Representatives of the University of Gdańsk discussed the future of higher education and the challenges it faces with Pomeranian parliamentarians. This was the first initiative of its kind at the UG. The meeting was attended by members of the Polish Sejm of the 10th term and the Polish Senate of the 11th term. The invitation of the University of Gdańsk…

The University of Gdańsk Career Office invites students of all majors to take part in the 'My Career' Mini Job Fair. The event is an excellent opportunity to get in touch with employers, expand your knowledge of job, internship or apprenticeship opportunities, and consult your CV. The Fair is a chance to talk directly to people representing leading…

Photo Łukasz Bień The Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda in Poland, prof. Anastase Shyaka, and his wife visited the University of Gdańsk. At the meeting, which took place at the Faculty of Social Sciences, the diplomat discussed with the Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Education Quality, dr hab. Arnold Kłonczyński, prof. UG,…

Over 64 thousand kilometres on the way to work or the place of study - by bicycle or hybrid car - from April to October this year were covered by employees, doctoral students and students of the University of Gdańsk, Gdansk University of Technology and the Medical University of Gdańsk. On November 17, we got to know the winners of the second edition of…

Female academics, staff and activists from Fahrenheit University will speak to those who want to hear about the situation of women in academia. During the open meeting of the FarU Women's Club, two presentations will be given: 'Understanding Gender Gaps in the Labour Market' and 'Could Fahrenheit Be a Woman Today?'. Join us on November 20…

photo L'Oreal for Women and Science Dr Magdalena Zdrowowicz-Zamojć was awarded the L'Oreal-UNESCO Prize for Women and Science in the habilitation category for her research in the field of radiation chemistry and radiobiology. 'My dream is to make radiotherapy a more effective and safer treatment method for cancer patients,' said the…

Want to see how research is carried out at foreign universities? Are you planning to improve your language skills? Or maybe you need to invest in your professional and academic development? SEA-EU MASTER INTERNSHIPS is the opportunity for you! This initiative of 9 SEA-EU partner universities is dedicated to Master's students. It is a unique…

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…

‘Other universities have considered participating in the iGEM competition in recent years but deemed it impossible in Poland. And yet we succeeded!’ says the leader of the EDC Seas student team, Mateusz Rudnicki, a student of the second cycle studies in Biotechnology. ‘First gold medal in 7 years, fifth in 20 years of the competition for the Polish…

photo Alan Stocki A pocket park in the patio of the Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of History, bicycle racks at the Rectorate building, a co-working zone and an Eco-nomic park at the Faculty of Economics - the results of the second edition of the Academic Citizens' Budget at the University of Gdańsk have been announced. ‘This…

Who is favoured by luck in business? How do you manage your personal finances? How to create a good advertising campaign? These and many other questions will be answered during open lectures organised by the Faculty of Management at the University of Gdańsk. The event is being held as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. On November 13-19, 2023, The…

How do you tell about your research while a match is burning or clearly explain difficult scientific terms such as ‘derivatives’? This is what researchers from the University of Gdańsk, the Technical University of Gdańsk, the Medical University of Gdańsk and the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music found out during a media workshop of the Science…

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 (…

The science prize awarded at the nanomedicine conference ChinaNanomedicine 2023: Nanomedicine Discovery and Translation in Guangzhou, China, went this year to Dr Alicja Mikołajczyk from the Environmental Chemoinformatics Laboratory of the UG Department of Chemistry. Dr Alicja Mikołajczyk presented the results of her research conducted within the…

An invention that can be used, among other things, in producing probiotics has received a patent from the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland. A team of scientists led by dr hab. Robert Czajkowski, prof. UG from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG and composed of dr Dorota Krzyżanowska, dr Tomasz Maciąg, dr Joanna Siwińska and…

The next league games of AZS UG athletes are coming up this Sunday. Come and cheer on our teams, or watch the online broadcast! Who will we see on the courts this coming weekend? AZS UG volleyball players will take on visiting Chemik Olsztyn in the second league. The charges of coach Rafał Murczkiewicz have scored 13 points so far, recording four wins…

Prof. Vincent Perrichot, who came to University of Gdańsk thanks to 'Visiting Professors' programme, will give three lectures on palaeoecology and palaeontology! The events will be held on November 9, 16 and 23 at the Faculty of Biology, room C108.  Details:  9.11 at 4 p.m.: The evolution of the ants 16.11 at 4 p.m.: Production and preservation of plant resins through time 23.11 at 4 p.m.: Insect deposits from France…

Fot. Magdalena Wiśniewska-Krasińska, Archiwum FNP Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Liberek, from IFB UG and MUG, has been awarded the Foundation for Polish Science 2023 Prize in the area of Life and Earth Sciences for demonstrating the role of chaperone proteins in the recovery of proteins from aggregates and their folding into an active…

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…

From left: prof. Waldemar Ossowski and prof. Piotr Stepnowski Rector UG prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski and the Director of the Gdańsk Museum, dr hab. Waldemar Ossowski, prof. UG have signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement provides, among other things, for the organisation of joint events and the popularisation of science and…

Dear Academia! As part of the Pro Juvenes student community competition, organised by the Students' Parliament of the Republic of Poland, the student-doctoral initiative - the online international conference - Baltic Chemistry Conference was awarded and made it to the final of the competition in the University without Borders category! Therefore, we…

The director of the International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Studies (ICCVS), prof. dr hab. Natalia Marek-Trzonkowska was honoured by the Intelligent Development Forum Foundation with the Scientist of the Future 2023 award in the category Woman of Science Who Changes the World. Scientist of the Future is a distinction awarded to Polish and foreign…

According to recruitment data published by the Ministry of Education and Science, the University of Gdańsk was ranked 6th in Poland among the most frequently chosen public higher education institutions and 3rd among universities. As we can read on the Ministry of Education and Science website, a total of 441,823 people were enrolled in the first year of studies in the academic year 2023/2024 at universities supervised…

The continuing gender imbalance in technology fields remains a challenge despite significant progress over the past ten years. This problem is particularly evident at various levels of academic careers and in technology-oriented entrepreneurship. The University of Gdańsk has joined the Perspektywy Foundation's efforts to activate women in this area. Although women comprise more than 40% of European academic staff,…

Tomorrow, October 31, 2023, we invite you to participate in a scientific cafe on climate change, environmental degradation, species and habitat extinction, and the necessary actions to save the Earth. The meeting will be broadcast on YouTube on the University of Gdańsk channel. People have very different ideas about the end of the world.…

Od lewej: Magdalena Dziki, Joanna Zakrzewska, Natalia Lubińska, Marcel Jakubowski Internationalisation, mobility and effective communication were the themes of the last days of October at NORD University in Norway. Two events took place at the SEA-EU alliance partner university: International Week and a meeting…

Prorektorka prof. Anna Jurkowska - Zeidler podpisuje deklarację MCU The University of Gdańsk, together with 35 universities from around the world, has joined the signatories to the Magna Charta Universitatum. Signing the MCU signifies a declaration and affirmation of the principles on which the mission of universities should be…

In the results of the World University Rankings 2024 by subject, published by the leading ranking agency Times Higher Education, the University of Gdańsk has once again not only maintained its position among the world's academic schools but listed for the first time in the new field of Education, ranked highly, at 5th place, among Polish universities. The 3rd place in the Polish classification in the field of Law is…

AZS University of Gdańsk volleyball players are continuing their series of victories. On Saturday, we have another chance to cheer on our players, who will compete against the AZS Warsaw team. The match will take place in the hall at 31 Na Zaspę St. Join us in the stands! After a very successful, victorious match against Futsal Szczecin (7:5), AZS UG's futsal players will face Red Devils Chojnice away. This team has won…

In cooperation with the UG Technology Transfer Centre, Univentum Labs, a special purpose vehicle of the University of Gdansk, is organising the third edition of the Univentum Labs Ideas - Young Fahrenheit competition. It is aimed at young employees, doctoral students and students of the University whose research has commercialisation potential. The aim…