In recognition of her work for the development of Sobieszewska Island, dr Katarzyna Żółkoś was posthumously awarded the 'Island's Amber Treasure' ('Bursztynowy Skarb Wyspy') statuette.  The award was handed to dr Dorota Myślińska, Vice-Dean for Student Affairs and Development of the Faculty of Biology, by Piotr Kryszewski, Deputy Mayor for Community…

During the National Celebration of World Hydrography Day (WHD 2023), the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography of the UG, together with the Faculty of Navigation and Naval Armament of the AMW, was honoured with the newly established 'Hydrographer's Laurel' ('Laur Hydrografa') award. On June 30 this year, representatives of the Navy, local governments,…

From left: dr Justyna Michałek Kwiecień, dr hab. Maria Kaźmierczak, prof. UG, prof. dr hab. Beata Pastwa-Wojciechowska, and prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski The appointment of six new professors at the university, changes to postgraduate study programmes, or awards to faculty and researchers for scientific achievements are just some…

Creative debates, exchange of views, and approaching innovative solutions to social problems will be fostered by meetings of researchers during the 3rd Congress of Young Science at the University of Gdańsk. During the three-day event, young scientists will have the opportunity to present their research in dozens of panel discussions. The…

The University of Gdańsk has moved up two places in the university classification in the latest Perspektywy ranking. We also maintained our high 16th position in the all-university classification. We were promoted in 6 groups of individual criteria (there are 8 in total). The faculty of Biotechnology (IFB) advanced and is the second-best faculty in the country (jointly with the University of Warsaw), giving way only to…

Sebastian Barczak and Mateusz Baluk are respectively the new president and vice-president of the UG Doctoral Council. On June 14, 2023, the unit's first meeting for the term 2023-2025 was held. After being unanimously voted in favour of his candidacy, mgr Sebastian Barczak thanked the members for their trust and invited them to continue working for the…

The Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdańsk, according to the results of the latest ranking of law faculties in Poland by the Rzeczpospolita daily, was ranked 4th among public universities in Poland. The overall assessment consisted of three main components: academic potential, quality of education and foreign cooperation. Regarding the quality of education among public universities, the WPiA UG…

A Student Services Employee Association and Deans' Offices delegation from the University of Gdańsk participated in the Forum for University Administration Employees deliberations held on June 15-16 this year at the Leon Kozminski Academy in Warsaw. The main topic of the meeting was the challenges of digitisation of universities. The University of Gdańsk was represented at the event by members of the Student Services…

Viva Dydaktyka - once again, the Centre for Didactic Improvement and Tutoring UG summed up a year of its activities with a festive meeting for those wishing to learn about new teaching methods and those interested in developing higher education.  This year's VIVA DYDAKTYKA began with a lecture by prof. dr hab. Marlena Lembicz from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań entitled 'Didactics in the process of exploration…

Applications for more than PLN 97 million were submitted by scientists from the University of Gdańsk to the just-concluded 49th competition of the National Science Centre. This was 13 more than last year - 115 projects were submitted to the NCN. 64 applications were submitted to the OPUS 25 programme and 51 to the PRELUDIUM 22 programme.   The National…