Prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski will head the University of Gdańsk for the next four years. The decision was made by the Electoral College on January 25, 2024; in a secret ballot, the College entrusted him with the function of Rector of the University for the term 2024-2028.   Rector prof. Piotr Stepnowski was the only candidate in the election of the…

Participation in the Rector's Council, baking a pizza with the Dean, meeting with the world volleyball champion or a cruise on the Oceanographer - we invite you to take a look at all the auctions prepared by the UG community as part of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. The 32nd Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity will take place on Sunday, January 28, 2024. It will be dedicated to purchasing…

Minister for Civil Society Agnieszka Buczyńska visited her Alma Mater. On January 15, the member of the Council of Ministers met with the Rector UG prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, and then gave a lecture to students and academic staff.   During the conversation with the Minister, prof. Piotr Stepnowski offered to cooperate in any activities where issues of social initiatives and science intersect. This includes expert…

Dear Academia, His Magnificence, the Rector of the University of Gdańsk, and the University of Gdańsk Development Foundation would like to invite you to Carnival Ball for UG employees, organised on February 9, 2024 (Friday) from 08:00 p.m. to  02:00 a.m., at the Faculty of Economics in the Tadeusz Ocioszyński Auditorium (119/121 Armii Krajowej St., Sopot). Cost: 250 PLN/person   The price includes: - dinner served to…

Employees and students of the University of Gdańsk participated on Thursday in a meeting with the candidate for Rector for the term 2024-2028 - prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski. This was the candidate's eighth pre-election meeting with the university's academic community.   The meeting, announced in the election calendar, took place at 11.30…

Dr inż. Beata Bajorowicz, dr Klaudia Godlewska, dr Mateusz Kosmol, and dr inż. Natalia Majewska - these are the scientists of the University of Gdańsk who found themselves on the list of laureates of the 3rd edition of the 'Foreign Internship Programme for Young UG Scientists'. ‘We refer to the internship programme for young scientists as a working…

A forensic-biological escape room, participation in a cancer diagnosis, a 'colourful bacteria' show, DNA isolation from a strawberry, mysteries of the bottom of the seas and oceans or a workshop on a genetic model - the fruit fly - these are just some of the attractions prepared by the students and staff of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology…

The shooting at Charles University in Prague has shocked not only the Czech Republic but the entire European academic community. Take a look at the materials of the 4U social campaign, an initiative of the Terrorism Prevention Centre of Excellence of the Internal Security Agency. Graphics, videos and animations prepared by ISA depict the appropriate…

Minister for Civil Society, Chairwoman of the Committee for Public Benefit, President of the Regional Volunteer Centre in Gdańsk in 2015-19 and graduate of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Gdańsk Agnieszka Buczyńska will visit the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk. The Minister will meet with the UG academic community on January 15 (Monday) at 11:30 a.m. in auditorium S208 of…

Wishing you all the best for the New Year! Rector prof. Piotr Stepnowski and Vice-Rectors