Exhibition space It is a matter of the next few months before the University of Gdańsk Museum, based at 5 Bielańska Street in Gdańsk, opens a permanent exhibition dedicated to the university's history. It will include artefacts relating to the most significant events in the 54 years of the University of Gdańsk's existence and more!…

A month full of inspiring meetings at the Andrzej Wajda Film Centre of the University of Gdańsk lies ahead. Come and join us! On February 9 at 6 p.m., we will play Hundreds of Beavers (2022) by Mike Cheslik, a slapstick comedy that pays tribute to the best Buster Keaton films with its wit and unpredictability! After the screening, we will talk to…

Five intriguing documentaries about social controversies and extraordinary characters from the world of American politics and beyond. Behind them all is one man: American director Errol Morris. We invite you to the Andrzej Wajda UG Film Centre, where a screening of the documentary filmmaker's films will begin on January 19. The screenings will be…

photo by Krzysztof Puda Gold diplomas in the mixed choir and contemporary music categories, as well as special awards for the best performance of a work by prof. Józef Świder and the best performance of a work by a living Polish composer - these were the achievements of the UG Academic Choir at the 8th Prof. Józef Świder…

The eighth edition of the international cultural project Nordic Focus Festival has come to an end. As every year, the event organisers took the participants on an unforgettable journey through the frosty, constantly astonishing Nordic countries.   The first day of the festival (November 24) The festival began with an official welcome to the guests by…

Kaśka Paluch, photo Zuzanna Litwinko 'Noise from Iceland' is an artistic and documentary project that aims to collect field recordings from different corners of Iceland. One of the inspirations for this idea was an encounter with a blind tourist: ‘While working as a guide in the lava cave Raufarhólshellir, I was assigned as a…

Uncovering the 17th-century frescoes, the restoration of gilding within the portal, and the reconstruction of carvings - these are just some of the results of the months-long renovation works in the House of the Abbots of Pelplin, a historical townhouse belonging to the University of Gdańsk. On November 15 this year, the academic community of the…

Renowned researcher of Günter Grass's work, prof. Dieter Stolz was a guest at the University of Gdańsk on Tuesday, November 7 and gave a lecture entitled 'The Writer as Troublemaker. On the role of politics in the work of Günter Grass / Der Autor als Störenfried. Zur Rolle des Politischen bei Günter Grass'. The artist, born in the Free City of Gdańsk (…

Images, sounds, and the social situation of the Nordic countries will be the theme of this year's Nordic Focus Festival. It is the eighth time that lovers of the North will meet in Gdańsk! In the current edition, we will be getting to know the culture, history and reality of the Nordic countries through, among other things, film screenings…

Cinematic Poland is an initiative of the Andrzej Wajda Film Centre and the International Cooperation Office UG created with the foreign academic community in mind. Screenings of Polish films will help familiarise visitors with our culture and history. The Medical University of Gdańsk has joined the UG project. The first screening in the Cinematic…