On the 140th anniversary of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz's birth, the University of Gdańsk will pay special tribute to this extraordinary, multi-dimensional artist through a series of events entitled ‘Witkacy Wielokrotny’ (Witkacy the Multiple), accompanying the start of the academic year. A two-day scientific conference, the opening of a unique exhibition prepared by the University of Gdańsk Museum, and a performance by…

Extended enrolment for 27 full-time first-degree programmes at the University of Gdańsk is still ongoing. Registration for most of them will end at the beginning of September. You can also apply for some full-time second-degree programmes, uniform master's programmes, and part-time programmes. In total, there are almost 3,000 places available for…

Over a week of competition, an international line-up and unique stories of the participants: from 2 to 10 August 2025, the University of Gdańsk hosted the 55th anniversary tournament, consisting of four categories: open (classic chess), blitz (lightning chess), rapid (fast chess) and a classification tournament for chess categories II and III. The…

‘During the inaugural meeting, which took place the day before the Start scholarship award ceremony, we were told not to rest on our laurels and not to settle for the one peak we had managed to climb, because there are more than one eight-thousanders in the world. These words stuck in my mind,’ says mgr Mateusz Baluk, from the Faculty of Chemistry at…

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…

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…

Photo by Filip Śmigielski ‘Wars, disasters, and mental well-being. How to take care of your emotions in a disturbing reality?’ was the topic of the last meeting of the semester in the series ‘What does science say? (Non-)academic meetings’ at the University of Gdańsk Museum. What can we do to take care of our well-being? What role…

Would you like to study at the University of Gdańsk? You can now register! The Internet Registration System for Candidates (IRK) was launched on June 3. This year, you can choose from over 90 fields of study (15 of them available in English), and our university has prepared nearly 11,500 places for new students. There is plenty to choose from: the…

Graduates of the University of Gdańsk from various fields and years of study met on the campus in Oliwa on the last Saturday of May 2025 to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the university. Over three thousand people visited their Alma Mater, where they were treated to numerous attractions, including concerts, guided tours of the faculties, smaller meetings and refreshments. The oldest and youngest graduates of our…