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One of the world’s top ten

In the Golden Hall of the Kazimierzowski Palace, the Rector of the University of Warsaw, Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, together with the Vice-Rectors, Prof. Adam Niewiadomski and Prof. Maciej Raś met with Mikołaj Wolanin. The student from the UW’s Faculty of Law and Administration is the only representative of Poland, and the only European, recorded in the top ten of the Global Student Prize competition.

Platform for Green Dialogue with an award

On 17th July, the award ceremony of the International Green Gown Awards 2023 was held. The project of the University of Warsaw Green Thinking Matter Now!, coordinated by the Platform for Green Dialogue, was granted with the title Highly commended.

Students from the UW win the International Physicists’ Tournament 2023

A team of students from the UW Faculty of Physics took 1st place in the International Physicists’ Tournament. The competition was held from 23rd to 29th April in Palaiseau, France.

New calls for academics from the 4EU+ universities

The 4EU+ Alliance has recently launched two calls for applications that will allow academics, researchers and students to develop and deepen cooperation in education, research and innovation.

4EU+ mini-grants competition

Charles University has announced the results of the fifth edition of the call for 4EU+ academic mini-grants and the second edition of the student mini-grants. The University of Warsaw participates in 20 out of 34 winning projects.

Summer schools for doctoral candidates – call for proposals

The UW units can apply for funds to organise doctoral summer schools in on-site, hybrid or remote modes. It will be the last edition of the competition, organised under the University’s Integrated Development Programme (ZIP). The submission deadline is 10th March.

Winners of the University Physics Competition 2022

Students of the UW Faculty of Physics ranked as Gold Medal Winners in the University Physics Competition 2022. The contest was attended by 417 teams from research centres all over the world, including 11 teams from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw. Among the UW students are also winners of 5 silver and 2 brown medals.

UW Entrepreneur of the Year competition – 6th edition

From 16th January to 3rd April, registrations are open for the 6th edition of the UW Entrepreneur of the Year competition. Entrepreneurs associated with the University, who have achieved a business success, are welcome to participate. The results will be announced in late May.

The best foreign student in Poland

“I was searching for this kind of studies that would facilitate my further work in any part of the world. Now I am an ambassador of my country in Poland and an ambassador of the University of Warsaw in Tanzania,” says Karen Nyakato Kyabega, the best foreign student in Poland.

Warsaw Team with high scores on ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge

Warsaw Team (WT) has performed well in the finals of the ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge 2020-2021. UW students won gold in Machine Learning “Language Exam (LE) Challenge” and bronze in PRESTO application. WT was one of seven international teams that took part in the competition’s final virtually and in this online category scored first place in benchmark tests twice.

1st place in moot court competition

A student team from the University of Warsaw won this year’s All-European International Humanitarian and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition, held online. It is the first time when a Polish team won this international competition.

Urban Health Case Challenge 2020

From 23rd-27th November 2020, the 4EU+ University Alliance is hosting the first ever 4EU+ Urban Health Case Challenge. In 2020, the challenge is about community resilience in times of COVID-19 and the external case provider is Gehl. On 27th November, everyone can join the 14 student teams from eight European cities when they present their solutions to the challenge.

UW doctoral candidates selected as laureates of “Ma thèse en 180 secondes” competition

Julia Łukasiak and Aleksandra Burdziej are the UW doctoral candidates who were awarded first two prizes in this year's Polish edition of "Ma thèse en 180 secondes" competition. The participants' task was to present the subjects of their scientific research in French. The presentation could not last more than three minutes.

UW students took 5th place in RITC 2020

The team representing the UW Faculty of Economic Sciences was ranked 5th in the prestigious Rotman International Trading Competition, an annual event that brings teams of students and their faculty advisors from universities worldwide to participate in a unique 3-day simulated market challenge. This year, 47 teams took part in it.

3rd place for UW students in CIRC

The University of Warsaw Rover Team took 3rd place in the Canadian International Rover Competition (CIRC) in 2019 which took place in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada from 9th to 12th August.

Gold medal for UW students

Warsaw Eagles, the University of Warsaw team from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, won the gold medal at the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) 2019 world finals in Porto. UW students became champions in the region of Europe.

Good performances of UW students

Recently, two student teams from UW participated in two events dedicated to students. One of them was the KRAKMUN conference, and another one – the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.

Best biotech start-up in Poland

Warsaw Genomics, a start-up of the UW, has developed a cancer-risk assessment method which predicts the risk of getting cancer. It has been recognised by CESA as the best biotech start-up in Poland.

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