'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…

Photo: Arek Smykowski/UG The pandemic and prolonged lockdown have affected the mental health of many of us. In order to minimise the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the area of mental health, the University of Gdańsk is launching a University Psychological Support Centre aimed at the UG academic community: students, lecturers and university staff. We…

To Whom It May Concern, we are forwarding a corrigendum that we have received from MEiN: Persons who meet the following criteria are eligible to participate in vaccinations: academic teachers or so-called other instructors, born after December 31, 1955, currently employed at the university. We also ask those who have not yet done so to fill in their contact telephone number in the Employee Portal, under Covid-19…

- 'Marcin had lived for 19 years like any other boy, with the difference that he was passionate about chemistry - he was a laureate of the Chemistry Olympiad,' wrote Leszek Biernacki, the author of the exhibition devoted to the UG student. 35 years ago, the investigation into the death of Marcin Antonowicz, a UG chemistry student, was discontinued. His death in unexplained…

'Karl Dedecius is one of the key figures who paved the way for Polish-German rapprochement after the cataclysm of World War II,' explains dr hab. Miłosława Borzyszkowska-Szewczyk prof. UG, from the Institute of German Philology UG, and the president of the Günter Grass Association in Gdańsk. Within the framework of the Karl Dedecius Year, the Institute of German Philology UG…

Stress, anxiety, the uncertainty of tomorrow - specialists will help to deal with them. From March 2021, the UG Psychological Support Centre will offer psychological support to students, PhD students and university employees, among others, for the 'COVID-19 generation'. CWP UG has been launched since mid-February under the aegis of prof. Arnold Kłonczyński, Vice-Rector for…