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On behalf of the Doctoral Student Self-Government of the University of Wrocław, we are pleased to announce an important achievement. As you may remember, for the past two years we have been trying to launch a sports card program for doctoral students. We are happy to announce that this program has started this month, and enrollment has been extended especially for you until 20 October!

As part of the second edition of the Solidarity with Ukraine programme funded by NAWA and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the University of Wrocław will host representatives of universities from Kyiv, Lviv and Chernivtsi, this time on study visits intended for administrative staff, which will take place from 14 to 18 October.

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to a South Korean writer, Han Kang. Dr Hae Sung Lee from the Korean team at the Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies believes this is a sign that Korea is transforming from a cultural power into a truly culturally rich nation. Here is the full commentary from the university’s Korean Studies scholar:
There’s a lot going on at the University of Wrocław Press and we want to keep you informed! In our series #MondayswithWUWr, we keep you up to date with the most important events, book news and issues important to the Publishing House! We also encourage you to follow the wuwr.eu website and the Publishing House’s […]

The accomplishments of this year’s Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry allow to reliably predict proteins’ structures based on their amino acid sequences, that is, the gene sequences that code for a protein. Protein folding has been a challenge for chemists for the last 50 years, and the problem has finally been solved, comments prof. Piotr Stefanowicz from the Department of Organic Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Wrocław.
The flooding in south-western Poland is over, but its effects persist. It is not only destroyed roads, bridges or houses, but also fear, sadness, anger or helplessness that have remained in the psyche of many people. With the youngest children in mind, experts from the University of Wrocław and SWPS University have developed a therapeutic […]