…lectoral College. Members of the College represent each group of the University community, which includes academics, administration staff, doctoral candidates and students. Independently, the electors are chosen from individual groups of the academic community in elections at every faculty or constituency.   Candidates for the position of rector are nominated by the University Council and the electors in a secret ballot. On 6th March, the Electora…

…ed by the UW’s Chair of African Languages and Cultures.   The University of Warsaw has been cooperating with Bayero University Kano since 1986. In that year, an academic cooperation agreement was concluded. Subsequent agreements were signed in 2006 and 2015. The two universities have been working together in such areas as education, exchange of academics or joint publications. The UW offered educational programmes, including doctoral studies, to s…

…s.   More information can be found on the website of Top Universities. University of Warsaw in QS World University by Subject 2024: Archaeology 101–150; Anthropology 101–150; History 101–150; Linguistics 101–150; Modern Languages 101–150; Mathematics 151–200; English Language and Literature 151–200; Physics and Astronomy 151–200; Geography 151–200; Politics 151–200; Law 151–200; Psychology 151–200; Sociology 151–200; Computer Science and Informati…

…in heavy elements. Surprisingly, the chemical composition of the companion is similar to that found in old, metal-deficient stars in the Galaxy,” explained Dr Milena Ratajczak from the UW’s Astronomical Observatory, a member of the Gaia consortium. This observation confirms, for the first time, the hypothesis of certain models of stellar evolution which suggest that the high-mass black holes observed via gravitational waves were produced by the gr…

…in particular, quantum materials. The researcher from the University of Michigan will carry out the ERC Advanced Grant at the UW’s Faculty of Physics.   In his research project, Prof Gull will combine existing and develop new methods, building on techniques from quantum field theory, condensed matter theory, quantum Monte Carlo, applied mathematics, as well as machine learning.   https://en.uw.edu.pl/in-the-world-of-quantum-algorithms/ European R…

…ed in the form of monographs and articles, and presented at an exhibition. The data and their visualisations will be collected in the URUS database developed in collaboration with the Digital Competence Centre, University of Warsaw. Why SAIGA? Saiga is a Latin name for the saiga antelope and an acronym of the project title: Scholars, Animals, Images, Geographies, and the Arts: De-exoticizing Eastern Europe in the Early Modern Period, encapsulating…

…an international ERC grant winner decided to carry out his research at the University of Warsaw. Prof. Emanuel Gull from the University of Michigan is a theoretical physicist specialising in developing numerical methods to describe complex quantum many-body systems. The ERC awarded him a prestigious Advanced Grant for the project on quantum algorithms. The researcher will move his laboratory from Michigan to Warsaw, where the UW’s Faculty of Physi…

…s aimed at understanding social needs and living conditions of the student community of the University of Warsaw. It is conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the University Teaching and Learning Council by a team of representatives of the Office for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (the Education Quality Evaluation Unit team), the UW Students’ Union and the Workers’ Initiative. The survey will encompass opinions of people who study at…

…from the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw. Prof. Dieter Vollhardt graduated from the University of Hamburg. In 1979, he was awarded with a doctoral degree at his Alma Mater, mainly for his research conducted at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. In 1984, the researcher defended his habilitation thesis at the Technical University of Munich. Between 1987 and 1996, he was professor at the RWT…

…und on the Alliance website >>   Welcome at the UW The Welcome Point of the University of Warsaw is the central information centre for international students and employees who visit the UW for either one semester, or the full cycle of their studies. Through thorough cooperation with the University units such as the Admissions Office, the International Relations Office and the Office for Student Affairs, the Welcome Point team can provide relevant…