Three scientists from the University of Gdańsk were among the winners of this year's Minister of Science and Higher Education Awards. The awards ceremony took place on 20 February 2026 during the Polish Science Gala at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw - one of the most important annual events in the academic community, organised to celebrate Polish Science Day. Laureates from the University of Gdańsk…

The year 2026 begins with the University of Gdańsk moving up in important global university rankings, confirming its strong position among Polish universities. The QS agency has published the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2026, covering 958 universities from across Europe. The University of Gdańsk has once again been…

Among the projects that received funding in the latest Horizon Europe programme competitions were four projects co-implemented by the University of Gdańsk. The prestigious grants will help finance research in the areas of counteracting authoritarianism through democratic action, judicial independence and the rule of law in the European Union,…

Prof. Natalia Marek-Trzonkowska, director of the International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science (ICCVS), was invited by the European Commission to join a group of 20 experts who debated in Brussels on 4 February the legitimacy of introducing vaccinations to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCD). Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of…

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. It is estimated that nearly 1.7 million patients are diagnosed with it each year, and over 500,000 die from it. In Poland, breast cancer has become one of the greatest threats causing premature mortality in women over the last century. Dr Justyna Topa from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG…

A record 15 entries from 8 faculties and a new category for social sciences and humanities - this is what the fifth edition of the Young Fahrenheit competition organised by the UG Univentum Labs special purpose vehicle in cooperation with the Technology Transfer Office looked like. The final took place on 9 February 2026 at the Rector's Office of the…

Prof. Michał Horodecki from the International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies (ICTQT UG) has won the Jan Hevelius Science Award of the City of Gdańsk for 2025 in the category of natural and exact sciences. ‘Jan Heweliusz was a symbol of knowledge and a man who looked at the sky not just to look, but to discover what we cannot name. Today's…

The ‘Nature’ journal has published a groundbreaking article on the HepS protein in Salmonella enterica bacteria, co-authored by dr Grzegorz Grabe from the Department of Structural Biology at the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG. ‘The knowledge gained in this work can be used to optimise phage therapy, an increasingly important…

On 28 January, QS published the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2026, covering 958 universities from across Europe. The University of Gdańsk was once again included in this ranking, improving its position and taking 321st place. It is worth noting that this year's edition of the ranking was much broader, with nearly 300 newly…

The results of the 6th call for applications for the ‘UG Visiting Professors’ programme are now known. This year, thanks to funding under this programme, fifteen researchers from thirteen countries around the world will visit our university! The visits will take place in ten faculties and units of the University of Gdańsk. ‘UG Visiting Professors’ is a programme created as part of the ‘Excellence Initiative - Research…