Exactly 336 years ago, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was born in Gdańsk - a physicist and engineer, inventor of, among others, the mercury thermometer, creator of the world-famous temperature measurement scale, as well as the patron of the Fahrenheit Universities - which are co-created by the Gdańsk Medical University, the Gdańsk University of Technology and the University of Gdańsk. On the occasion of the anniversary of…

Fahrenheit Universities invite you to a series of discussions under the common motto Public Space. There is a place for your voice, concerning the role and significance of places accessible to the public in various aspects. Lectures by experts from GUMed, PG and UG are organised jointly with the Self-government of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, as part of a strategic undertaking called the Pomeranian Public Space…

The project 'Local, open, solidarity - narratives about multicultural Gdańsk' ('LOSt in Gdańsk'), carried out by the Academic Centre for Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners in cooperation with the Faculty of Philology of UG and the Centre for Sustainable Development, received funding from the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) under the SPINAKER programme…

Five cultural institutions located in Gdańsk along the Radunia Canal and Hevelius Square have signed a letter of intent for the 'RadUNIA of Culture' programme at the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre. Among the signatories is the Museum of the University of Gdańsk. The objective of this cooperation is to strengthen cultural activity in the Old Town, to demonstrate the potential of the institutions operating in this area and to…

In March 2022, the Polish-Ukrainian scientific programme organised by the University of Gdańsk was launched. Scientists from our university were able to invite researchers from Ukraine for joint research.  The UG International Cooperation Office asked our guests about their experiences during this programme. Each of the twelve respondents rated their stay here as very good, and the best aspects of it included moral…

The National Science Centre has settled a special programme for scientists fleeing war. Out of 213 applications from refugees from Ukraine, NCN selected 51 laureates. They are mainly researchers from Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv. Three of them currently reside at the University of Gdańsk at the Faculty of Biology, Faculty of History and the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed.  The programme prepared by the…

House of Danzig Research Society - the main seat of the Museum of Archaeology in Gdańsk Prof. dr hab. Beata Możejko from the Institute of History and dr hab. Marcin Wąs, prof. UG from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology have become representatives of the University of Gdańsk in the Council of the Archaeological Museum in Gdańsk. Until 2026,…

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk has become one of the most important places on the map of Gdańsk connected with helping Ukraine. All thanks to the Students for Ukraine collection, which has been organised at the Faculty for over two months. The action currently includes activities related to the collection of food, medical supplies, transport of gifts to Ukraine, collection of funds as well as…

The Rector of the University of Gdańsk, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, and the Rector of the Odessa I.I.Mechnikov National University, prof. Vyacheslav Truba signed an agreement on scientific cooperation in areas related to student education. The University of Gdańsk will also support the admission of a partner university from Ukraine to the SEA-EU alliance of coastal European universities. The signing of the agreement…

Oleksander Plodysty, Consul General of Ukraine in Gdańsk What does the work of a representative of the diplomatic corps in another country look like in practice? What does the consul think about the current situation in 🇺🇦 Ukraine, which has been struggling with Russian aggression for over two months now? What does he think is most necessary and how does…