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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

‘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…