On 29th April, the registration was opened for the Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Doctoral School of Humanities. The admissions procedure for the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences and the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School is carried out from 6th and 7th May. The registration is conducted via the IRK system. There are four doctoral schools operating at the University of Warsaw: the Doctoral School of Humanities, the Doctoral Sc…

…h-26th April, a kick-off meeting of the “4EU+ for Ukraine II” project took place at the University of Warsaw. The project concerns the collaboration of the 4EU+ Alliance with three partner institutions from Ukraine: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, and V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. The “4EU+ for Ukraine II” project is funded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA…

…es are 6th and 10th May accordingly. The Welcome Point team is organising two meetings regarding the legalisation of stay in May. The events are open to all international students and doctoral candidates from the University of Warsaw.   The meetings will be conducted by Dr Łukasz Wieczorek, who coordinates legal issues concerning residence in Poland for students and doctoral candidates in the Welcome Point. This May edition will be held both in pe…

“This book opens the door to the world, which most of us don’t know. It is an obligatory reading for all those, who want to understand the world of silence, the world of the Deaf,” this is how Adrianna Glegoła, a doctoral candidate at the UW’s Doctoral School of Humanities and a Polish Sign Language Philology student, described the book “Deaf” by Anna Goc in the episode of the “Read with the UW”. Anna Glegoła graduated from the Jagiellonian Unive…

…Faculty of Education The programme prepares students to work as educators, trainers, and educational programmme developers, especially in the context of the job market. These studies also focus on developing skills necessary for working in the field of non-formal and informal education for adults.   Alternative Education with Art Education (Edukacja alternatywna z edukacją artystyczną) – only in Polish Alternative Education with Socio-Cultural Ani…

…ack 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 extreme difficulty in detecting them.   On 16th April, the team of space mission Gaia announced in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letter the discovery of the third dormant black hole. This happened by accident when scientists were proving the data for the publication of the next Gai…

The projects of two ERC grants laureates will be carried out at the University of Warsaw. Prof. Grażyna Jurkowlaniec from the UW’s Faculty of Culture and Arts is the first Polish female researcher awarded with the Advanced Grant. Prof. Emanuel Gull, a Swiss from the University of Michigan, will conduct his project at the Faculty of Physics, where he will move his lab. On 11th April at 12 am the European Research Council published the results of t…

“Contemporary idea of Eastern Europe is deeply rooted in the post-war order symbolised by the Iron Curtain. However, a closer look at the early modern concepts of an area known then as ‘European Sarmatia’ 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 lau…

…treet.   The attendees had the chance to take part in creative workshops, Slavic scientific picnic, and meet representatives of research organisations. They also had an opportunity to interact with current students who could answer questions about the Erasmus+ programme, and provide insights into the University life. The DKMS Foundation, the biggest database of stem cell and bone morrow donors, was present there as well.   International education…

On 10th-11th June, the University of Warsaw will organise a workshop on the challenges Europe faces in times of global crises. The event is open to 4EU+ doctoral candidates. Researchers engaged in the 4EU+ Flagship 2 prepared the workshop entitled Challenges for Europeanness in Times of Global Crises: Initiatives for a Responsible, Open and Progressive Europe in the 21st Century.   The event is open to doctoral candidates from all eight member un…