…ited guests gathered in the Adam Mickiewicz hall sang the national anthem. Next, Prof. Marcin Pałys, rector of UW welcomed everyone and gave a speech. He summed up the most significant events that happened over the last academic year and presented the university plans for the future. Later, the matriculation which marks the formal admission of a student to membership of the University of Warsaw started. Only first-year students and doctoral studen…

…e University of Warsaw, its structure and basic rules. The Welcome Point team will provide them with information on other possibilities that they have at the university.   In order to make the Welcome Day more effective, the organisers divided participants into two groups. At 10.00 am it will be a meeting for those students who speak English. Later, at 12.30 it will be another meeting conducted in Polish.   The participants will get a welcome pack…

…views, pairing a UK vice-chancellor with one from abroad.   Read the whole article   https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1042706152797208576…

…ural classes.   The course is free of charge. It will start on 17th September and last until 28th September in the Institute of Archaeology.   In order to register, please fill in the form.   More information…

…Chambaz, President of the Sorbonne Université, and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernhard Eitel, President of the Heidelberg University – were talking about the future collaboration in four main areas: the teaching of students and doctoral students, research which has an impact on society, initiatives regarding the social responsibility of university as well as cooperation between the administrative staff.   They chose joint research projects and study prog…

…where Europe is relatively strong, e.g. the field of quantum computing. As an example, according to our results, artificial intelligence has been the most trending area in popular science articles, which is related to social issues such as unemployment or hate speech,” says Kristóf Gyódi. Read more about the project >>   The researcher is engaged in another project called shareON, financed by the EU COSME programme, which aims at enhancing the coo…

…research, innovation and education. Include a human and societal reflection, as well as options for fundamental research, in all clusters and missions.   Read the full statement (pdf).       Read the previous statement from March 2018 >>…

…ence (1st and 2nd cycle)   Check our study guide 2018/2019   In order to begin the application process visit the website: www.irk.uw.edu.pl   More information…

…participate in an academic exchange and go abroad to take part in, e.g. international training, workshops or job shadowing. Also, it has been a host of the International Staff Training Week for the 9th time.   The training week took place on the main campus of UW. Participants from all over the world, e.g. Iran, Canada, Belgium, Vietnam, Portugal, USA and Israel had an opportunity to take part in a series of workshops with Prof. Ewa Gmurzyńska and…

…programme in social studies, humanities or science at Polish universities.   In order to apply, candidates should be on a B1 level, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.   The Foundation Year lasts 9 months – from 8th October 2018 to 7th June 2019. It is divided into two semesters. The programme includes 4 contact hours per day, 5 days a week.   In the first semester, participants learn English for academic and sp…