The media reported that the University of Gdańsk, together with the Gdańsk University of Technology, was among 17 Polish universities listed in the QS World ranking. The media say that the ranking has been published recently. There is some truth and - unfortunately - also a mistake in it. True - because in the overall QS World ranking the University of Gdańsk was indeed listed along with 15 other Polish universities, as…

At the age of 10, her adventure with short track began one of the youngest disciplines in winter sports. As she admits, it was quite accidental. Nikola Mazur, a first-year full-time student of Economics at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdańsk, became the Polish vice-champion in short track last weekend, which ended the 2020/21 start season, at distances of 500…

The new March issue of the University Gazette, which is almost a hundred pages long, will soon be available to readers. It contains not only a chronicle of the most important events of the past month at our University but also articles and interviews as well as a broad presentation of the Faculty of Philology of the University of Gdańsk. Among the larger forms, an article…

The University of Gdansk has signed a cooperation agreement with the University of Montenegro. According to the signatories, it will increase educational and research opportunities for students and lecturers of both universities. Montenegro as Region 1 (Western Balkans) is currently on the list of Erasmus KA107 partner countries. - There are currently no restrictions related…

For the 12th time, representatives of the Independent Students' Union are encouraging their peers to share their scientific, artistic and social achievements. The Student Nobel Prize is being launched - the only nationwide scholarship competition created by students for students. The Student Nobel Prize is a cyclical competition organised by the Independent Students'…

Transport from a historical perspective will be the topic of the meeting, to which you are invited by the Academic PhD Club of History of the University of Gdańsk. The National Student-Doctoral Research Conference will take place on March 19, 2021, online. Three years ago, when the first conference was organised, it was thought that it would not be a topic for a large…

An interdisciplinary monograph by dr Tomasz Snarski from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk entitled 'Kościół katolicki wobec kary śmierci. Między prawem a filozofią i teologią' (TN: The Catholic Church and the Death Penalty. Between Law, Philosophy and Theology') has been published in a series of publications entitled Biblioteka Więzi. - The…

The European University of the Seas SEA-EU is pleased to offer an intensive online course “Introduction to the monitoring of algal blooms with remote sensing”. Students will have the opportunity to learn more about the harmful algal blooms, the optical oceanography and the remote sensing techniques. The program includes 6 hours of theory lessons, 9 hours of workshops. The…

The Department of Material Criminal Law and Criminology of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk, together with the Academic Circle of Criminal Law of the University of Gdańsk, would like to invite you to the 10th open scientific meeting within the framework of the cyclical project 'Gdańsk Fridays with Criminal Law'. The introductory paper entitled…

Six partners of the European University SEA-EU invite students of the University of Gdansk for a culinary event called SEA-EU 2021 Cooking Experience. The event aims to make young scientists interested in the diversity of European food and make them aware of how what we eat affects our health, economy and environment. Local competitions will be held at each partner university…

On Wednesday, March 24, the second lecture in the series on topics related to scientific integrity will be held under the title 'Falsification and fabrication of scientific data. Practice and implications'. Prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the University of Gdańsk and dr hab. Sławomir Steinborn, prof. UG, Ombudsman for Scientific Reliability invite for the cycle of…

Ewa Karolina Cichocka talks to prof. dr hab. Beata Możejko from the Faculty of History, co-organiser of the next academic conference entitled 'Celebrities of the past eras. Scandals, secrets, romances and other excesses.' - It is hard to believe how eventful the lives of former celebrities were. Infidelities, illegitimate offspring, high-profile divorces and scandals were…

Motto: Sometimes I remember something very important from family stories, but without the context of the accompanying events. That is why I looked very hard for family contexts in this book. Professor, this is the third novel in your output and the eighth literary book. The now well-known and respected economist and scientist working in Poland and abroad made his debut at the…

Photo: Krzysztof Krzempek, PG The establishment of the Fahrenheit University Association is one of the most important events in the academic history of Gdańsk and Pomerania. On Friday, the Minister of Education and Science, Mr Przemysław Czarnek, acquainted himself with the plans for the development of the Association's activities and the opportunities…

Dr Barbara Kijewska from the Department of Public Policy and Administration at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Gdańsk has been appointed to the Gdańsk Equal Treatment Council for the second term. The Council is to deal with equality issues, counteracting discrimination and intolerance. Dr Kijewska has a research background in equality policies, so she will be…

Another programme supporting scientific development within the Excellence Initiative - the Research University - UG Young Research Group Leaders Programme (junG) has been opened at the University of Gdansk. The programme aims to encourage young scientists to carry out groundbreaking research at the University of Gdańsk. The programme is aimed at people (not only UG employees…

Dr Tadeusz Sznajderski from the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk was appointed to the Programme Council of the Polish Radio in Koszalin for the next term. He was recommended by the Association of Polish Journalists, the largest creative and professional organisation of the journalistic…

Open meetings in the form of scientific cafés bring the scientific activities of university staff closer to a wider audience. In the next part of the series of meetings, a lecture entitled 'Influential women in past times: warriors, rulers, celebrities' will be presented by prof. dr hab. Beata Możejko from the Historical Faculty of UG. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at 18:00, via MS Teams…

Members of the 'Experior' Psychological Research Club. They study behavioural addictions, personality psychology, mindfulness topics, and the psychology of the internet and education. So far, they have received over 100 scholarships, awards and prizes, and there are still more to come. We are talking about psychology students from the Psychological…

On Thursday, March 11th, at 6 p.m., the UG DKF Miłość Blondynki (Love the Blonde) invites you to a discussion about the film Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta (TN: Kill It and Leave This Town) directed by Mariusz Wilczyński. The special guest will be dr hab. Paweł Sitkiewicz, prof. UG. The author of the picture is Mariusz Wilczyński, winner of the Golden Lions for Best Film at…

Photo: Simon Frederick/unsplash.com Dear students, PhD students, lecturers, administrative employees, listeners, fans, and enthusiasts of Radio MORS UG - from now on you can listen to news services also in English. Whether you want to improve your English, are a foreigner, studying as part of an Erasmus exchange, and want to be up to date with academic…

The Monitoring Committee of the South Baltic Interreg Programme 2014-2020 decided to extend the SEAPLANSPACE project "Maritime spatial planning instruments for sustainable management of the sea" due to new activities to be financially supported under the Programme with an additional EUR 42,814.99 from the European Regional Development Fund. The international project…

Photo: Arek Smykowski We talk about the Science Cafés project, ways to popularise science and its social responsibility with dr hab. Beata Grobelna, prof. UG, Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Gdańsk and head of the project 'Science Clubs at the University of Gdańsk - known and unknown faces of science' - a project under the programme…

Supporting and developing the scientific activity of young scientists, the Gdańsk Scientific Society and the Mayor of the City of Gdańsk awarded annual prizes for outstanding scientific achievements. The awards are granted to people under 35 years of age. Among the winners, there are scientists from the University of Gdańsk. Every year the Gdańsk Scientific Society and the…

Until the end of March, published reviews (from 2019-2020) can be submitted to the 8th edition of the national Andrzej Żurowski competition for young theatre critics. The finalists, who will receive awards from the President of the City of Gdynia and the Marshal of Pomorskie Voivodeship, will be announced in May. The Andrzej Żurowski National Competition for Theatre Reviews…

What do we not know about the greats of this world? What did Ramses II, Nero, Bona Sforza, Sigismund II Augustus, Isabella d'Este, Napoleon Bonaparte, Teofila Radziwiłł and others hide? This is what we will find out during a two-day conference entitled Celebrities of past eras and their scandals, secrets, love affairs and other excesses, which will be held on March 11-12,…

Two full-size sports halls, stands for over 500 spectators, a fitness room, a gym, a climbing wall, a football stadium, tennis courts, a 4-lane running track with a polyurethane surface - all this will be part of the UG Sports Centre to be built on the university's Oliwa campus at Wita Stwosza 31/37. The investment is planned to be financed from the university's funds and…

On the occasion of today's Women's Day, we wish all our female scientists, employees and students joy in achieving their goals and perseverance in achieving them. We also wish that your everyday activities will give you freedom and satisfaction and that they will often make you cross impossible boundaries. We asked prof. dr hab. Ewa Łojkowska from the Intercollegiate Faculty…

On the occasion of today's Women's Day, we wish all our female scientists, employees and students joy in achieving their goals and perseverance in achieving them. We also wish that your everyday activities will give you freedom and satisfaction and that they will often make you cross impossible boundaries. We asked prof. dr hab. Ewa Łojkowska from the Intercollegiate Faculty…

In the first days of March the biggest skiing competition for the student community - the Academic Championships of Poland - was held in Zakopane. Maria Leonowicz, a member of AZS University of Gdańsk, was very successful in this event and won the gold medal in the university classification in the giant slalom. Coverage from the event: Piotr Walczak, chairman of AZS UG On 1-3…