Fot. Agnieszka Beck/FRUG The Foundation for the Development of the University of Gdańsk and the Prof. Krzysztof Skóra Marine Station of the University of Gdańsk in Hel have received 150,000 zł in funding from the Żubr Fund grant programme for the development of a seal rehabilitation centre. The grant will enable, among other things…

The first stage of enrolment is now over! According to preliminary data, the most popular fields of study (the highest number of candidates per place) include Journalism and Social Communication, Criminology and Psychology. Japanese Studies and Audiovisual Production were also very popular. Enrolment for some fields of study is still open! Additional…

RAR UG - Reform of Researchers’ Assessment at the University of Gdańsk - is a project aimed at improving the system of scientific research and academic staff assessment. As part of the next stage of its implementation, Dr Katarzyna Świerk, Director of the Science Office and Rector's Plenipotentiary for Open Access, paid a working visit to NOVA…

Photo dr Lucas Krüger Education for sustainable management and protection of Antarctic marine living resources is the main objective of the two-year project ‘International Cooperation for Education on Sustainable Management and Protection of Antarctic Living Marine Resources and Ecosystems - AntarCTic Partnership of UG and INACH…

The research.com portal has announced a global ranking of scientists with the highest D-index (Hirsch index for a given field, reflecting the frequency of citations of their works within a given field). Eight researchers from the University of Gdańsk were included in this prestigious group. The bibliometric data used to compile the ‘World's Best…

The Polish Botanical Society honoured the Dean of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Gdańsk, Prof. dr hab. Dariusz Szlachetko, with the Prof. Władysław Szafer Medal in recognition of his entire scientific achievement. Prof. Dariusz Szlachetko is the first scientist to receive this distinction twice! The Prof. Władysław Szafer Medal was…

The National Programme for the Development of Humanities (Pol. NPHR) has announced the results of the first round of the 14th edition of the Uniwersalia 2.2 competition. Among the nine winners are two scientists from the University of Gdańsk. Dr Barbara Brzezicka from the Institute of Romance Studies at the Faculty of Languages will translate and analyse Elisabeth de Fontenay's book, while dr Filip Rogalski from the…

The objectives of the annual consultation meeting of the ‘Study in Poland’ programme were to discuss current issues related to the internationalisation of Polish higher education institutions and the recruitment of foreign students, as well as to present the latest data on foreign students in Poland. The meeting took place on July 8, 2025, at the…

An article by dr Karolina Rudnicka from the Faculty of Languages at the University of Gdańsk entitled ‘Each AI Chatbot Has Its Own, Distinctive Writing Style - Just As Humans Do’ has been published on the home page of the prestigious Scientific American magazine. It is one of the oldest and most respected popular science magazines in the world. For…

Fot. B. Jętczak PoKoChA 2025 is behind us! Four days (1-4 July 2025) of inspiring lectures, panel discussions, and poster sessions devoted to the latest achievements in analytical chemistry were crowned with the jubilee of 50 years of the scientific work of Professor Bogusław Buszewski, whose contribution to the development of the…

The Fulbright Junior Research Award is a grant for individuals preparing their doctoral dissertations at Polish academic institutions. It enables them to carry out their own research project at an American university, non-profit research institute or non-governmental organisation in the USA. One of the winners of this prestigious programme for the year…

The University of Gdańsk has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AI Grand ICT Research Center at Dong-Eui University in Busan, Republic of Korea. This agreement represents a significant step toward strengthening international cooperation in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), information and communication technologies (ICT), and…

Participants of the Conference; photo by B. Jętczak The 22nd edition of the European Conference on Foundations of Physics, largely devoted to the 100th anniversary of quantum theory, took place on June 30 - July 2, 2025. This year's event was hosted by the International Centre for Theory Of Quantum Technologies (ICTQT) and the…

Prof. M. Błażek; photo by P. Sudara (thanks to the kindness of Medical University of Gdańsk) ‘While respecting the autonomy of universities, we should strive to harmonise regulations in such a way as to create equal working conditions at all Polish universities,’ says dr hab. Magdalena Błażek, prof. UG, Deputy Ombudsman for Equal…

The Minister of Science and Higher Education has announced the list of recipients of ministerial scholarships for outstanding young scientists. Out of 1,711 applications, 228 researchers with the most exceptional achievements in scientific activity were selected. Three of the scholarship recipients - dr Karolina Pierzynowska, prof. UG, dr Agnieszka Kłosowska and dr hab. Marcin Rojszczak - are from the University of…

Public opinion research, supporting dialogue with the local community and shaping effective communication are the key tasks of the University of Gdańsk under the cooperation agreement with Bechtel, signed on June 30, 2025. The construction of Poland's first nuclear power plant in Pomerania is a major event for the entire region and an invaluable…

Photo by B. Jętczak Five mixed crews competed on June 27 in the Regatta for the Cup of the Rector of the University of Gdańsk, the Mayor of Sopot, and the Commander of the 3rd Fleet of the Polish Navy. The competition took place in the waters of the Gulf of Gdańsk between Gdynia and Sopot on Delphia 28 sailing yachts. The grand…

The University of Gdańsk is one of the leaders of the Erasmus+ programme in Poland, as confirmed not only by the scale of its activities, but also by the funding it has received! The new Erasmus+ project for 2025-2027 has received almost PLN 13 million, which will finance student and staff mobility in the next two years. Today, the University of Gdańsk already implements nearly 1,500 mobility programmes per year…

The University of Gdańsk has moved up five places and now ranks 11th among all academic universities in Poland according to the latest PERSPEKTYWY ranking! The Ranking Committee recognised the spectacular development of the University of Gdańsk by awarding it the ‘Advancement 2025’ prize. Among classical universities, the University of Gdańsk maintains its high 4th place. As many as 17 fields of study offered at the…

The University of Gdańsk remains among the world leaders in gender equality, records significant progress and scores the highest nationwide for Goal 10. Reduced inequalities, and confirm its leading position among Polish universities! On June 18, 2025, the results of the seventh edition of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings were published, assessing universities from around the world in terms of their commitment…

Dr Anna Gołąbiewska, dr Paweł Mazierski i dr Beata Bajorowicz In an era of growing concerns about smog, air pollution, and airborne diseases, solutions that improve air quality are desperately needed. A group of researchers from the Department of Environmental Technology at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Gdańsk, led…

What are the limits of our influence on energy resources? Is energy just a matter of physics, or is it also the key to understanding social dynamics and human creativity? These and other questions will be discussed at the ‘Release The Energy’ conference organised by students from three universities affiliated with the Daniel Fahrenheit Union of…

A barrage of beautiful goals, wonderful weather, mutual kindness, but also the spirit of sportsmanship - all this accompanied the participants of the traditional football match of graduates of the University of Gdańsk! This year's meeting was part of the celebrations of the 55th anniversary of the University of Gdańsk. ‘The final score is absolutely…

The Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Gdańsk and the Medical University of Gdańsk hosted a remarkable scientific conference - the ‘FarU Immunology Meeting’. It was the first event of its kind in Poland, bringing together academic communities from all three institutions forming The Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk (…

The University of Gdańsk hosted a plenary meeting of the European Research Area Committee (ERAC). The meeting, held on June 12-13, 2025, at the Main Library, was organised by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and was one of the last events of the Polish Presidency of the European Union. The guests appreciated the infrastructure of the University of Gdańsk campus and the architectural beauty of the Library, as…

The University of Gdańsk has been recognised in the catalogue ‘Success Stories from the Research Management Community’ published by the European Commission. This publication presents the best practices of institutions from across Europe that support the development of scientific research, the professionalisation of management processes and the…

The University of Gdańsk invites researchers to participate in the Competition „Research Potential Database” SEA-EU which aim is to encourage the establishment or strengthening of research and teaching cooperation between SEA-EU partner universities using the information available in the Research Potential Database available at Research Potential…

‘One of the many benefits that we have in doing international exchanges is clearly the exchange part for me. It's the meeting and sharing of experiences with students,’ said prof. Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez, an American writer, artist and academic lecturer specialising in Latin American literature, cross-border culture and migration studies. He is the…

Two scientists from the University of Gdańsk - dr hab. Karolina Pierzynowska, prof. UG, and dr inż. Natalia Majewska - have been honoured with the Polish Academy of Sciences Gdańsk Branch award for young scientists. Prof. Karolina Pierzynowska was recognised for her research on the mechanism of action of genistein in the correction of Huntington's…

Photo by B. Jętczak We tend to consider monarchy as the rule of one. Our popular beliefs about queens often come from fairy tales we were told as children. However, history shows that monarchy and queenship are much more complex than we might expect. Did the monarch truly rule alone? What roles did the queens really play as rulers…