How were people with mental illness treated in the 19th century? Have our ways of dealing with the epidemic changed over the last 100 years? What was the political situation like in the Prussian partition? This is what we discussed with prof. Satoshi Warita, who came from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo as part of the ‘Visiting Professors UG’…

Delegates from Europe and ACB met at the Berlin Adlershof Technology Park to take part in an interactive two-day study visit organised by Steinbeis Wissens und Technologietransfer GmbH. The event, part of the ERA SHUTTLE project funded by the European Union, focused on innovation transfer and talent retention in institutions through an inspiring…

A meeting was held at the University of Malta to summarise the effects of the pilot courses for students conducted as part of the international SUMED (Sustainable Multidimensional Media Contents) project. The project is being implemented at the UG Institute of Media, Journalism and Social Communication. The Institute presented six courses incorporating…

Does a strong woman in fantasy have to swing a sword? How much does it cost and how much work does it take to self-publish a book? Why does everyone love a viperon (Pol. ‘żmijun’)? These and many other questions were answered by Karolina Żuk-Wieczorkiewicz during an author’s meeting at the UG Library. A graduate of psychology at the University of…

Live Christmas music, a performance by children from the University Kindergarten, charity events and more than 30 exhibitors at the fair: on December 12, the Faculty of Social Sciences once again hosted the University Christmas Meeting, organised for the benefit of our university's academic community by the Centre for Student and Doctoral Activities…

The skeleton of a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) found on the beach in Stegna nine years ago has become part of the permanent exhibition at the Krzysztof Skóra Marine Station in Hel. The exhibition's opening ceremony was held on December 6 and was attended by representatives of the UG, local authorities, and regional institutions. Speakers at the…

photo by Alan Stocki ‘You have three months to finish the book. I’ve found you a publisher.’ This is how, thanks to prof. Maria Mendel, the publishing journey of ‘Anima’, the literary debut of an exceptional scientist, was to begin. The promotion of a novel, the opening of an exhibition of paintings and drawings, recognition of…

This is the third edition and another six winning teams - the Fahrenheit Champions of Cooperation. On Thursday, December 12, a ceremony was held to announce the results of the Fahrenheit University competition for scientific circles. Nineteen teams formed by members of as many as 37 scientific circles from MUG, GdańskTech and UG competed for the…

More projects created thanks to the Academic Citizens' Budget are flourishing at UG. The Oliwa Campus has already seen the creation of, among other things, an outdoor exercise zone and a pocket park - now the time has come for Sopot, where on December 11 the grand opening of two spaces took place: the Co-economy coworking zone and the eco-nomic park.…

Participants from 15 countries attended the Staff Week event ‘Happiness at Work 2024’ organised by the University of Gdańsk's Office for Cooperation and Internationalisation. It was an excellent opportunity to exchange experiences on internationalisation. From November 18 to 22, 2024, participants from 15 countries, including the USA, Finland,…

The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity will soon be playing for the 33rd time, and we as an academic community can make our contribution to make this world a better place for the fifth time. This year's edition is being held under the slogan ‘We Are Playing for Children's Oncology and Haematology’. According to the GOCC: ‘Cancer is the second most…

The National Science Centre has announced the results of the OPUS 27 and PRELUDIUM 23 competitions. 22 projects involving the University of Gdańsk (including 19 carried out at our university) received funding. The amount of funding for the University of Gdańsk in the OPUS 27 competition is PLN 20 165 175.00 (for the realisation of 13 research projects…

Proper physical development of children and young people, a healthy lifestyle with an emphasis on physical activity and the popularisation of women's basketball - these are the main objectives of the letter of intent signed on 10 December between the MG13 company and ASA UG. Marcin Gortat, who was present at the meeting, also declared his contribution…

Christmas kits, quality clothing with the UG logo and beautiful ceramics - these are just a few of the gift ideas from the UG Shop, which have inspired the mysterious envoy from the North Pole! Take a look at the Christmas promotional spot! There's a certain place in the University of Gdańsk Library teeming…

The University of Gdańsk significantly improves its position and advances to the podium in the ranking assessing sustainability activities in the areas of environmental impact, social impact, and governance. In the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025, published on December 10, 2024, our university advanced significantly in all possible…

‘This year's Nobel Prize winners Baker, Hassabis and Jumper used an approach that is de facto an extension of three previously known methods: homology modelling, sequence threading and dynamic fragment assembly. In this situation, having at their disposal quite a large database of sequences, they applied machine learning methods to approximate an…

‘The two achievements awarded by the Nobel Committee have revolutionised the science of proteins. They have significantly facilitated the work of modern biotechnology and pharmaceutics, which use proteins as molecular targets, nanosensors, or nanomachines.’ Read the commentary by prof. dr. hab. Krzysztof Liberek of the Intercollegiate Faculty of…

Every year on December 10, when the Nobel Committees present their awards, they highlight some of the most important achievements and changes in our reality. Some make us hopeful, like advances in medicine, others fill us with anxiety, like the return of the spectre of nuclear war. Researchers from the University of Gdańsk talk about who won the Nobel Prize in 2024 and the direction the world of culture, science, and…

This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner is not a person, but an organisation - Nihon Hidankyō is a Japanese movement that has been calling for nuclear disarmament for nearly 70 years. Dr. hab. Arkadiusz Modrzejewski, prof. UG, Director of the Institute of Political Science, tells us why the Nobel Committee has now decided to honour these efforts. The…

The third edition of the competition for the UG Rector's Special Award ‘Including Gender in Research’, which rewards the highest-ranked master's and doctoral theses incorporating a gender perspective in research, has been decided! This year, as many as 20 theses were submitted for the competition. As part of the EU Horizon 2020 project ‘Modifying…

photo by Alan Stocki ‘We have been operating for two years and it is high time to expand this activity,' said prof. dr hab. Beata Możejko, Director of the Centre for Memling Studies at the University of Gdańsk. The agreement signed on December 6 between the University of Gdańsk and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the Catholic…

Amazing passion, open hearts and lots of emotions! All this accompanied the participants of the ASA Integrative Table Tennis Championships of Poland, which were held on 6-8.12.2024 in Gdańsk. Eighty-two players from 20 academic units from all over Poland competed for the fifth time in a row in the hospitable premises of the A. Grubba Training Centre of…

Are you finishing your studies and interested in European issues? Are you considering further academic and professional development in this field? You may be interested in the offer of scholarships from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and the College of Europe. We invite you to an information meeting on 11 December at the UG…

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics was not awarded for research that makes fundamental contributions to our understanding of the world, nor was it awarded for groundbreaking experimental methods. Dr Paweł Mazurek, Deputy Director of the Institute of Informatics at WMFI UG, tells us what guided the Nobel Committee this year. The Nobel Committee awarded the…

Human Acts (2014), We Do Not Part (2021) and White Book ( 2016), written during a visit to Warsaw - dr Bartosz Dąbrowski from the Faculty of Languages at UG discusses the work and character of this year's Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Han Kang. We invite you to read the commentary! The 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to South Korean writer…

According to this year's Nobel Prize winners in economics, what factors influence global growth? What is the human element in economics? And what is institutional economics? The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics is commented on by prof. dr hab. Jacek Zaucha of the Faculty of Economics. This year's Alfred Nobel Prize from the Bank of Sweden was awarded to…

We have entered the month of December. The University of Gdańsk is slowly getting into the Christmas spirit with its fairs and decorations. To get some Christmas inspiration and to gain knowledge on the subject, we asked a few Erasmus students how they spend Christmas in their home countries. sarronca…

photo by Alan Stocki/UG The Campus run, a run around the UG campus, is now behind us. The idea of ‘run for fun’ attracted a large number of supporters of sport in its recreational form. Because it's not about results, but about overcoming one's own weaknesses and, above all, having fun! The run around the UG campus took place on…

We would like to invite all students, employees, and supporters of the University of Gdańsk to a unique Christmas meeting at the Faculty of Social Sciences! The Centre for Student and Doctoral Activities has prepared plenty of activities. At the same time there will be an opportunity to share the good and support important charity initiatives.   What's…

photo by Marcel Jakubowski Hares, an eagle owl and mute swans - until the second of January, photos of selected patients of the Pomeranian wildlife rehabilitation centre ‘Ostoja’ can be seen in the University of Gdańsk Library. Over the course of 10 years, the institution has already helped more than 16,000 creatures! A large…