…he team from the UW – Warsaw Eagles – has won the Central Europe Regional Contest in Zagreb and got the right to take part in the world finals in Rapid City. The team consists of students from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics: Wojciech Nadara, Marcin Smulewicz and Marek Sokołowski.   So far, 23 teams from the University of Warsaw have participated in the ACM ICPC world finals. Since 2012, the UW teams have been bringing medals…

…zyna Marciniak from the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” of the UW for the research project – “Our Mythical Childhood… The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Children’s and Young Adults’ Culture in Response to Regional and Global Challenges”.   Professor Marciniak, who leads the project, works together with scholars from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The project also involves collaboration with specialists in Reception Studies from various cou…

…’s and Young Adults’ Culture in Response to Regional and Global Challenges Dr Agnieszka Brylak, Faculty of Modern Languages 2023 – Starting Grant, 1.5 mln euro, project: The concept of teotl: a complex approach to the principal religious category of pre-Hispanic Central Mexico Assoc. Prof. Piotr Skowron, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics 2023 – Starting Grant, 1.5 mln euro, project: Proportional algorithms for democratic decision (…

…in Children’s and Young Adults’ Culture in Response to Regional and Global Challenges” was awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant. The Project aims at developing a pioneering approach to the reception of Classical Antiquity understood as an important cultural experience that contributes to the formation of the young people’s identities along with their initiation into adulthood. It is led by the Professor Katarzyna Marciniak from the Faculty of “Arte…

…ersity Rankings by Subject includes the world’s top universities in a range of popular subject areas. It is based on academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact.   To create the ranking authors evaluated over 4 400 universities, qualified over 3 000 and ranked 1117 institutions in total. Over 127 million citations attributions were analysed and verified the provision of over 18 900 programmes.   This year’s edition of the ranking…

…he Mazovian voivodship – an amount of founding (EUR million) The University of Warsaw – 10 The National Centre for Research and Development – 7.3 The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences – 5.5   Regions – a number of applications/ a number of participations in projects/ an amount of founding (EUR million) The Mazovian voivodship – 2595/357/94.7 The Małopolska voivodship – 875/83/19.8 The Wielkopolska voivodship – 651/8…

…. The DH centres, which are being launched all over the world, face a number of challenges in order to function effectively and fulfill the potential of DH.   During the conference it will be an opportunity to share experiences and reflect on the perspectives of DH institutions. Participants will be talking about, among others, the institutional and organizational structure of centres, the state financial policy towards centres, the DH cooperation…

…e University of Warsaw is a leading university in the country. The number of foreign students at UW is growing. Currently, the UW provides education to almost 4 000 students (long term and Erasmus students).   “Interstudent” should be active in such fields as culture, social life, ecology or sports and promote multicultural ideas among the others. He or she is also expected to be in a good academic standing.   In order to participate professors, t…

…he most prestigious programming competition for students. Winners of the regional finals are eligible to participate in the world finals which will be held in May in Rapid City in South Dakota.   Students of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics of the UW performed the best. The team consisted of Wojciech Nadara, Marcin Smulewicz and Marek Sokołowski solved all twelve tasks, and won, for the second time in a row.   Eight tasks were…

…indicators that measure academic research performance and global and regional reputation, such as publications, research reputation, citations and international cooperation. The number one is the Harvard University.   Among the 1000 best institutions of higher education in the world, the University of Warsaw was ranked 319th. In Europe, the UW was listed 141st.   Our university is a leader among Polish institutions. The second top one is the Jagi…