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Inauguration at UW
30-09-20201st October marked the beginning of the academic year 2020/20201 at the University of Warsaw. Professor Alojzy Z. Nowak has opened the solemn ceremony that was held at 2 pm in the Auditorium Maximum building. During the ceremony, there was the following order: Singing the national anthem and “Ode to Joy” Prof. Alojzy Nowak, the UW Rector, delivered a speech Matriculation Speeches of the representative of students and doctoral candidates First aca…
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2020/2021 winter semester at UW
08-09-2020…ever, which require contact with lecturers can be conducted on the UW campuses (respecting health and well-being recommendations and guidelines). It applies particularly to laboratories, practical classes, classes integrating first-year students (undergraduate and long-cycle studies), or working experience. Decisions on what classes will be delivered on the university premises will be announced by a relevant unit by 21st September. Exams, credit…
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The University of Warsaw builds its relationship with DeepMind through a Scholarship Programme for Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds
01-09-2020…thening the AI community in this part of Europe. We hope that other companies will follow DeepMind’s example and create similar programmes to support machine learning education in Poland and other countries in the region”, said Viorica Patraucean, a research scientist at DeepMind and one of the EEML organisers. Working together to step up the state of the art in AI Prof. Paweł Strzelecki, the dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, and…
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“Initiative of Excellence” calls for proposals in 2020
10-06-2020…microgrant programme as part of “Initiative of Excellence – Research University”. Employees and doctoral candidates can apply for co-financing of preliminary research for a project financed from external sources, funding for the publications, coverage of the costs of proofreading a scientific text by a native speaker for publication in a journal or chapter in a monograph, attendance at the conference, organisation of the conferences by the Univers…
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Dr. Przemysław Mróz awarded the International Astronomical Union 2019 PhD Prize
10-06-2020…-reviewed journals (including Nature), which made a significant impact on the astronomical community. They have been cited over 150 times as of now. Dr. Przemysław Mróz is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Mróz has already been awarded several prestigious awards, i.e. Young Scientist Award (Polish Astronomical Society) or START stipend with special recognition (Foundation for Polish Science). The Int…
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UW in QS World University Rankings 2021
10-06-2020…world’s leading university ranking, QS World University Rankings, published by global higher education consultancy QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the University of Warsaw occupied 321st place in the world, 141st in Europe and 1st in Poland. To compile the ranking of the world’s top 1000 universities, QS analysts used six indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per faculty, faculty/student ratio, international faculty ratio, an…
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Construction work in progress
05-06-2020…tion within the social and economic environment, as well as promote international academic exchange. Thanks to the programme, new buildings will be constructed and others will be refurbished. The first two investments were completed – the reconstruction of the basement of the University Library in Warsaw for sports purposes, and the reconstruction of the building at Aleje Ujazdowskie 4 for the newly-established Center for Cooperation and Dialogue….
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It is okay to panic – a climate documentary
03-06-2020…cientists create a web portal – Climate Science (“Nauka o klimacie”) – where, together with the most eminent Polish climate experts, present the foundations of climate and global warming science. From 1st to 7th June, one can watch a film “It is Okay to Panic”, in which Prof. Szymon Malinowski, cofounder of the portal, explains why he worries that climate change may cause human civilisation to collapse in the coming decades. Prof. Szymon Malinowsk…
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Second online meeting with Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika
14-05-2020…dule, conducting remote exams, and online thesis defence are only a few examples of subjects raised during an online meeting with the UW Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Teaching, Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika. More than 250 questions regarding teaching and learning at the University of Warsaw and student matters had been sent by members of the UW community before the meeting. During the two-hour Q&A session, Prof. Choińska-Mika inform…
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Admissions to Doctoral Schools for the 2020/2021 academic year
13-05-2020…h Plan. They carry out research in an individual unit their supervisor is employed. They take part in university-wide classes and classes organised by a school, e.g. methodological workshops or specialisation seminars offered by particular disciplines. Doctoral candidates’ progress and supervisors’ work are subject to mid-term evaluation. All UW doctoral schools offer full educational programmes in the English language. Doctoral schools at UW Doct…
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