…mmes of the studies, including the selected studies in English, part-time first-cycle, second-cycle and long-cycle programmes, are specified in the Appendix No. 4 of the Resolution No. 269 of the Senate of the University of Warsaw dated 24th May 2023 (in Polish) >>   Additionally, the admissions procedures and qualification criteria for studies provided in English are published in the IRK system >>     Results of the matura examination are crucial…

…heses investigated the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism in the Standard Model.   Prof. Englert has been recognised with numerous honours for his scientific achievements, including the 1982 Francqui Prize, the 1997 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize, the 2004 Wolf Prize in Physics, the 2010 J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics by The American Physical Society, and the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Resear…

…Milky Way. The newly discovered classical Cepheid in the Galaxy, named OGLE-GD-CEP-1884, can be categorised as the first ultra-long-period Cepheid in the Milky Way. The period of 78.14 days is nearly ten days longer than that of the previous record-holding Cepheid, S Vulpeculae. This star is present in the ASAS-SN and Gaia DR3 catalogs of variable stars, yet it has been classified as a long-period variable. Based on more than ten years of the phot…

…tefan Pokorski, now professor of the UW Faculty of Physics, during his internship at the CERN had a chance to work with Prof. Englert. Over twenty doctoral theses of the Faculty of Physics are focused on the use the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism (BEH mechanism) in the Standard Model. The conferral ceremony will take place on 23rd April at 12 pm in the Senate Hall of the Kazimierzowski Palace. Prof. Stefan Pokorski from the UW Faculty of Physics is…

…emic career, he has delivered lectures at universities in France, the UK, the USA, Russia, China and Korea. His first term as Rector of the University of Warsaw started in 2020.   Election procedures The rector of the University is elected by the Electoral College. Members of the College represent each group of the University community, which includes academics, administration staff, doctoral candidates and students. Independently, the electors ar…

…from Gaia, which are planned to be published in 2026.   Details of the publication The article “Discovery of a dormant 33 solar-mass black hole in pre-release Gaia astrometry” by the Gaia Collaboration, P. Panuzzo, et al. was published in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters….

…ough the accounts of ancient and mediaeval authors and up-to-date reports from local informants, who were not always reliable. The images they provided were reproduced in large numbers, which often did not contribute to the evolution of science but, on the contrary, strengthened errors and misunderstandings,” Prof. Jurkowlaniec said.   As an example, the researcher cites an excerpt from Julius Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War. The narrative…

…ffairs, the Welcome Point team can provide relevant and up-to-date information on issues associated with the UW, student activities, and campus life.   Details of the welcome undertakings are descried on the Welcome Point website >> 2024/2025 Admissions Registration for 2024/2025 study programmes at the University of Warsaw will launch on 6th June 2024. The timeline of the first-cycle programmes, long-cycle study programmes, and the second-cycle p…

…received obligatory 10% of the votes: Alojzy Z. Nowak – 279 votes Łukasz Niesiołowski-Spanò – 156 votes Sławomir Żółtek – 58 votes Maciej Górecki – 45 votes On the announcement from Prof. Sławomir Żółtek, in which he declined to participate in further election processes, the University Election Committee informed about three persons, who provided formal declarations and confirmed to take part in the rectorial election.   Election processes Candida…

…nt of KINGS, Jeong-In Cha, Ph.D., the President of PNU, and Min-Cheol Lee, the Vice-President of KNA.   Polish-Korean cooperation The University of Warsaw has been educating specialists for the Polish nuclear sector since 2011. In the beginning, the offer at the UW included such programs as Nuclear Power Engineering and Nuclear Chemistry, which was followed by Radiopharmaceuticals and Nuclear Energy, and Radiogenomics. These programs were coordina…