- 'Tourism has changed its face in recent years. It has long ceased to be just passive relaxation on a seaside beach full of sunshine. It is more and more often active and cognitive leisure, focused on taking care of harmony and balance of your body, mind and soul,' - says dr Anna Dziadkiewicz from the Faculty of Management, University of Gdańsk, representing the project…

Research on chemical recycling of selected plastics in the presence of new catalysts - metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) will be conducted by dr inż. Patrycja Maria Jutrzenka Trzebiatowska from the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk. The project entitled: 'Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as potential catalysts for chemical recycling of polymers' received funding within the NCN SONATINA 5 competition. The planned…

The University of Gdańsk has been ranked 15th among Polish universities and 1050th in the world. This is another leap upwards for the University of Gdańsk in the Web of Universities ranking. The results of the latest edition of Webometrics ranking (Ranking Web of Universities) were published. - 'It is the largest international ranking of universities created based on bibliometric and webometric indicators,' - explains…

Are you a student, graduate or PhD student? Have you defended your bachelor's, master's or doctoral thesis on social insurance? If so, you can enter the competition of the President of the Social Insurance Institution for the best thesis. There are financial prizes for the winners of the competition. The purpose of the competition is to increase public awareness of the…

- 'In his literary worlds, Grass, playing games with the past, invariably raised important questions of the present day and the human condition, thrown into the vortex of the great history,' says dr hab. Miłosława Borzyszkowska-Szewczyk, prof. UG, Faculty of Philology, UG. The Research Workshop on Borderline Memory Narratives (Institute of German Philology UG) together with the Günter Grass Association in Gdańsk invite…

The cinema premiere of the film The Master by dr hab. Maciej Barczewski prof. UG from the Faculty of Law and Administration UG is scheduled for August 27, 2021. Ewa Karolina Cichocka talks about the film, its protagonist, the genesis of the script and the lawyer's film debut. - The Master is a full-length picture about the story of Tadeusz Pietrzykowski, a prisoner of Auschwitz, and also your first film. It premiered at…

Interview with Professor Piotr Stepnowski, Head of the Department of Environmental Analysis at the Faculty of Chemistry of UG, Rector of the University of Gdańsk. Interviewed by Dr. Beata Czechowska-Derkacz   prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski. Photo by Arek Smykowski / UG Knowledge of the risk of pharmaceutical…

At the site in Nowe Objezierz in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship archaeological works on a roundel - a Neolithic building with the character of a ceremonial centre from 7 thousand years ago - are conducted. The work has been directed for four years by prof. dr hab. Lech Czerniak from the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Faculty of History, University of Gdańsk. Ewa…

Until mid-September, the Pedagogical Provincial Library in Gdańsk will present an exhibition entitled 'The Way to the University. The University of Gdańsk and its predecessors 1945-1970'. The exhibition presents selected fragments of the history of the Higher School of Pedagogy in Gdańsk, the Higher School of Maritime Trade, the Higher School of Economics in Sopot and the first year of activity of the University…

We invite you to read a new series of graduate stories. It features those who chose their field of study by choice, passion or chance. Today we present the graduates of Kashubian Ethnophilology. Recruitment for this course will end on September 14. Paulina Węsierska It all started thanks to the village that brought me up, thanks to my great-grandmother by whose side I used to spend my holidays and winter breaks, thanks…

About SARS-CoV-2 virus mutations, epidemics and chances for survival. Interview with Prof. Krystyna Bieńkowska Szewczyk, Head of the Department of Molecular Biology of Viruses of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed   It's summer, we all want to relax after a tough year under the threat of SARS-CoV-2, but another mutation of the virus has emerged - the Indian one. How much more dangerous is it than…

She is a neuropsychologist and electronics engineer with a specialisation in multimedia techniques. She is passionate about the human brain and signal processing issues. She is a co-author of several articles in prestigious scientific journals and has also managed a complex research project under the NCN PRELUDIUM 5 grant, which culminated in the dissertation 'Neuronal and cognitive mechanisms of temporal orientation in…

Prof. dr hab. Stefan Chwin from the Department of the History of Polish Literature at the University of Gdańsk will be the guest of a conversation in the 'Great Questions' series, hosted by Michał Nogaś. The meeting will take place today at 7 p.m. at the Big Book Cafe in Warsaw, and the online broadcast will be available on Facebook. Prof. dr hab. Stefan Chwin, one of the…

The Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport, prof. Piotr Gliński, entrusted dr hab. Grzegorz Berendt, prof. UG from the Department of the History of Political Thought and Culture of the Faculty of History UG, with the duties of the Director of the Second World War Museum in Gdańsk. Following the resignation of dr Karol Nawrocki from the post of Director of the Second…

Prof. dr hab. Krystyna Bieńkowska-Szewczyk, virologist from the Department of Molecular Biology of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed was a guest on Monday's edition of Fakty po Faktach. The topic of the conversation was vaccination against COVID-19. Decision on vaccination: emotions replaced scientific knowledge Prof. Krystyna Bieńkowska-Szewczyk, a…

Computer Science, Criminology, English Philology and Psychology - these are the four most popular full-time first degree and master's degree majors chosen by candidates at the University of Gdańsk in the recruitment process for the academic year 2021/2022. The University has planned to admit nearly 12 thousand people this year. The July recruitment process for full-time undergraduate studies at the University of Gdańsk…

Pomerania's three strongest universities have joined forces to form the Daniel Fahrenheit Universities Association in Gdańsk (FarU) in 2020. Its most important task is to identify and prepare to make the best use of the resources and potential of the Medical University of Gdańsk, the Technical University of Gdańsk and the University of Gdańsk in the scientific, research, teaching, organisational and development areas…

In the photo, Dr Katarzyna Węgrzyn from the Department of Molecular Biology UG Professor Igor Konieczny's team from the Department of Molecular Biology MWB UG and GUMed has published a journal entitled: "Defining a novel domain that provides an essential contribution to site-specific interaction of Rep proteins with DNA" in the journal Nucleic Acids…

Recruitment to the doctoral schools of the University of Gdańsk starts in August. The University offers education at: Intercollegiate Doctoral School of Biotechnology of the University of Gdańsk and the Medical University of Gdańsk, Doctoral School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Doctoral School of Science and Life Sciences. Doctoral schools, in operation since 2019, educate doctoral students preparing them to…

Computer Science, Criminology, English Philology and Psychology are the most popular majors chosen by candidates for the University of Gdańsk. The University has planned to admit nearly 12 thousand people this year. This year's novelties include Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and in English - Production of Audiovisual Forms and Quantum Information Technology and Cultural…

The Education Programme, within the framework of which the co-financed project was prepared, was established under the Intergovernmental Agreement on the implementation of the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area for the period 2014-2021. The Programme aims to reduce economic and social disparities within the European Economic Area and to strengthen bilateral relations between Poland and the Donor States…

The Forensic Science Museum of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk houses a wide collection of exhibits from all fields of forensic science: ballistics, dactyloscopy, trace evidence, photography and others, as well as forensic medicine and related fields. In this respect, it is the only facility of its kind in Poland. The Museum of the Faculty of Law and Administration has been featured in…

The Rector of UG, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski awarded medals of the 50th anniversary of the University of Gdańsk to particularly meritorious employees of the Faculty of Law and Administration of UG, as well as to external stakeholders - proven friends of the Faculty. The ceremony of awarding the medals of the 50th anniversary of the University of Gdańsk took place on July 6, 2021, in the Hall of the Faculty of Law…

The University of Gdańsk shared with other universities in the region its experience from the implementation of European projects STARBIOS2, RESBIOS and MINDtheGEPs implemented under Horizon 2020. The webinar entitled Gender equality in research and innovation was organised in June 2021, by the Regional Office of the Pomorskie Voivodeship in Brussels. The topic of the meeting was activities conducted for gender equality…

For the past couple of years, Gdańsk scientists and the University Kindergarten have been cooperating with the Positive Initiatives Foundation, which works for the development of modern education and care and cooperates with local governments, universities and other public institutions. In 2016, the Foundation signed an agreement on cooperation with the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdańsk as part of the…

Once again visitors, tourists and residents of Hel will be able to enjoy attractions prepared by ACK Alternator UG. Workshops, meetings, a field game and sightseeing - all under the sign of the SEAL. The ACK organisers emphasise that the event held a fortnight ago was a great success. Despite the weather on the beach, the field game, meetings and workshops, and a visit to the research vessel r/v Oceanograf met with…

Four students from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography at the University of Gdańsk: Kaja Czajkowska, Małgorzata Jarzynowska, Małgorzata Szałęga and Emilia Zygarłowska will pursue a two-month internship at the University of Iceland at the Hύsavík Research Centre. This is possible thanks to the project entitled 'Mobility in Higher Education'. The project is supervised by prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Bielawski. As part of…

UG Law student: I lost my sight before my 17th birthday. Now I want to get it back Dariusz Gruchała studies law at the University of Gdańsk. He is blind. A moment before his 17th birthday he lost his sight. Suddenly. Diagnosis: congenital Leber blindness. He was the first in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe to undergo genetic therapy of the left eye, which partially restored his vision. Now he is collecting money…

Computer Science, Criminology, English Philology and Psychology are the most popular majors chosen by candidates for the University of Gdańsk. The University has planned to admit nearly 12 thousand people this year. This year's novelties include Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and in English - Production of Audiovisual Forms and Quantum Information Technology and Cultural…

The University of Gdańsk as an environmentally friendly university, creating sustainable learning, working and leisure environment. Competition for scientific clubs at the University of Gdańsk. The competition announced on July 15 was organised by dr hab. Arnold Kłonczyński, prof. UG, Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Education in cooperation with the Centre for Sustainable Development of UG (CZRUG), the…