Meeting with participants of the 'Children of Heroes' summer school. Photo by Alan Stocki/UG. The University of Gdańsk, in cooperation with the Lech Wałęsa Institute Foundation and the Ukrainian Consulate in Gdańsk, invited a group of thirty young people from Ukraine to participate in a summer school. The programme of the twelve-day stay in Gdańsk consists…

On the first of October this year, in the heart of Gdańsk, to the sound of carillons playing the Gaudeamus Igitur, a dozen or so universities in Gdańsk will solemnly open the 2022/2023 academic year. This is a unique event in the country, emphasising the role of the academic community in the life of the city. Initiated by the Fahrenheit Universities, the celebration of science will be attended by representatives of FarU…

During the Assembly of the Association, which took place on September 2 this year. The Rector of the Gdańsk University of Technology, prof. Krzysztof Wilde handed over the chairmanship of Fahrenheit University to prof. Marcin Gruchała, Rector of the Medical University of Gdańsk. Also present at the meeting were prof. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the University of Gdańsk, Chairmen of the University Councils: Paweł…

Roman Tabisz, photo by Alan Stocki/UG As of September this year, the position of Director of the UG Main Library has been taken over by Roman Tabisz, whom we asked what will change at BUG and what will remain the same?  Marcel Jakubowski: - What role should library space play in our university? Roman Tabisz: - In addition to its primary role of providing…

Sustainable Development Goal 15 - Life on land is the topic of a conversation with prof. dr hab. Dariusz Szlachetko, Dean of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Gdańsk. How does climate change threaten tropical forests? What does nature conservation look like in Poland? Answers to these and many other questions can be heard in an interview in the series University Conversations on Sustainable Development.  The…

The University of Gdańsk supports the staff of the International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science (ICCVS) in achieving a balance between private and scientific life. On September 6, ICCVS Director prof. dr hab. Natalia Marek-Trzonkowska, together with Rector prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, opened the playroom at the centre's premises. Seconds after the ribbon was cut, the…

Recruitment is underway for a new second-degree course: Management and Communication in the Performing Arts (ZaiKSS). This is a modern bilingual master's degree course for future cultural managers with a special interest in the field of performing arts. Registration will close on September 15. The course is a unique result of cooperation between the Faculty of Management and…

Dr Magdalena Łągiewska is also the director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Gdańsk. An article by dr Magdalena Lugiewska from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk was published in the Journal of Contemporary China, a journal with an impact factor of 3.126. The publication is the result of research funded by the…

By the decision of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, on August 1, 2022, dr hab. Henryk Machajewski, prof. UG, was awarded the title of professor of humanities in the discipline of archaeology.  Professor Henryk Machajewski is employed at the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Faculty of History, UG. His research interests include the culture of the…

The European Patent Office (EPO) has decided to grant a team of scientists from the UG Department of Chemistry a European patent for an invention - a material, based on TiO2 nanotubes, for air purification from volatile organic and inorganic compounds, dust and microorganisms. The invention entitled: 'Material from titanium for air purification from organic and inorganic compounds, dust and micro-organisms', based on a…

Roman Tabisz received his appointment as Director of the University of Gdańsk Library today from the Rector of the University of Gdańsk, prof. Piotr Stepnowski. photo by Alan Stocki - 'It was with joy and great satisfaction that I accepted the appointment as Director of the BUG. I recognise the many challenges…

Erasmus+ InnHUB Gdańsk, the EuroSkills 2023 Poland competition and the Welcome Centre UG - as many as three projects were inaugurated at a single event. They will benefit regional as well as international ventures, poles as well as visitors from abroad, entrepreneurs and their employees. On September 5th, representatives of Pomeranian higher education institutions, the city of Gdańsk and the Foundation for the…

Hundreds of people visited the Erasmus+ Family Picnic on the fourth of September. The stalls at the Coal Market were tempting in terms of smell - a stall full of delicacies by Bartosz Wicherek, bronze medallist in the cooking category of EuroSkills Graz 2021; sound - a concert stage where, among others, the UG Vocal Studio performed; and image - the tent of the Daniel Fahrenheit University, where picnic participants…

By virtue of the decision of the President of the Third Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, dr hab. Sławomir Leśniak, prof. UG from the Department of German Literature and Culture at the UG, was awarded the title of professor of humanities.  - 'The professorial nomination is for me one of the nicest moments on my scientific path. I am pleased that my individual and often unpopular activities in the field of humanities…

We would like to invite you to the Garncarska Festival! On September 4, we will explore the nooks and crannies of one of the oldest streets in Gdańsk and talk about the future of urban space. The event programme includes workshops, refreshments from Garncarska restaurateurs, meetings and walks. Participants will spend time together in this characteristic part of the city to take a fresh look at Gdańsk's public space…

Pictured is the team from the International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science at the University of Gdańsk. The International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science at the University of Gdańsk has received more than one million PLN in additional funding from the Foundation for Polish Science for a project carried out under the International Research Agendas…

36 hours of full-time Polish language classes, educational law and the Polish core curriculum will be given to Ukrainian teachers between August 29 and September 2 as part of a training course at the Faculty of Philology. This is part of a four-month course aimed at preparing refugees to work in Polish schools. In June this year, the project received a grant of nearly PLN 800,000 from the Centre for Teacher Education…

We talk about the direction of further development of the University of Gdańsk, cooperation with the socio-economic environment and the goals set for the near future with dr hab. Sylwia Mrozowska, prof. UG - the new UG Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Development. Photo by Alan Stocki/UG. Elżbieta Michalak-Witkowska…

The journal Nature Nanotechnology has published an article entitled Representing and describing nanomaterials in predictive nanoinformatics, co-authored by dr Alicja Mikołajczyk and dr inż. Karolina Jagiełło and prof. dr hab. Tomasz Puzyn from the Laboratory of Environmental Chemoinformatics, Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk. The paper was written on the initiative of the UG scientists as part of scientific…

The Mobile Education Centre, demonstrations of experiments presented by the Association of Fahrenheit Universities, tasting of dishes prepared by the medallist of the EuroSkills 2021 European Championships in cooking, animations and workshops for children - are just some of the attractions planned for the Family Picnic | Erasmus+ Innovation Day, which will take place on September 4 at the Coal Market in Gdańsk.…

Student, professor or doctoral student - anyone can take part in the 18th edition of the Popularisers of Science competition. All you have to do is share your knowledge with a larger group of people daily. You can submit your popular science activity under five categories: 'Animator', 'Institution', 'Media', 'Scientist' and 'Team'. Entries…

From the first of September 2022, the Paweł Adamowicz University Secondary School in Gdańsk will operate in a new location. Its headquarters will move to Wrzeszcz. The ULO focuses not only on the quality of education, but also on inter-university and international cooperation, especially within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme. The official opening ceremony of the new ULO headquarters, which is located at ul.…

We invite you to read the latest special issue of 'University Gazette', inspired by the May events organised under the common title 'JERZY LIMON: Inspiration - Dialogue - Polemics' by the University of Gdańsk in cooperation with the Shakespeare Theatre in Gdańsk and the Theatrum Gedanense Foundation. The issue includes an article by the Rector of the University of Gdańsk, prof. Piotr Stepnowski, from the catalogue of…

Tons of dead fish, mass extinction of all living organisms in the Oder, in other words, a great ecological disaster. Theories to explain this phenomenon have arisen and continue to arise. We know for sure that one of the factors wreaking havoc in the Oder is algae - the so-called golden algae. How and why did they get there? Can we do anything to avoid further blooms and an ecological crisis in the future? We ask prof…

Photo by dr Kamila Stańczak What tasks should clinical psychologists perform in psychiatric care? Will they gain new competencies and support psychiatric wards? These questions are to be answered by specialists - members of a new team appointed by the Minister of Health. Among them is dr hab. Małgorzata Lipowska, prof. UG from the Faculty of Social…

Every student has probably thought about going to a foreign university for a semester or two during their academic journey. The University of Gdańsk can help such people in many ways - from the initiatives of the SEA-EU European Alliance of Coastal Universities to information meetings about the programmes in question. Find out what opportunities studying abroad at the UG opens up. SEA-EU - the five seas and an ocean…

Recruitment at the University of Gdańsk will mostly continue until mid-September. So if you are still confronted with the choice of studies, we encourage you to familiarise yourself with our offer. A detailed recruitment schedule is available on the UG website. - 'During the enrolment process for Bachelor's and Master's degrees for the 2022/2023 academic year at UG, the most…

Those wishing to professionally assist and support a selected community in crises can still take up studies on the Social Work major, implemented by the Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Gdańsk. - This is a course for those interested not only in the knowledge of contemporary social problems but also in actively solving them - says prof. dr hab. Maria Mendel, Head of the Social Pedagogy…

The Herbert-Stolzenberg Prize was awarded to dr Magdalena Jaś-Nowopolska for her scientific research on the legal conditions of freedom of doing business in Poland and Germany and the impact of the European integration process on economic relations in these countries. This was carried out jointly with the Faculty of Law and Administration of the UG as part of a scientific…

Photo by Alan Stocki/UG The agreement signed between the University of Gdańsk's Faculty of Philology and Brzeski County is aimed at mutual cooperation in the popularisation of education and support for initiatives to this end. It will also enable students to participate in selected classes conducted at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Gdańsk.…