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The University of Wrocław’s Astronomical Institute invites everybody to an open lecture by prof. Brigitte Schmieder from Observatoire de Paris (France) – a brilliant researcher who studies the Sun’s physics and the phenomena occurring within its atmosphere. The event is organized as part of the Excellence Initiative – Research University (IDUB).

Are mystery plays a religious experience, ritual, or theatre? Where are they staged in Poland in their … What do mystery plays look like in other parts of the world and what is the ”authenticity aspect” of the practice?

Dear employers – are You looking for candidates from hard sciences and natural sciences? On 21 May 2026 the University of Wrocław’s Academic Career Office holds another edition of the “Career Campus” Job and Internship Fair.

Representatives of the academic community of Wrocław and Opole: rectors, vice-rectors, students and doctoral students met at the University of Wrocław to discuss the Internationalisation Strategy of the Polish Higher Education and Science.

Academic Career Office invites you to watch the latest interview from the UWr Talks: To be continued series, featuring dr Dorota Siwecka, Director of the Library of the University of Wrocław, assistant professor at our University, and a graduate of Library and Information Science.

On behalf of the prorector for international cooperation, dr hab. Patrycja Matusz, professor of the University of Wrocław, we are pleased to announce that our university, as the project leader of the “Lower Silesian EURAXESS Network,” has received funding under the NAWA-EURAXESS Network programme. The project is carried out in cooperation with Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, and the Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

On behalf of the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, prof. Marek Konarzewski, we inform that the Presidium of the PAS, at its meeting on February 17, 2026, adopted a resolution No. 10/2026 concerning the election of new members to the Polish Young Academy.

The 23rd edition of the “Wrocławska Magnolia” competition has begun. It is addressed to graduates who defended their master’s theses in the 2024/2025 academic year and focused on topics related to improving the quality of life of Wrocław residents.

A team of researchers from the Institute of Geography and Regional Development (University of Wrocław) and the Technical University of Munich has published pioneering results in the Journal of Hydrology, using data from the new SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite mission. The developed method, Reach-Reg, makes it possible to track river water levels almost anywhere in the world, even in areas without overground measurement stations. The study was conducted during dr Michał Halicki’s postdoctoral fellowship, funded by the NAWA Bekker programme.

University of Wrocław, in cooperation with the European Council for Entrepreneurship, Science and Culture, organized the international Christianity & Conservatism Conference.

On March 19-20, 2026, the 16th Paleolimnological Session titled “Methods of reconstructing lake and peat moor environments” was held at the Institute of Geological Sciences. The main organizers were the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management of the University of Wrocław, the Polish Limnological Society, the Polish Quaternary Union (POLQUA), and the Committee for Quaternary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

In the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, published on March 25, the highest rank of University of Wrocław was in the fields of Arts & Humanities.