According to the international Leiden Ranking, the University of Gdańsk is the 10th university with the highest PA(F|FM) ratio. This means that at UG, the ratio of female authors in scientific publications to the number of all male and female authors is very high at 53.2%. The Leiden Ranking analyses more than 1,300 research centres from all over the world in terms of science, collaboration, open access publications and…

As part of the 'Active Univeristy' course, seventeen children of employees of the University of Gdańsk took part in a five-day artistic and recreational summer play centre organised by the UG Centre for Physical Education and Sport and the UG Academic Sports Club. Children love to acquire new information and learn about the world through experience, touch, contact with nature…

UG dormitory in Oliwa. Photo by Alan Stocki/UG. Are you planning a holiday by the Polish seaside? If you intend to visit the Tricity and not spend a fortune on accommodation, check out the offer of the UG student dormitories. During the summer holidays, the university offers accommodation in its student dormitories - in comfortable conditions and a great…

We would like to invite students, doctoral students and employees of the University of Gdańsk to participate in one-day Saturday excursions in the series "Historical holidays with CASiD", organised by the Centre for Student and Doctoral Activities in cooperation with the UG Students' Parliament, the Student Self-Government Council of the UG Faculty of History and the editors of the 'University Gazette'. This project…

A meeting to summarise the performances of the volleyball teams of the Academic Sports Association of the University of Gdańsk in the last academic year was held on July 7, with UG Rector prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski. Changes to the U23 competition were also discussed. The promotion and development of women's volleyball at UG has long been one of the top topics in the AZS.…

Improve your skills. A Chinese language course organised by the Confucius Institute is launching this summer. There are courses available for the basics (HSK 1-2), intermediate (HSK 3-4) and seasoned learners (HSK 5-6).  Classes will run from July to September. Participants will improve their communication and cultural skills in Chinese under the guidance of a qualified and experienced teacher. The entire course…

The Congress of Young Science is an international and multidisciplinary scientific conference that will take place at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Gdańsk from July 7 to 10, 2022. In dozens of panels, scientists will present the results of their research, discuss their theses, establish scientific contacts, and more. The topics to be presented at the conference will not be limited, with…

Fot. Archiwum UG We had no shortage of ideas for projects to make UG's facilities and outdoor areas more welcoming and environmentally friendly. A total of 58 projects were submitted to the first University of Gdańsk Academic Citizens' Budget, including 31 staff and 27 student projects. The deadline for submitting projects was Thursday June 30. There were…

Dr hab. Maciej Wojciechowski (from left) and the Editor-in-Chief of "State and Law", Supreme Court Judge prof. Andrzej Wróbel. Dr hab. Maciej Wojciechowski from the Department of the Theory and Philosophy of State and Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk has won first prize in the prestigious competition - organised…

Prof. dr hab. Maciej Żylicz, a UG graduate and former Vice-Rector for Science at our University, talks about his turbulent path from student to President of the FNP. Marcel Jakubowski: - You finished secondary school with a sports profile in Zielona Góra, almost 500 km from Gdańsk. What made you choose to study physics at our university, which is not related to sport?  - It was a bit the other way around. I was born in…

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…