…areers. During the two days of the Fair, participants could take part in a number of workshops. The activities focused on the skills important when applying for a job (an interview, recruitment papers), communicating in foreign languages for specific purposes, and building up one’s professional career.   The Language Career Fair was an opportunity to gain a better understanding of trends in today’s labour market, as well as to establish contacts w…

…she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. She has held the position of President of this institution since 2022.   During a debate moderated by Robert Grey, the UW Chancellor, Roberta Metsola spoke with UW students, addressing a range of issues including the aid to Ukraine, the European Green Deal, women’s careers in politics and support for the European research.   Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, the UW Rector, presented Roberta Metsola with…

…that as the object’s brightness decreased rapidly in the visible range, it gradually became brighter in infrared light. This is a clear indication that after the shock generated during the supernova explosion passed through, the gas that had accumulated there before the explosion cooled rapidly and dust began to form. This is the first time the rapid formation of dust in the gas around a Type Ia supernova has been observed.   More than a dozen te…

…cientific potential and innovative research ideas, the University offers a range of material and social support solutions. The University of Warsaw, as a unit of the public finance sector, has a specific budget each financial year derived from sources which include subsidy funds provided by the Minister of Science and Higher Education, project funds obtained for the conduct of scientific research and income generated by the University’s organisati…

…and who, in the admission procedure obtained the maximum number of points on the basis of their title of laureate of a school Olympiad; “Scholarship to Start for Athletes” – intended for students in the first year of first-, second-, and full-cycle studies and doctoral candidates in the first year of doctoral school who are outstanding athletes who have achieved a scoring position at the Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships o…

…members of the university community prepared a record-breaking number of fifty-one auctions. The auctioned items included: a university tie and cufflinks from Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, Rector of the University of Warsaw, a walk in the greenhouses of the University of Warsaw Botanic Garden and plant seedlings from the Garden’s collection (including a seedling of the titan arum), a set of gadgets from the University of Warsaw PhD Students’ Union, parti…

…ion and other universities in Mongolia can be carried out in a wide range of areas, including international studies and research at the Faculty of Education as well as Mongolian studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies,” Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, the Rector of the University of Warsaw, said.   The UW Rector also emphasised the interest in the Far Eastern culture among Polish students: “The most important thing is passion and shared interests. I enc…

…he Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, a researcher of urban and regional phenomena and processes in Latin America, received an honorary doctorate from the Autonomous University of Mexico State in Toluca.   On 12th June, a ceremony was held at the UW to renew the doctorate of Prof. Michał Tymowski from the UW’s Faculty of History, an outstanding specialist in the mediaeval times and the history of pre-colonial Africa.   Prizes and awards fo…

…universities that sends the largest number of students and manages programmes with the largest funding. The UW’s active participation in the Erasmus programme has been awarded several times by the European Commission. The University’s rewards include a “Złoty Erasm” (Golden Erasmus) for the highest number of mobilities and the programme’s impact on institutional change and the university’s image (2012), an award for exemplary implementation of the…

…s from the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) who manage research projects and have a supervisory role over scientists at the Polish higher education and research institutions.   Grant holders can spend several weeks at a host institution in the USA, doing research and/or teaching projects, as well as learning about the commercialisation of science and development of successful grant applications. Prof. Piotr Szymczak from…