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…

The Golden Crosses of the 80th Anniversary of the Home Army creation were presented to the Rector prof. Piotr Stepnowski and the Vice-Rector dr hab. Arnold Kłonczyński, prof. UG by the representatives of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers prof. Jerzy Grzywacz and mgr inż. Tomasz Kuplicki. It is a distinction awarded to institutions and individuals of particular merit for preserving the memory of wartime and…

On the day of William Shakespeare's birthday, the library of prof. Jerzy Limon in the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre was ceremoniously opened. The book collection comprises about 3200 volumes of an interdisciplinary nature. - 'It is a humanist library in the fullest sense of the word since it represents its owner's "Renaissance tendency" to combine many aspects of reality, a dialogue between various fields of science and a…

The rectors of Pomeranian universities, who signed an agreement of intent to start scientific cooperation for the development of offshore wind energy in November last year, discussed further activities at the Koszalin University of Technology. The University of Gdańsk was represented by Rector prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski. Photo by Marcin Golik / Koszalin…