The project led by dr hab. Kazimierz Musiał, prof. UG "Young People Network for Balticness 2.0."(YoPeNET) has received a grant of EUR 65 000 from the Council of Baltic Sea States programme. The project aims to organise summer schools, during which secondary school pupils, students and doctoral students will develop podcasts and films on identity for their peers.  Two summer schools will be held as part of the project.…

- From the data of the World Tourism Organisation, which you presented in your speech at the InfoGlob 2022 conference on 'Mass tourism or virtual tourism? Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic', we see that before the pandemic, around 1.5 billion people moved annually. On the one hand, this seems like a lot, with some cities like Venice, Dubrovnik and Barcelona limiting, under the influence of residents, the access of…

Fifty-three speakers from seven scientific centres in Poland gave presentations at the Faculty of Chemistry of UG during the IV. edition of the nationwide 'ChemBiŚ' conference. The event aims to integrate students and doctoral students and allow them to meet new people from the scientific community. Participants had the opportunity to listen to three lectures by invited…

Dr Aleksandra Maria Kocot from the Faculty of Biology of UG, dr Hanna Obracht-Prondzyńska and dr Marcin Połom from the Faculty of Social Sciences, as well as dr Illia Serdiuk from the Institute of Experimental Physics of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of UG, have been awarded the Minister's scholarship for outstanding young scientists for significant achievements in scientific activity in 2022. The…

In order to photograph the second part of a research cruise as part of the SEA-EU consortium, I flew to Brest, a coastal town in France, on June 11. Our final destination was to be in Cádiz, Spain. Everything promised that it would not be easy for a 'freshman' like me to face a ten-day voyage photographing the struggles of those already…

Are you a PhD student conducting interdisciplinary research? Would you like to undertake a year’s internship in one of the best universities in northern Poland? This proposal is for you. The Mayor of Gdańsk in cooperation with the Fahrenheit Universities have created Fahrenheit scholarships for the best three PhD students from abroad. The Gdańsk-born world class physicist,…

The SEA-EU research cruise was a complete success! On the second of July at 11.30 am, the University of Gdańsk ship r/v Oceanograf arrived at the quay at the Fish Market in Gdańsk. It was welcomed on board by the university authorities, the academic community, Monika Chabior, Vice-President of Gdańsk, and a brass band. The ship and the ceremony also attracted the attention of numerous strollers. - 'The tasks were all…

Eight participants of the Erasmus+ KA107 programme from Caucasus University and two participants from the I. Franko National University of Lviv were hosted by the University of Gdańsk as part of a training course on the internationalisation of universities and modern forms of promotion and project management.  The training participants' stay began on 21.06.2022 with a meeting at the Faculty of Law and Administration…

We would like to invite you to the panel 'Faces of young science'. The panel, which will take place on July 7, 2022 in Room S208 in the Faculty of Social Sciences, will explore the career paths of young, outstanding scientists who have significant achievements despite their age. Guest speakers will talk about what they faced when starting their careers, what scientific challenges and institutional obstacles they…

Shaping skills in conceptualisation, assessment of a company's competitive capabilities, application of methods and tools to streamline, rationalise, restructure and optimise economic processes in a company with a particular focus on logistics processes - this is the main objective of the classes offered by the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdańsk within the new…

79 employees of the University of Gdańsk received state distinctions from the hands of the Deputy Governor of Pomerania and the Rector of the UG. Applications for the following state distinctions: the Golden Cross of Merit, the Silver Cross of Merit, the Bronze Cross of Merit and the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals for Long Service are awarded by the state authorities at the request of an institution, namely the…

A meeting of the Senate of the University of Gdańsk, June 30, 2022, began with thanks and the awarding of diplomas to students particularly involved in charitable aid for Ukraine. The meeting was opened by the Rector, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, who welcomed the senators gathered in the Assembly Hall of the Library of Gdańsk University named after prof. Janusz Sokołowski. The Rector then handed over the floor to the…

For three days, judges, prosecutors, solicitors and barristers deliberated and trained at the UG Faculty of Law and Administration as part of the European Commission-funded project TRIIAL - TRust, Independence, Impartiality and Accountability. Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk was one of the main partners in the project, alongside outstanding…

What can we, as a university community, do for our planet, the climate and the environment in which we live? This was discussed by the winners of the My studies for the planet competition together with the Vice-Dean for Education and Outreach, dr hab. Joanna Jereczek-Lipińska, prof. UG, the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Development, dr. hab. Sylwia Mrozowska, prof. UG, the Deputy Director of CZRUG, dr Krzysztof…

What should the stops of the new PKM South line look like and what should be done to make the passenger railway as environmentally and resident-friendly as possible? The winners of a competition organised by Fahrenheit Universities and the local government company Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna SA (PKM) have been announced.   The students' task in the competition was to prepare an architectural and urban design study…

The pollution of the Baltic Sea, its causes, the scale of the threat and the prospects for improving the environmental situation of the basin were discussed by the guests of the second episode of the podcast 'Conversation with Fahrenheit'.  'Pollution of the Baltic Sea' is the title of the second episode of the Fahrenheit University podcast. You can find the it online now.…

Autorzy słownika. Thanks to the work and commitment of six students of Genetics and Experimental Biology from the Faculty of Biology at the University of Gdańsk, under the supervision of mgr Barbara Kubica-Daniel from the Centre for Foreign Languages at the University of Gdańsk, an online Polish-English dictionary was published in the field of broadly…

140 teachers from Ukraine will take part in a training organised by the Faculty of Philology of the University of Gdańsk. The aim of the course is to teach refugees the Polish language at B1 level, taking into account pedagogical aspects. The project was prepared by the WF and won nearly PLN 800,000 in a tender organised by the Teacher Education Centre.   The offer on the part of the University of Gdańsk was prepared by…

The cooperation of the SEA-EU ensures the availability of international workshops, conferences, meetings with scientists and ongoing research. Three academics and researchers from the Faculty of Philology UG: prof. dr hab. Zenon Lica, dr hab. Hanna Makutat - Snuzik and dr Beata Karpińska-Musiał participated in the CRBC Summer School in Breton Linguistic and Cultural Heritage…

During the QS Higher Education Summit: Europe 2022, one of the largest international events in the field of higher education management, a Keynote Speech was delivered by prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the University of Gdańsk. The lecture concerned the short- and long-term support of the higher education system in Ukraine from the perspective of the Polish academic community. This year's summit is held under…

- 'The amount of water that circulates in nature is constant. On the other hand, the quality of water and the disposable resources are significantly decreasing. We need to be aware of this, and we don't understand it,' - says prof. dr hab. inż. Julita Dunalska, head of the Limnological Station UG in a conversation with dr Elżbieta Czapka. The 'University Conversations on Sustainable Development' series is carried out by…

- 'The University of Gdańsk treats the offshore wind energy sector strategically,' - says the Rector of the University of Gdańsk prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski in an article for BalticWind.EU. The service issued a quarterly report with information about the UG's offer for offshore personnel. The 2022/2023 recruitment process is underway. This year, the University of Gdańsk offers 89 full-time and part-time courses as…

A team consisting of scientists from the University of Gdańsk and the Wrocław University of Technology has won the ninth edition of the 'Eureka! DGP - we discover Polish inventions". Thanks to the solution developed by the scientists from the UG and PW it is possible to effectively, inexpensively and ecologically destroy antibiotics that get into rivers and lakes. This year,…

After three years, the first stage of the SEA-EU European Coastal Universities Alliance came to an end. On the 22nd of June, representatives of all the member universities including - Rector of the University of Gdańsk prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, project coordinator prof. Fidel Echieverra, Rector of the University of Split prof. Dragan…

On 22 June 2022, the results of the Perspektywy Ranking of Higher Education Institutions and Ranking of Courses of Studies were officially announced. The University of Gdańsk, similarly to the general ranking, also here recorded an improvement in the position of individual majors.  Majors conducted at the University of Gdańsk - evaluation of RKS 2022 The improvement of the position of the majors conducted at the…

On June 22, 2022, the results of the Perspektywy Ranking of Higher Education Institutions and Ranking of Majors were officially announced. The University of Gdańsk has risen spectacularly by 7 positions and is now the 16th higher education institution in Poland and 6th among universities. Such a good result of the University of Gdańsk in the Perspektywy 2022 Academic Schools Ranking is commented on with satisfaction by…

Three research projects, five day trips, strengthening of international cooperation and culmination of the first phase of the SEA-EU alliance are just some of the benefits of the SEA-EU research cruise to Cadiz. Scientists and technical staff from the University of Gdańsk, the University of Kiel, the University of Brest, the Ifremer Institute and the University of Cadiz worked together for 27 days to collect samples of…

The stage from Kiel to Brest was full of new experiences for the r/v Oceanograf. The UG ship entered the North Sea, the English Channel and, above all, the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. During this six-day transit, the team of scientists collected various types of samples from the estuaries of the largest rivers in western Europe - the Elbe, the Rhine and the Seine. On June 12, the ship departed for the final part…

The SEA-EU cruise has educational and scientific value, but its most important value is to strengthen the ties between Europe's coastal universities. During the second leg (from Kiel to Brest), scientists from four different research centres are on board the r/v Oceanograf. Kseniia Andrieieva, Jerome Goslin, Ruben Rios and Dr Adam Sokołowski, Prof. UG, tell us how they are working together…

The morning of the tenth of June saw the end of the second leg of the SEA-EU cruise. R/v Oceanograf arrived in the port of Brest, where it will stay until the twelfth of June. A press briefing was held on board the ship, attended by dr Aleksandra Brodecka Goluch, scientific director of the cruise, Matthieu Waeles from the University of Brest and Jerome Goslin, a member of the r/v Oceanograf research crew. After a…