….5 million euro. The OGLE-IV project brought about a great number of scientific discoveries, published in around 150 scientific papers in the world’s most important scientific journals, including six in prestigious scientific weeklies, “Nature” and “Science”.   A group of astronomers led by a Professor discovered, among others, the first case of gravitational microlensing in our Galaxy, several exoplanets, many of them unique, such as the recently…

…rohydrides using their new approach as well as extend the range of known compounds in the family of alkali metal/yttrium borohydrides. Synthesis of many more systems based on Mg, Sc, Mn and other transition metals, is now carried out at CeNT.   The wet chemistry metathetic method is scalable, it uses low-boiling organic solvents and delivers high-purity product, the features which render it energy- and materials-effective. The new technology has b…

…to the finals, they have to make it through the university, national and regional contests.   The Warsaw University team won the competition in Poland. The regional contest drew the 78 best teams from Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary.   – This year’s edition saw a very good performance of teams for the University of Zagreb. The title of the Collegiate Central European Champion in Programming went to the tea…

…International rankings confirm, that taking into account the general number of research universities in the world – amounting to 20 thousand – the University of Warsaw belongs to the top 2 per cent. We receive the biggest number of grants, both from EU Framework Programmes, and from the national Polish sources. In many areas, our research teams have gained worldwide recognition: astronomers performing large-scale sky-combing projects, archaeologis…

…an Countries. 10 Years After the 2004 EU Enlargement” is organised by: ESPON Polish Contact Point, The Institute of Public Affairs, Centre for European Regional and Local Studies at University of Warsaw, The Visegrad Group.   More informationwww.euroreg.uw.edu.pl/en isp.org.pl…

…pm on the University Main Campus (exact place will be given to the accepted participants). Please note that there is no possibility of attending only a part or only one day of the workshop.   As we can accept only a limited number of participants, please register by sending an email to Katarzyna Basisty, k.basisty@adm.uw.edu.pl, (please include the following information in your message: your name, faculty and nationality).   Participation is compl…

…pproximately 55,000 students. Candidates are offered a very broad range of courses in the fields of humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, as well as many interdisciplinary courses combining knowledge and skills of many disciplines.   The University of Warsaw offers: a wide choice of programmes of 1st, 2nd cycle studies, and long cycle (uniform) Master’s studies, 33 programmes of doctoral studies (3rd cycle) and 6 international doctoral…

…sity of Warsaw attracts over 30 thousand candidates. Each year the number of foreign candidates increases. A year ago, there were 1080 candidates from abroad. As of today, there are already 1180 applications from foreign candidates, who represent all continents – except Antarctica.   The preferences of candidates have not changed much over the last few years. The most popular courses, measured in number of candidates, are economics, law, finance,…

…unicipality or the European funds coming from the Regional Programme for Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. The final agreement between the University and the voivodeship authorities was signed on 14 October 2013.   Before the construction started, the site needed to be prepared and the status of the land regulated. ‘It turned out the vast deposits of dolomite and calcite, now abandoned, but exploited in the ’70s and the’80s, in the register still appear…

International position Taking into account the total number of research universities that reaches 20 thousand, the University of Warsaw is among the top 3% of the world’s best universities. According to international rankings, it also is the best university in Poland and one of the leading ones in this region of Europe. In addition, the University of Warsaw holds very good positions in comparative evaluations of the quality of education, in parti…