The popularisation of chemistry is the main goal behind the initiative of open demonstrations of chemical experiments conducted by dr Tomasz Pluciński at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Gdańsk. The topic of the next meeting will be chemical kinetics. - 'It is considered a boring branch of chemistry, which boils down to learning mathematical formulas of differential calculus by heart. I will propose a…

Senators of the University of Gdańsk passed, during today's Senate meeting, a resolution which is an appeal on vaccination and safety of the University's academic community. A sharp rise in covid cases and deaths is also evident at the University, although not on such a dramatic scale as nationwide. The latest figures (and these are changing by the hour) presented to the Senate by the Vice-Rector for Student Affairs,…

Dr hab. Anna Machnikowska, prof. UG has been elected Chair of the Science Policy Committee. The Professor thus continues the work she started after her appointment to the Committee in 2020. The Committee for Scientific Policy is an auxiliary body of the Minister in the area of state scientific policy. The Committee evaluates the implementation of the state's scientific policy and gives its opinion on documents presented…

- 'Looking into the depths of the Polish tradition we keep reading it anew,' - says Barbara Madany, the organisational manager of the Ensemble. - 'The idea behind the jubilee celebrations can be summed up in one sentence - "Jantar is a history written by people".'. Jubilee concerts of the Ensemble have been announced for the coming weekend. The Gdańsk University Song and Dance Ensemble Jantar, comprising of students and…

Piotr Pawlak, a student of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk and a graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at the University of Gdańsk, and the Student Scientific Association 'Passionate Pediatricians' from the Medical University of Gdańsk were the winners of this year's Red Rose Competition. The edition was hosted by the University of Gdańsk. The competition, which selects the best student and the…

The 11th final of the StRuNa 2021 National Competition was held on the stage of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Among the winners of prizes for scientific clubs was the Psychological Research Circle 'Experior' from the University of Gdańsk. Once again, as part of the StRuNa 2021 competition (the name comes from the first letters of the words Studencki Ruch Naukowy [Student Scientific Movement]), prizes were awarded…

In the information on the results of enrolment for the academic year, 2021/2022 at universities supervised by the Minister of Education and Science, the University of Gdańsk was among the universities most frequently selected by university candidates. According to the status as of December 31, 2020, provided by the Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS), 349 HEIs were operating in the academic year 2020/21, of which…

November 11, National Independence Day “The day of November 11, as the anniversary of the Polish nation regaining its independent existence and as a day for all times associated with the great name of Józef Piłsudski, the victorious leader of the nation in the fight for the freedom of the homeland, is a solemn Independence Day”. November 11, we celebrate the 103d anniversary of Poland regaining independence after 123…

The Index Copernicus Value (ICV) calculated by ICV experts for the journal published by the scientists of the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography of the University of Gdańsk amounted to 149.53, which places 'Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies' in first place among journals specialising in Oceanography in this database and very high in the entire database of journals. The quarterly scientific journal…

The University of Gdańsk, in the Arts and Humanities domain rankings published on November 3, 2021, takes the 5th position among Polish universities. In the field of Arts and Humanities, our University is listed among 8 Polish universities and is ranked 5th behind Warsaw University (ranked 201-250 in the world), Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Jagiellonian University (ranked 301-400) and Nicolaus Copernicus…