The first meeting of the Chairpersons of the Faculty Councils of Experts for Research Development took place on 14 November at the UG Library. The Rector of the University of Gdańsk, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, presented the appointments to the chairpersons of the councils and officially inaugurated their four-year term of office, emphasising that…

Dr Grzegorz Grabe, assistant professor at the Department of Structural Biology of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, has received the prestigious FIRST TEAM FENG grant awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) as part of the European Union-funded programme European Funds for a Modern Economy (FENG) 2021-2027. The project…

Lion and dragon dances, ocarina playing and a Polish-Chinese fashion show - on 26 October, the 10th anniversary of the Confucius Institute at the University of Gdańsk was celebrated in the Prof. Jerzy Limon Theatre Hall in the Modern Languages building. ‘For ten years, we have been breaking down cultural barriers and building bridges to the Chinese…

The National Science Centre has announced the sixth ranking list of projects that have received funding under the NSC MINIATURA 9 competition. Among the winners is a researcher from the University of Gdańsk - dr Magdalena Muszel from the Institute of Sociology of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk. The pilot project led by dr…

Another success for the invention ‘Nimesulide salts and method for obtaining nimesulide salt crystals’, developed by prof. Artur Sikorski and mgr inż. Małgorzata Rybczyńska - the European Patent Office has issued a decision to grant a patent. Nimesulide is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic properties. The invention concerns new crystalline forms of the drug…

A team of three scientists from the University of Gdańsk has developed an innovative system for generating symmetric cryptographic keys and random numbers, which has been patented by the Polish Patent Office. The invention is a response to growing cyber security requirements, as it allows for the highest level of encryption security (e.g. in…

Promotion proceedings were the subject of the Council for Scientific Excellence meeting held on 20 October 2025 at the University of Gdańsk. The conference entitled ‘Promotion procedures in the light of previous experience. The practice of first and second instance bodies’ aroused the interest of researchers and raised many questions. The event,…

Prof. Marek Belka, an eminent economist, former Prime Minister and former President of the National Bank of Poland, has taken up the honorary Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski chair at the University of Gdańsk for the 2025/2026 academic year. In his inaugural lecture entitled ‘Poland and Europe in times of uncertainty’, he spoke about the consequences of the…

Two researchers from the Institute of Psychology at the University of Gdańsk have been honoured with the Copernicus Prize 2025, awarded by the Polish Neuropsychological Society. This year, dr hab Łucja Bieleninik, prof. UG and dr Ilona Bidzan-Bluma from the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology were recognised for their contribution…

fot. Sebastian Jętczak The first stage of fieldwork has been completed as part of the LIFE for Dunes PL project, which aims to protect and renaturalise dune habitats on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. The project, led by dr Magdalena Lazarus from the Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation at the Faculty of…