Institute at the University of Gdańsk was celebrated in the Prof. Jerzy Limon Theatre Hall in the Modern Languages building. ‘For ten years, we have been breaking down cultural barriers and building bridges to the Chinese…

As part of the 10th International Media–Business–Culture. Pomerania 2025 Conference at the University of Gdańsk, a panel was held to summarize the SUMED – Sustainable Multidimensional Media Contents project. The meeting provided an opportunity to present papers focused on the integration of sustainable development goals in the media environment and to…

The National Science Centre has announced the sixth ranking list of projects that have received funding under the NSC MINIATURA 9 competition. Among the winners is a researcher from the University of Gdańsk - dr Magdalena Muszel from the Institute of Sociology of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk. The pilot project led by dr…

Another success for the invention ‘Nimesulide salts and method for obtaining nimesulide salt crystals’, developed by prof. Artur Sikorski and mgr inż. Małgorzata Rybczyńska - the European Patent Office has issued a decision to grant a patent. Nimesulide is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic properties. The invention concerns new crystalline forms of the drug…

Prof. Roman Cieśliński, Head of the Hydrology and Water Management Laboratory at the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, has been appointed Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Słowiński National Park for a second five-year term (2025-2030). The Scientific Council of the SNP is an advisory and consultative body supporting…

The 10th Jubilee International Conference MEDIA-BUSINESS-CULTURE. Pomerania 2025 brought together over 70 guests from academic centers in Poland and abroad. The event featured a wide range of activities, including plenary lectures, the celebration of 35 years of creative work by Professor Zbigniew Treppa, a debate on public media, discussions within media subpanels, a screening of the film The Grave, the Media@stery…

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Magdalena Nieczuja-Goniszewska talks to prof. dr hab. Aneta Lewińska, Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Gdańsk, on the occasion of its anniversary. - Efforts to establish the Institute began in 2009, but it was not opened until six years later. In October, we will celebrate its tenth anniversary. From your perspective, how has…

Over 200 people took part in the 9th edition of Erasmus Days, which took place on 13-18 October at the Welcome Centre of the University of Gdańsk. During the six days, European values such as inclusiveness and interculturalism were promoted. ‘Erasmus Days were a celebration of diversity. It is beautiful that although we all differ, we are in fact…

A team of three scientists from the University of Gdańsk has developed an innovative system for generating symmetric cryptographic keys and random numbers, which has been patented by the Polish Patent Office. The invention is a response to growing cyber security requirements, as it allows for the highest level of encryption security (e.g. in…

Promotion proceedings were the subject of the Council for Scientific Excellence meeting held on 20 October 2025 at the University of Gdańsk. The conference entitled ‘Promotion procedures in the light of previous experience. The practice of first and second instance bodies’ aroused the interest of researchers and raised many questions. The event,…

The Office of the Regional Representative of the Financial Ombudsman is operating at the University of Gdańsk. It is the third such office in Poland. Its opening is not only the result of many years of cooperation between the Financial Ombudsman and the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdańsk. It is primarily a response to the…

The Academy of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Technology is underway at the University of Gdańsk. For six weeks, 30 female students are gaining knowledge and developing their own ideas under the guidance of experienced experts. The opening meeting of the Academy of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Technology took place at the Faculty of…

New shared spaces for learning, working, and recreation, improving the visual appeal of university campuses, and caring for the natural environment - voting is now open in the ACB UG and Green UG competitions. The total fund for both competitions is PLN 280,000. Voting will take place from 20 to 27 October this year. We invite all students, doctoral students and employees to have a say in what our immediate surroundings…

177 participants, over 12,000 journeys, and nearly 85,000 kilometres travelled by bicycle, scooter (including electric ones), or so-called PTDs (personal transport devices) - this is the result of the 4th edition of the Cycling to University competition at the University of Gdańsk. Students, doctoral students, and employees of the University of Gdańsk…

Cooperation in the field of renaturation of dune habitats in areas covered by the LIFE for Dunes PL project located within the technical zone of the Maritime Office in Gdynia was the subject of an agreement signed between the University of Gdańsk and the Maritime Office. The cooperation agreement regulates the scope of activities carried out at…

In Polish humanities, trauma is discussed more often than ways of overcoming violence. During the conference ‘(Post)dependency resilience. Attempts to break free from violence in literature and culture’, researchers, practitioners and artists will propose a different approach and look to literature and culture for clues on how to learn to regain…

On 15 October, three anniversaries were celebrated in the Gdańsk City Hall: the 35th anniversary of the Faculty of Social Sciences, the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Psychology, and the 80th birthday of prof. dr hab. Waldemar Tłokiński, the first Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The ceremonial meeting brought together a large group of the…

Agata Pałka, a psychology student at the University of Gdańsk and a member of the ASA UG judo section, won the gold medal at the Polish Senior Judo Championships. This is the seventh gold medal in her sporting career. The competition took place on 11-12 October 2025 in Poznań. Three students from the…

Prof. Marek Belka, an eminent economist, former Prime Minister and former President of the National Bank of Poland, has taken up the honorary Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski chair at the University of Gdańsk for the 2025/2026 academic year. In his inaugural lecture entitled ‘Poland and Europe in times of uncertainty’, he spoke about the consequences of the…

Two researchers from the Institute of Psychology at the University of Gdańsk have been honoured with the Copernicus Prize 2025, awarded by the Polish Neuropsychological Society. This year, dr hab Łucja Bieleninik, prof. UG and dr Ilona Bidzan-Bluma from the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology were recognised for their contribution…

FASD-Bridge and AIMused are the acronyms of two projects carried out under the Interreg South Baltic 2021-2027 programme, which have received co-financing from the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy. The first will be co-implemented by the Institute of Psychology of the University of Gdańsk (project leader), the second by the Gdynia Aquarium MIR-PIB. The agreements on co-financing both projects were signed on 13…

Would you like to spend your time actively, meet new people and see the three campuses of the University of Gdańsk from a cyclist's perspective? Join the UG Bike Rally! We invite all members of the academic community to ride from Gdynia (the park opposite the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography) to Gdańsk (Oliwa campus), with a break at the Sopot…

After Saturday's concert, our pianist Piotr Pawlak, a doctoral student at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at the University of Gdańsk, advanced to the third stage of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. His performance was rewarded with a standing ovation from the audience, and critics were full of praise. Piotr…

fot. Sebastian Jętczak The first stage of fieldwork has been completed as part of the LIFE for Dunes PL project, which aims to protect and renaturalise dune habitats on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. The project, led by dr Magdalena Lazarus from the Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation at the Faculty of…

The ‘Next Stop: Mum’ health programme, coordinated (on behalf of the University of Gdańsk) by dr Magdalena Chrzan-Dętkoś from the Institute of Psychology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Gdańsk, has been selected as one of the 11 best mental health prevention programmes, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-…

280 exhibitors and thousands of visitors from Poland and abroad - the 23rd edition of the BALTEXPO International Maritime and Military Fair is behind us. The University of Gdańsk also participated in the event, which took place on 7-9 October 2025. At the university's stand, visitors could learn about the wide range of services offered by the University of Gdańsk related to the sea and the maritime economy. The Vice…

Prof. Dorota Sajewska, an outstanding theatre scholar, has taken over the Named Chair of Honour of Prof. Maria Janion at the University of Gdańsk. The ceremonial bestowal of the Chair took place after the inauguration of the academic year at the Faculty of Languages of the University of Gdańsk in a unique location: the Prof. Jerzy Limon Theatre Hall.…

Prof. Ryszard Horodecki, an eminent quantum physicist from the University of Gdańsk and co-founder of the Gdańsk school of quantum physics, has been honoured with a prestigious award for outstanding scientific achievements. The award is given to individuals who have made outstanding achievements in specific categories, with the winner's…