Photo: Arek Smykowski/UG On behalf of the academic community, the rector of the University of Gdańsk, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski laid flowers at the monument in Sopot dedicated to the fallen and murdered soldiers of the Home Army. The first of March is celebrated as the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers. Monuments dedicated to the…

Everyone's right to equal treatment and protection from discrimination is a fundamental human right. On March 1, we celebrate the International Day of Non-Discrimination. - 'Today we especially want to emphasise that the activity of the University of Gdańsk is based on the conviction that justice, equality and responsibility for others are the basic values on which the Human…

The Women's Debate will take place on Friday, March 5, as part of 'Women's Week at UG'. The online conversation will focus on social issues, in particular the functioning of women in society. The topic of sexual education, gender equality or menstrual poverty will be raised. The event will be accompanied by a collection for the Centre for Women's Rights in Gdańsk. The event…

Sexual education for young people is carried out on the internet by the Ars Amandi Students' Circle of Sexology at the University of Gdańsk.- 'Our social media are not only about education but also sometimes about counselling and support,' - says Barbara Grabowska, a member of the Ars Amandi Circle. The members of the Ars Amandi Society are mainly psychology students from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of…

The University of Gdańsk is preparing for its 50th-Jubilee termination celebrations. In connection with the pandemic and the restrictions in force, as well as with regard to employee safety, the Rector, prof. Piotr Stepnowski has decided that the 50th-anniversary medals for persons of particular merit to the university will be presented at various faculties on different days…

'We express our deep concern about the changes introduced on February 9 and 18, 2021, by the Ministry of Education and Science, without consultation with the Commission for the Evaluation of Science, to the list of scientific journals and peer-reviewed materials from international conferences. The announced update of the list of journals raises justified doubts in the…

I would like to inform you that the registration of UG employees for vaccination has been completed. I would like to thank the academic community of our University for the high number of participants in the registration process. Those who, for various reasons, were not able to register will be able to do so in the next round, according to the information from MEiN. The lists of registered persons have been forwarded to…

The enrolment of UG employees for online language courses organised within the Welcome to Poland - University of Gdańsk - Internationally Friendly project for the summer term 2020/2021 is now open. The International Cooperation Office and the Foreign Languages Centre of the University of Gdańsk would like to invite you to take part in online English language courses for…

- 'Celebration of Science at the University in a sense takes place every day. Science is the essence of our existence as an institution and as scientists who every day unravel the sense and essence of the phenomena, behaviour, processes of the world around us,' - says prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the University of Gdańsk. On February 19th we celebrate for the…

- 'I managed to do two things during the bidding for WOŚP,' says Bartosz Blum, who auctioned off a cruise aboard a research vessel of the University of Gdańsk during this year's WOŚP finale. - 'I'm glad that the money will go to the Orchestra, which I always support, and that I'll be able to fulfil my dreams and sail on an Oceanograf.' Bartosz Blum is the owner of a company…