As the Scientific Circle of Historians at the University of Gdańsk: we would like to invite you to a meeting, during which we will discuss the differences and similarities regarding all aspects of studying and scientific research in the field of historical sciences in the U.S. and in Poland. Our speakers: - Professor John Dunn (Valdosta State University), who is currently visiting the University of Gdańsk, a specialist…

- 'Today's meeting is the opening of a dialogue with the South African government. I hope that at the end of my four-year term, your universities will be attended by students from our country,' - said the South African Ambassador in Poland, Ms Nomvule Mngomezulu during the meeting at the University of Gdańsk. On November 19, representatives of the Association of Fahrenheit Universities presented Ambassador Nomvule…

Researchers from UG were among the winners of the MINIATURA 5 competition organised by the National Centre for Science. Funding for individual scientific activities was granted to researchers from the Faculty of Biology, the International Centre for Research on Cancer Vaccines and the Faculty of Law and Administration of UG. The MINIATURA competition aims to support scientific activities leading to the preparation of a…

Mgr Sandra Żukowska and Mgr Beata Chmiel, second-year PhD students at the Doctoral School won second place in the national competition 'EkoMasters'.   The subject of the competition was to present a postulate, an idea or a project concerning a change in the way of functioning of the university, a selected organizational unit of the university or persons forming the academic community, which could result in a decrease in…

The University of Gdańsk, as the first public university in Poland, has received official accreditation from Ashoka - Journey to Changemakers' Campus. This distinction is awarded for the course of pedagogy of innovation, which engages students to introduce concrete, socially necessary changes. The distinction awarded to the University of Gdańsk by Ashoka (an international non-governmental organisation of social…

On Thursday, November 4th, the Gdansk University of Technology hosted the first of three debates for academic communities, entitled 'Why do we need the Farenheit Universities' Union?', which was attended by the Union's authorities: the rectors of GUMed, PG and UG and the Union's director, prof. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska. Other guests invited to the event included Dariusz Drelich, Voivode of Pomerania, Mieczysław Struk,…

To streamline the circulation of documents between the MUG, Gdańsk Tech and UG, the Fahrenheit Universities is launching interuniversity post. Each of the member universities will collect and deliver documents in the morning hours in a monthly cycle. The University of Gdańsk will be the first to undertake this task, and the Medical University of Gdańsk and Gdańsk University of Technology will follow.   The FarU Post…

In the third edition of the Polish Language Promotion Programme of the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), two grants were awarded to the University of Gdańsk. The Academic Centre for Polish Language and Culture in collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Development will carry out a project between Gdańsk and Dublin. Grants from NAWA for the promotion of the Polish language and culture abroad will be…

  Economists and representatives of financial institutions from Poland and Europe met in Sopot on September 13-15. The European Financial Congress was attended among others by presidents and board members of the 50 largest institutions from the financial sector, over 150 panellists from Poland and abroad, 150 media representatives and 60 students and doctoral students from Polish and foreign universities…

Over 11 million new cases of cardiovascular disease are recorded every year in Europe. Also in Poland, these diseases constitute a major social problem and the greatest threat to the health of our country's inhabitants. One of the basic diagnostic tools in cardiology remains the ECG recording - a non-invasive test that shows the bioelectrical activity of the heart. It is ECG recordings that provide valuable data for…