…studies. Candidates are offered about 300 study programmes. The first qualification results will be available on 22nd July. The University of Warsaw’s offer includes the studies in the area of Exact and Natural Sciences, Social Science and the Humanities, as well as interdisciplinary programmes, and the programmes with English as the language of instruction. In the 2023/2024 academic year, the medical studies were introduced in the educational of…

…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 photometric monitoring of this star conducted by the OGLE project in the I and V bands and a radial velocity curve from the Gaia Focused Product Release, the researchers unequivocally demonstrated that this object is a fundamental-mode classical Cepheid. By employing the mid-infrared period–luminosity rela…

On 20th April, the UW Main Campus was visited by potential students and doctoral candidates interested in exploring the University’s educational offerings. Many representatives of faculties were on hand to answer questions about and provide insights into the academic life. Over sixty information stands provided a chance for individuals interested in pursuing higher education to discover the diverse range of study programmes offered by the Univers…

…ymonds World University Rankings by Subject (QS) indicates the best universities in the world for a chosen subject. This year’s edition features fifty-five academic subjects across five broad subject areas: Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences & Management.   The University of Warsaw was evaluated in twenty-five subjects and was ranked the highest in Anthropology, Archaeology, His…

…stars evolve. The majority of the few known black holes of stellar origin (resulting from the collapse of a massive star at the end of its life) have been identified in X-ray binaries. In these binaries, the X-ray emission is due to the matter lost by the star orbiting a black hole when it is sucked into the black hole. When the black hole does not have a companion close enough to steal matter from it, it does not emit any radiation, hence the ext…

…tia’ will reveal an entirely different facet of this region. In my opinion, the key to its understanding lies in images and descriptions of animals,” said Prof. Grażyna Jurkowlaniec from the UW’s Faculty of Culture and Arts, an ERC Advanced Grant laureate. Prof. Grażyna Jurkowlaniec is the first Polish female researcher, who received an ERC Advanced Grant. As part of the SAIGA project, she will analyse the relationship between the research on the…

…onoris Causa upon Prof. Dieter Vollhardt, a world-renowned theoretical physicist and expert in electronic correlations and magnetism. The conferral ceremony was held on 8th April. “We are delighted to bestow the title of Doctor Honoris Causa upon Prof. Dieter Vollhardt, whose exceptional contributions to the field of the theory of electronic correlations and magnetism have left an indelible mark in publications in numerous prestigious scientific j…

…l students to explore the University’s educational offerings and campus facilities. On 20th April, on the UW Main Campus representatives of faculties were on hand to answer questions about and provide insights into University life. Over sixty information stands provided a chance for individuals interested in pursuing higher education to discover the diverse range of study programmes offered by the University of Warsaw. Faculty members, academic ad…

…a from RIKEN (Rikagaku Kenkyūjo), a research institute in Japan, multidimensional molecular dynamics simulations of neomycin-riboswitch systems. The simulations were conducted using supercomputers at the University of Warsaw (the Centre of New Technologies and Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling), and the RIKEN Advanced Centre for Computing and Communication.   Riboswitches Riboswitches are segments of messenger R…

…s, represent each group of the University community, i.e. academics, administration, doctoral candidates, and students. Rules and procedures of the Electoral College, the Resolution No. 16 of the University Election Committee, dated 8th January 2024 (in Polish) >> Rector elections Candidates for the position of the University of Warsaw Rector are put forward by: the University Council the Electoral College   Indicative voting On 6th March in Audit…