Photo by B. Jętczak A lion has appeared in front of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk! This unique lion, sculpted by Tomasz Radzewicz, not only captures the spirit of the Faculty (and the entire University), but also puts our university on the map of Gdańsk's tourist attractions. Above all, however,…

For the third time, on the last Friday of September, the University of Gdańsk, along with other Fahrenheit universities, the Science Experiment Centre and Hevelianum, welcomed all those interested in science as part of Pomeranian Researchers' Night. Children, young people, entire families, and school groups – the turnout exceeded the organisers'…

The 2025/2026 academic year will be inaugurated by Gdańsk universities with the traditional Academic Parade of Fahrenheit University and the City of Gdańsk under the slogan ‘Long live science!’. The event will take place on Saturday, October 4. We invite you to join us! We will gather at 10:30 a.m. …

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…