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Preparations are currently underway in the Botanical Garden of the University of Wrocław for the creation of a new tourist attraction and additional research facilities. But what were archaeologists doing on the grounds of the Botanical Garden?

The Historical Institute at the University of Wrocław invites you to the next online meeting in the “Szewski czwartek” series, to be held on 27 November at 6:00 p.m. Dr hab. Krzysztof Fokt from the Centre for Source Publications at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University, will deliver a lecture entitled: „Wolni, niewolni, półwolni? O statusie chłopów w monarchii wczesnopiastowskiej”. The language of instruction is Polish.

Are humanities studies nothing more than leafing through old books and journals? At the University of Wrocław, you can quite literally touch history and even taste it.

Archaeological works are being carried out in the Crypt of the Collegiate Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kłodzko as part of its renovation. A few days ago, researchers recovered the remains of Arnau of Pardubice (1297–1364), an eminent clergyman who is believed to have originated from Kłodzko.

The University of Wrocław invites students from Belarus to participate in the School of Civic Education as part of the “Free Belarusian University” project.

On Wednesday, 26 November at 4:30 p.m., a meeting will be held with dr Michał Siedziako from the University of Szczecin, author of the book Marian Jurczyk [1935-2014]. Biografia polityczna szczecińskiej legendy „Solidarności”. The event will take place in room 208 in the Institute of Art History building, ul. Szewska 36.

The Academic Career Office invites you on 20 November from 10:00 to 15:00 to the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics at the University of Wrocław (Building D, Uniwersytecka 22/26) for the jubilee 20th edition of the Career Campus – Job and Internship Fairs – an event that connects University of Wrocław students and graduates with representatives of the labour market. The theme of this year’s edition is Gallery of Opportunities.

In the Polish edition of the 2025 Náboj Physics competition, held on 7 November 2025, pupils competed in two categories: Junior and Senior. The event in Wrocław was organised by the University of Wrocław in cooperation with the Polish Physical Society, and took place in the Main Reading Room of the Library of the University of Wrocław.

Three disciplines from UWr can be found in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS), published on the 18th of November. Mathematics was placed the highest: 201-300 place in the world. Psychology and physics were also highly rated, with respectively 301-400 and 401-500 places in the world.

The Historical Institute at the University of Wrocław invites you to the third edition of a conference devoted to the 20th century in the history of Eastern Europe. The two-day event has been organised with funding from the Institute, a grant from the Rector, Professor Robert Olkiewicz, and the Dean of the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, dr Paweł Klint. The conference has also received financial support from the Marshal’s Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

During the Festival of Science in Wrocław on Friday, 14 November, the official list of awardees of the municipal Student Scholarship Programme was announced.

We are delighted to announce that the University of Wrocław teams have secured the top two places in the 29th Polish Academic Team Programming Championships.