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Tomorrow, on Saturday 20 September, between 11:00 and 16:00, the University of Wrocław will take part in the Old Town Festival organised by the Old Town District Council at Plac Solny.

The Lower Silesian Science Festival at the University of Wrocław is an event full of scientific surprises. This year, the Faculty of Chemistry took participants into the world of experiments. Although they looked like magic, they were based on the hard laws of science.

Na Uniwersytecie w Segedynie na Węgrzech, zakończyło się wydarzenie „Urban Post-COVID Recovery in the V4 Countries: Towards Effective Sectoral Policies?”. Zgromadziło badaczy i praktyków zajmujących się problematyką funkcjonowania samorządów miejskich w warunkach odbudowy po pandemii COVID-19. Wzięli w również udział naukowcy z Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego.

In September, the Institute of German Studies at the University of Wrocław hosted the tenth anniversary edition of the three-day international academic conference series ‘Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław’.

The New Horizons Association invites you to take part in the Academy of World Cinema and the Academy of Polish Cinema.

On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, a cooperation agreement between the Lower Silesian Police and the University of Wrocław was signed. The agreement concerns the prevention of drug addiction, terrorist threats and breaches of criminal law at the UWr.

On August 29-31, the European Rover Challenge 2025 took place at AGH University of Kraków. At this prestigious, strongly connected to the space sector event, University of Wrocław’s Faculty of Social Sciences was represented by a 3-person team — dr. hab. Bartosz Smolik, Paweł Skorb and Damian Wochnik.

From 22 to 26 September 2025, Wrocław will host the 67th Scientific Congress of the Polish Chemical Society, organised jointly by Wrocław University of Science and Technology, the University of Wrocław, and Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences. This year’s edition takes place under the motto “Building Bridges to New Discoveries”, which refers both to the symbolism of Wrocław’s bridges and to the idea of connecting different fields of chemistry, research environments, universities, fundamental and applied research, as well as fostering relationships between early-career and experienced researchers, and between academia and industry.

As part of the IDUB Visiting Professors programme, the Faculty of Biological Sciences will be hosting Professor Matej Germ from the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Professor Germ will be staying at the Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection from 29 September to 3 October 2025. During her visit, she will give an open lecture entitled Macrophytes – an important component in aquatic habitats, which will take place on 2 October 2025 from 10:00 to 11:00 in the lecture hall of the Faculty of Biological Sciences at ul. Kanonia 6/8.

As part of the IDUB Visiting Professors programme, professor Davi Rodrigues from the Federal University of Espírito Santo in Vitória (Brazil) is coming to the University of Wrocław. During his stay, which will last from 25 September to 18 October 2025, prof. Rodrigues will give an open lecture entitled: Tracing the origins of a rare cosmic explosion: the kilonova candidate GRB 230307A. The meeting will take place on 3 October 2025 at 12:15 p.m. in room 422 of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Wrocław. The event is organised by the Institute of Theoretical Physics.

On Tuesday 16 September, the Lower Silesian Congress of Young Explorers will begin – a unique two-day event aimed at secondary school pupils with an interest in mathematics, computer science and artificial intelligence.

Prof. Michał Tomczak from the University of Wrocław’s Institute of Astronomy was elected the new president of the Polish Astronomical Society.