The University of Gdańsk Library is kicking off the academic year with renewed vigour. Ahead of us lie the Student Opening of the Academic Year and Library Night - and these are just some of the attractions awaiting UG students. We spoke to Monika Budzińska, Patrycja Laskowska, and Marietta Tiszbein about what the UG Library has in store for this academic year…

This year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature is the Canadian poet Anne Carson: ‘For her bold and innovative work, which, in a humorous dialogue with classical tradition, has created new forms of contemporary literature’. One of Anne Carson’s Polish translators is dr hab. Olga Kubińska, prof. UG, Head of the Division of English Language…

The Independent Students' Association of the University of Gdańsk once again warmly invites everyone willing to share their ‘elixir of life’ to the autumn edition of Wampiriada – a blood donation campaign for students, staff, and volunteers from outside the University of Gdańsk. Poland’s largest student blood donation campaign will take place on the Oliwa and Sopot campuses from 12 to 16 October 2026…

Academics, students, local councillors, and residents once again marched together along the Royal Route in Gdańsk to symbolically welcome the new academic year and showcase the potential of the Pomeranian academic community. Representatives from as many as 20 universities took part in this year’s parade. An additional reason to celebrate was the signing of the Metropolitan Act in August…

‘Is there an excess or rather a shortage of free-thinking at today’s universities?’ wondered dr hab. Joanna Krakowska, prof. at the Institute of Art of the PAS, during her inaugural lecture. An eminent theatre scholar, twice nominated for the Nike Literary Award, she has taken up the Maria Janion Named Chair of Honour. The ceremony took place on 6…

The Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Gdańsk has officially begun the academic year. During the ceremonial opening on 6 October, prof. Jerzy Leszczyński, a professor of chemistry and President’s Distinguished Fellow at Jackson State University, who specialises in computational chemistry, research into the structure and properties of DNA, and…

49.5 metres long, with four laboratories, an aerosol observatory, a conference room, and specialised research equipment - the University of Gdańsk’s r/v Oceanograf catamaran is one of the most modern research vessels in Europe. Interdisciplinary oceanographic research covering a very wide range of fields is carried out from its deck, including…

Applications are now open for the Erste Award programme, run by the University of Gdańsk in collaboration with Erste Bank Polska. This year, 64 students and doctoral students will receive one-off awards of 2,000 zł or 1,500 zł. Applications can be submitted until 2 November. The awards will recognise not only academic achievements…

By Rector's Decree, a policy has been introduced governing the use of modern IT tools at the University of Gdańsk, in particular artificial intelligence. Comprehensive technical support in this area will be provided by the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Applications, whose Director, dr Jakub Neumann, prof. UG, serves as the…

Dr hab. Monika Białek, from the Institute of Media, Journalism and Social Communication at the University of Gdańsk, has been honoured with the 2nd Zygmunt Gloger Award and Medal for her research into and promotion of knowledge about Polish radio reportage. ‘Polish radio is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and radio reportage has been part of it from…