‘Remember that studies are not only programmes and syllabuses, but they are first and foremost people. It is above all the academic staff, which here are internationally renowned specialists. Take advantage of this as much as you can, because such an opportunity may not come again’ - this is how the academic year at the Intercollegiate Faculty of…

Fot. M. Jakubowski With reflection on history, bold plans for the future, and the spirit of togetherness, the Faculty of Social Sciences officially opened the academic year 2024/2025. During the inauguration ceremony, the role of the social sciences - including sociological sciences, the discipline represented by prof. Andrzej…

Doctoral promotions, awards from the Rector of UG, and a lecture on bird behaviourism - the Faculty of Biology was the first to inaugurate the 2024/25 academic year! ‘Allow me to mention three people who are particularly distinguished for the establishment of the Faculty of Biology in 2008. I am thinking here of Professor Barbara Lipińska, Professor…

photo by Alan Stocki Not only science, but also the university's broadly understood mission related to the shaping of values serving the good of mankind, freedom and democracy became an important motif of the ceremonial Inauguration of the Academic Year 2024/2025 at the University of Gdańsk. An important part of the ceremony, which…

Representatives of the University of Gdańsk represented the SEA-EU alliance at the European Association for International Education (EAIE) trade fair and conference in Toulouse. The event attracted more than 7,000 people and over 200 exhibitors. Representatives of the coastal alliance showcased the uniqueness of SEA-EU during sessions, panels, and many…

photo by Mateusz Byczkowski Prof. dr hab. Aneta Lewińska has been appointed the Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Gdańsk. ‘I am always open to all talks, proposals and discussions,’ she emphasises. As Director of the CI, prof. Aneta Lewińska plans, among other things, to broaden the scope of the Institute's…

The Rector and Senate of the University of Gdansk are honoured to invite you to the inauguration of the Academic Year 2024/2025 and the conferment of an honorary doctorate title to Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki The ceremony will take place on October 1, 2024, at 10.00 a.m. at the Main Library of the University of Gdańsk   In the programme of…

Is it possible to create safe fire? How to build an armour to fight a tumour? What are intramedullary nails and what do mobile underwater robots resemble? The Pomeranian Researchers' Night will answer all these questions and many more on September 27, this year. Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk University of Technology, the Maritime University of…

R/v Oceania, a ship of the Institute of Oceanology PAS, has completed the 38th AREX cruise - over a three-month-long expedition to the Arctic. The vessel arrived at the Zbożowe Quay on September 11. It was welcomed on shore not only by scientists from IO PAS and families of the crew and researchers but also by representatives from the University of…

There is a little-known episode from the history of Polish-Indian relations. In 1942, Digvijaysinghji Ranjitsinghji Jadeja established the Polish Children's Camp in Jamnagar-Balachadi, in the Indian state of Gujarat for refugee Polish children who were brought out of the USSR during World War II. The camp existed until 1945. Then the children were…

A new academic year and new attractions organised by the Herder Centre at the UG. We invite you to events, workshops and lectures on Arthur Schopenhauer's philosophy, the use of phraseologisms in German or the history of the building in which the most luxurious hotel in Gdańsk was built. This Friday, 13 September, the first workshop in the series will already take place! Open Days at the Herder Centre…

'As Poles, we are no longer mono-ethnic, but multi-ethnic. We are internally diverse and we must - whether we want it or not - look for a non-ethnic unifying formula,' said dr hab. Adela Kożyczkowska, prof. UG, who was appointed to the Programme Council of the Institute of Linguistic Diversity of the Republic as of 2 September 2024. The new cultural…

Representatives of Pomeranian universities, local government authorities, doctoral and student communities will once again walk with the orchestra in the heart of Gdańsk, along Długa Street - this year's ceremonial opening of the academic year is planned on October 5th at 11 am. A colorful march accompanied by musicians and the sounds of carillons will be a symbol of integration and unity of the academic community, a…

The time has come for Q-Con 2024, the grand conclusion of two weeks dedicated to quantum technology and mechanics at UG. The international event attracted prominent experts from around the world - including prof. Charles H. Bennett and prof. Harald Weinfurter - as well as the authorities of the city of Gdańsk. The speakers talked about issues in…

Photo by Marcel Jakubowski Meetings with REGIONAL EXAMINATION COMMISSION representatives, presentations of universities and fields of study, stands of higher education institutions from all over Poland - for two days, on September 5 and 6, the University became a place where ‘matura meets studies’. The Gdańsk Matura Salon,…

The Medal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland was collected from the hands of the Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska by the Rector of the University of Gdańsk, prof. Piotr Stepnowski. The medal was established to honour individuals, organisations, institutions and other entities for special merits to the…

Photo by Tomasz Ozdoba/Chancellery of the Senate The Senate Committees on Foreign Affairs and on Climate and Environment deliberated in Tricity on the safety and protection of the waters of the Baltic Sea. The first of the invited experts to speak was the UG Rector, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski. After the meeting, the shipowners…

Dr Maurycy Żarczyński at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2023 - San Francisco Is the ‘megadrought’, which took place about 4 200 years ago, an event of global significance? According to the International Commission on Stratigraphy, yes, while according to the authors of the publication that appeared in Nature…

The International Centre for Theory Of Quantum Technologies (ICTQT UG) invites you to a lecture by the eminent expert in quantum physics and information, prof. Charles Bennett. The event is a prelude to the Q-con Conference: Shaping the Future of Quantum,organised by WMFI and ICTQT . A guest of the Univ. of Gdansk will give a talk entitled. ‘Insights…

The Rector, prof. Piotr Stepnowski, assumed the chairmanship of the Fahrenheit Universities during the Assembly of The Union of Universities in Gdańsk Daniel Fahrenheit. The function was handed over by the previous Chairman, prof. Marcin Gruchała, Rector of the Medical University of Gdańsk. According to the Statutes of the Union, the chairman's term of office lasts two years and formally commences on September 1. The…

From left: Director of ILS UG prof. Hadrian Lankiewicz, Director of Scuola Leonardo da Vici dr Pier Alberto Merli, Didactic Supervisor of Scuola Leonardo da Vici Roma dr Francesca Grasso   Due to the great interest in the new English-Italian specialisation at the Faculty of Applied Linguistics, there will be not one, but…

photo by Alan Stocki From the basics of quantum theory to quantum cryptography - the Quantum Summer School has begun at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at the University of Gdańsk. For the next two weeks, Gdańsk will be the capital of quantum technology, a reminder of the University of Gdańsk's significant…

The Executive Board of the UG Golf Club accompanied by the UG Rector. Photo by Alan Stocki/UG Promoting and popularising the game of golf in the academic community and supporting the student golf sports section are among the main objectives of the just-formed UG Golf Club. The founding assembly of the UG Golf Club was held at the…

Exploiting and reinforcing gender stereotypes, including strengthening a sense of threat to masculinity, is one of the strategies used by anti-democratic organisations, among others, to recruit new members. MEN4DEM (Masculinity for the Future of European Democracy), a new project in Horizon Europe, aims to look at this phenomenon. The project has been…

From the left: prof. Menno van Zaanen and the visit coordinator dr Karolina Rudnicka Swazi, Tsonga, Venda, Zulu - these are just a few of the 12 official languages of South Africa. Researching their structure, usage and nuances is truly Sisyphean work. This is exactly what UG Visiting Professor Menno Van Zaanen from North West…

Last weekend, the Polish Steam Championship in Middle-earth: Strategy Battle Game, organised by Tricity Battles in Middle-earth, the University of Gdańsk Library and the UGranie Scientific Circle, took place. Nearly a hundred participants and organisers spent the weekend on the first floor of the University of Gdansk Library, passionately observing the…

photo by CWFiS The participants of the holiday course called ‘Active Uni 2024’ went on a journey around the world. The classes for employees' children - as every year - were very popular. ‘This is yet another edition of sports and recreational activities in the form of a half-term holiday course that we, as the Centre for Physical…

Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski It is the 50th anniversary of the ceremony of awarding the first doctor honoris causa title at the University of Gdańsk. This distinction was awarded to inż. Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski - for his contribution to the development of the Polish maritime economy and general economic theory. The ceremony took place on 19…

An article by dr hab. Sebastian Mahlik, prof. UG and dr hab. inż Natalia Majewska from the Department of Condensed Phase Spectroscopy UG has been published in one of the most important journals devoted to chemistry - the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The researchers describe a discovery concerning the mechanisms of luminescence quenching in dielectrics doped with transition metal ions. The materials they…

Although there are no students at the university in the summer, the campus is still vibrant! In the eco-park and around the faculties you can find blossoming coneflowers or buddleia bushes, as well as fruiting apple, pear, and rowan trees. Take a look at our photo report of the green UG campus, one of the most beautiful places in Gdańsk. It is worth mentioning that the university's greenery is taken care of by Green…