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We are pleased to announce that dr hab. Paweł Urbaniak from the Institute of Journalism at the University of Wrocław has been awarded the 2025 Paweł Stępka Award! The award ceremony took place today in Warsaw.
On 18 June 2025, following the conclusion of the meeting of the Rector-Dean College, a momentous ceremony took place in the Oratorium Marianum to celebrate the professorial appointments for those who received the title of professor or promotion to the position of professor of the University this year. UWr Rector prof. Robert Olkiewicz presented the diplomas and congratulated the titles and promotions of professors.
W Wydawnictwie Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego ukazała się właśnie książka dr Marty Śleziak pt. „Głosuj, broń, wybieraj. Polskie hasła polityczne z lat 1918–2020”. To książka-kompendium, uzupełnienie wiadomości z historii, wiedzy o społeczeństwie, ale przede wszystkim języka polskiego i tego, jak potrafimy my, jako obywatele lub rządzący, tworzyć hasła czy slogany.
We are delighted to announce that on 24 June at 2:00 p.m., the Aula Leopolina at the University of Wrocław will host the diploma ceremony for the outstanding recipients of the prestigious “Young Researcher 2023–2025” grant. The entire university community is cordially invited to attend this celebratory event.
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The aim of this competition is to recognise individuals from our academic community who share one key trait: dedication to what they do. The awards ceremony for the Santander Award for students and doctoral students of the University of Wrocław 2025 took place on 23 June 2025 at the Oratorium Marianum. Through this initiative, Santander […]
For another consecutive year, the University of Wrocław has climbed the ranks in one of the most prestigious university rankings, the QS World University Rankings 2026, published on 19 June. The university is placed in the 801–850 group among the best higher education institutions worldwide. In the previous edition of the ranking, it was positioned within the 851–900 band. Among Polish universities, we are ranked fifth, while among classical universities we hold fourth place. In the Lower Silesian region, we are the highest-ranked institution.
On 20 June 2025 at 18:00, a unique online meeting will take place with Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, Svetlana Alexievich. This is a rare opportunity to hear the voice of one of the most outstanding contemporary Belarusian writers – an author who has given voice to an entire generation and created powerful documentary epics about the human soul during times of war, disaster, the collapse of systems, and profound social change. Her books, dedicated to topics such as Chernobyl, the war in Afghanistan, the fall of the USSR, and the trauma of Soviet and post-Soviet existence, centre above all on the human being – their emotions, fears, hopes, and memory.
The Stanisław Vincenz Legacy Research Workshop invites you to an open seminar inspired by the thought and work of the author of the Na wysokiej połoninie (eng. On the high mountain pastures) cycle – focused on friendship, dialogue, and intercultural community. The event will take place on Tuesday, 24 June at 5:00 p.m. at the Institute of Polish Studies (ul. Plac Nankiera 15b, room 125, Tadeusz Mikulski Lecture Hall).
148 speakers from over 30 universities in Europe, Asia and North America participated in the BEYOND LANGUAGE 2025 conference this year. Eight days – five European cities (Warsaw, Bucharest, Lviv, Wrocław, Poznań) – a multitude of unique spots on the world’s intellectual map! Transdisciplinary exploration of thoughts and perspectives. Three continents – 111 papers – 48 hours of presentations, debates, and academic sessions. For a while, each of the cities on the BEYOND LANGUAGE map became an intellectual epicentre, a large-scale microcosm.
On 6-7 June 2025, the second edition of the International BioLOCK Conference took place at the Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Wrocław.
On Friday, 27 June, Wrocław will host a global celebration of the Year of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis – the Lithuanian artist, composer, and painter. At 5:00 p.m., the baroque Aula Leopoldina at the University of Wrocław will resound with the concert Hommage à Čiurlionis. The performance will be given by the State Chamber Choir “Polifonija” […]
