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In early June 2025, a group of second-year Czech Studies students from the University of Wrocław took part in a week-long study trip to Zlín in the Czech Republic. The trip was organised in partnership with Tomas Bata University – a modern institution with a strong international profile and deep roots in the region’s industrial heritage.

How did one manage to remember music before sheet music in its current form was invented? What was the Guidonian hand, and why is it still worth using in musical education? Is it possible to discern logic, emotions, or even elements of violence in medieval musical treatises? We are pleased to invite you to read Maria Kozan’s interview with dr Ryszard Lubieniecki – a musicologist, artist, and practitioner who not only examines music of earlier times, but also creates and shares it. This conversation takes as its starting point his latest book “Musica i memoria w środkowoeuropejskich traktatach muzycznych pierwszej połowy XV wieku”, published in 2025 by Wrocław University Press.

We are pleased to announce that the Institute of Slavic Studies at the University of Wrocław (ul. Pocztowa 9, 3rd floor) is currently hosting the photography exhibition “SłowoWobraz. Fotografia literacka” (eng. WordInImage: Literary Photography). The displayed works were created during a series of creative workshops held in May 2025, open to students of the University of Wrocław.
The Dragon capsule, carrying Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, has successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). The four-person Ax-4 mission crew will spend two weeks on the station. The University of Wrocław has been selected by the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) – as one of only two universities in Poland – to host a live connection […]

On Tuesday, 24 June, we celebrated the successes of young researchers and their academic supervisors at the University of Wrocław in the grand Aula Leopoldina. The event honoured those involved in the “Young Researcher 2023–2025” programme, part of the Initiative for Excellence – Research University (IDUB).

On 1 July at 3:00 p.m., the premiere of the third edition of the book Grupy dyspozycyjne. Analiza socjologiczna will take place in the Oratorium Marianum. The author is dr hab. Jan Maciejewski, prof. UWr, long-time head of the Department of Sociology of Dispositional Groups at the UWr Institute of Sociology.
As of 24 June, we already have 12,546 registrations in the IRK system. A total of 7,243 candidates have expressed their interest in beginning studies at the University of Wrocław this October! Here are the 10 most popular degree programmes – ranked by the number of candidates per place: 🥇 Psychology – 11.15 candidates/place🥈 Korean […]