'Sprawny staż', a paid internship programme dedicated to students and graduates with disabilities, has been launched. Large and respected companies, including Siemens Healthineers, Bayer and ERGO Hestia, have become involved in the project. The organiser of the initiative is the ERGO Hestia Integralia Group Foundation, which for 18 years…

Photo by Alan Stocki/UG. We know the winners of the Professor Małgorzata Czerska competition for the best MA thesis on management, leadership and quality. In this year's edition, no winner was selected, but the award for second place went to Mateusz Buliński for his thesis entitled 'The application of ICT tools in the process of managing a small company on…

The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science at the University of Gdańsk once again takes part in the action of the Perspektywy Educational Foundation Girls go Science. This action, along with its sister action Girls go polytechnics, aims to encourage high school and technical school students to study engineering and science. This year we are opening our doors not only to girls. We invite all female high…

We invite you to open meetings in the form of Science Cafés, bringing the scientific activities of University employees closer to a wider audience. The lecture 'A city of developers and a city of residents - about the problems of urban space and whether art tells us how to solve them' will be presented by dr hab. Katarzyna Szalewska, prof. UG from the Department of Theory of Literature and Art Criticism, Faculty of…

We invite students to take part in the recruitment of RWE - one of the largest investors in the offshore wind industry in the world. There is a possibility of paid employment in three positions: Working Student - Project Development - more information Working Student - Stakeholder Management - more information Working Student - Consent Management - more information An internship at RWE, a company with a significant…

Photo by Alan Stocki - 'We should take every opportunity to raise public awareness of maritime issues. In Poland, despite wide access to the sea, knowledge of maritime issues is very limited and superficial,' said dr Mariusz Sapota, prof. UG from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, UG, on the World Protection Day…

Dr Beata Czechowska-Derkacz talks about climate change, possibilities of limiting environmental damage, scientific solidarity and decision-makers' tardiness with prof. dr hab. Mirosław Miętus from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography of the University of Gdańsk, currently employed at the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management of the State Research Institute, where he is the Deputy Director and at the same…

Are you a student, a doctoral student or an academic or administrative employee of a university belonging to the Fahrenheit University? Do you have a flair for business and a business idea? Apply to the Molybdenum Startup School Programme, which aims to initiate and support the development of startup entrepreneurship. We are currently recruiting for the 1st edition entitled '…

Please join us for an online meeting on Tuesday 22.03.2022 at 11.00 a.m. regarding the STEM Impact Award programme. Fulbright STEM Impact Award is a program for people who lead research projects in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) areas, employed in Polish academic and scientific institutions. The scholarship allows for implementation of short-term research and/or teaching project and broadening the…

As many as fourteen awards were presented during the March meeting of the Chemistry Faculty Council. The laureates received, among other things, distinctions for the best master's theses and outstanding achievements for young scientists. Students and graduates who received the Rector of UG award also received laurels.  Many…

9 days of seminars and workshops, 19 students, 15 lecturers - this is the summary of the Winter School on Balticness 2022, which took place at the European Solidarity Centre within the YoPeNet (YOUNG PEOPLE NETWORK FOR BALTICNESS) project.  The participants of the School came from Estonia, Germany, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Denmark, India, Turkmenistan and Brazil and were selected from 32 applications. This choice was…

On the initiative of the Dean of the Faculty of Languages, dr. hab. Urszula Patocka-Sigłowa, prof. UG and with the consent and support of the Rector of UG, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, in cooperation with the Academic Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners, courses are organised at the Faculty of Languages for refugees who seek help in such large numbers at the University of Gdańsk. The number of those…

For the 52nd time, the academic community of the University of Gdańsk celebrated the University's anniversary. During the ceremony the first titles of honorary professors were conferred on Senior Rectors, the K. C. Mrongowiusz awards were presented, as well as Prof. K. Taylor awards for the year 2021 and the awards for winners of the first edition of the Young Fahrenheit…

dr hab. Anna Mazurkiewicz, prof. UG and Aleksander Piskorz We invite you to watch the next video in the series "University conversations about sustainable development" prepared by the Centre for Sustainable Development of the University of Gdańsk. Within the framework of the programme, the Centre popularises research…

Fulfilling the mission of cooperation for the development of scientific potential and strengthening the position of Gdańsk as a strong, international academic centre in the field of scientific research and modern education, the founding members of the Fahrenheit University in Gdańsk signed an agreement on the establishment of the 'Fahrenheit University' community and cooperation in the creation of the 'Fahrenheit…

The finals of the SEA-EU Makeathon competition were held in the Croatian Science and Technology Park in Split. The event was attended by finalists of local makeathons organised earlier at SEA-EU partner universities, from Brest, Malta, Cadiz, Split and Gdańsk. Our team has won! The competition in Split was organised on March 10-11 this year. Gdańsk was represented by a team of students from the Faculty of Mathematics…

The action 'Students for Ukraine - We help' started almost three weeks ago. During this time, students with the support of doctoral students and employees have undertaken the organisation of several activities for people affected by the warfare in Ukraine. First of all, donations are accepted, both from individuals who want to help in any way they can and from institutions that send aid shipments. In the logistics…

The development of the University of Gdańsk campus over the past 20 years has not only involved new faculties. Construction investments at our University have gone hand in hand with environmental projects. New trees, ponds, lawns and even beehives. We talk about what exactly has changed and what the future of green areas will look like with…

The Academic Choir of the University of Gdańsk has won gold in the 'Academic choral singing' category at the International Online Choir Competition 'Accordo Festivo'.   Congratulations!

- 'If you can do something to change our world, do it,' said Nobel laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee at a meeting at WNS. The Liberian activist came to Gdańsk to visit her students, who were studying in Kyiv and fled from there due to the war. The students were offered help by the University of Gdańsk. The 1990s were one of the most difficult times for Liberia, a small country in West Africa. A year after the seven-year…

The first meeting of this year's Fahrenheit University Assembly was held on March 3, 2022, at the Medical University of Gdańsk. The meeting was attended by representatives of all FarU member universities. GUMed, the Gdańsk University of Technology and the University of Gdańsk headed by the rectors: prof. Marcin Gruchała, prof. Krzysztof Wilde and prof. Piotr Stepnowski, as well as prof. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska, the…

To make the academic and student community more sensitive to the issue of Ukraine in the current dramatic situation of armed conflict across our eastern border, the Centre for Foreign Languages initiated a project entitled Добрий день, Ukraine! (TN: Good morning, Ukraine!) On March 11 the students were introduced to the culture, history and language by Ms Kateryna Zelinska from Odessa, an English and German teacher who…

The Centre for Sustainable Development of the University of Gdańsk invites you to a talk on " Good education in times of crisis". Education will be discussed by: Małgorzata Fijas, a teacher from the XIX Secondary School in Gdańsk, leader of Creative Pedagogy, dr Adam Jagiełło-Rusiłowski, from the Faculty of Social Sciences, social innovator and academic didactics researcher dr hab. Maciej Michalski, prof. UG from the…

How does surviving COVID-19 affect the human brain? What neuropsychological changes may occur after recovering from this disease? Are the deficits faced by some survivors temporary and will they disappear with time, or will rehabilitation be necessary? Finally, how much does the functioning of people with comorbidities who have undergone COVID-19 change and does this…

The University of Gdansk Sports Association would like to invite our students,PhD students, and employees to join the reactivated TRADITIONAL KARATE section – both those who already practiced, and those who would like to try it.   The trainings will be conducted by Mirosław Elwart (6th dan) and prof. dr hab. Kamil Zeidler (1st dan) from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk. All interested in…

The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science prepared shows and a lecture for primary school students on the occasion of Pi Day. The date of the holiday was chosen for March 14 because of the association with the first digits of the decimal expansion of the number, as the date of March 14 is written in the USA as 3.14. Take a look at our photo report.   More about the event…

Researchers from the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology discovered and described a hitherto unknown species of parasite, a new representative of the bison nose mite family. Until recently, only three out of 90 species of bison-specific parasites were known. Thanks to the scientists from the University of Gdańsk, we managed to discover the fourth one. The…

The Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre invites you to shows and concerts. A pool of 100 tickets in good seats has been prepared for UG employees. To get a ticket, send an email to: anna.baldyga@teatrszekspirowski.pl. In the subject line of the e-mail write 'biletUG', and in the body: for which event and how many tickets you wish to order. In response, the sender will receive a link to the purchase and then the tickets. More…

My studies for the planet #studiadlaplanety Reporters' column/post competition on Instagram @philologyug  A literary and photographic competition in two categories: Instagram post with a photo for high school students; reporter column with a photo for students and PhD students on Instagram @philologyug. Last year, the Rector of the University of Gdańsk established the Centre for Sustainable Development at the…

After a two-year break, it is time for another edition of the InfoGlob scientific conference. Between June 7–9, economists and business practitioners will be able to present the results of their research, and the papers delivered at the event will be published in prestigious economic journals. Registration lasts until March 18.  The first…