UL: Competitions and prizes

The Award of the National Science Centre is the most prestigious honour for young researchers in Poland. We met with its recipients on October 15th at 6:30 P.M. The event was web-streamed.

The aim of the competition ‘The best of the best – in search of teaching excellence’, organised as part of the Initiative of Excellence – Research University programme, is to improve the quality of education and promote best practices in teaching at the University of Wrocław. We now know the winners of the third edition of the competition.

We asked professor Ewa Marcinkowska from the Faculty of Biotechnology at the University of Wrocław – an expert conducting research at the interface of haematology and immunology, focusing on therapies inducing the maturation of blasts in acute myeloid leukaemia – to explain what the immune system is all about and why research into it is so demanding and multifaceted.

The Heisig Prize for a physicist from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

During the inauguration of the academic year, which is soon to be held at the University of Wrocław, the Heisig Prize will be given to the winner — and it is already known who that is!

The Foundation for Polish Science has launched the latest edition of its START programme. Young researchers with outstanding academic achievements may apply for scholarships worth 30,000 PLN. Applications will be accepted until 5 November.

From among eight candidates put forward by twenty Polish universities participating in the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” programme, the Prize Committee has selected two nominees for the third edition of the Heisig Prize, also known as the “Polish Nobel”, the most prestigious financial award for a Polish scientist. The winner, who will receive 200,000 PLN, will be announced on 1 October 2025 at the University of Wrocław.

We discuss teaching in the field of computer science with the winner of the IDUB teaching award, dr Paweł Gawrychowski, prof. UWr of the Institute of Computer Science.

Applications are open until 31 August for the third edition of the IDUB Teaching Award. We speak with a previous recipient of the IDUB teaching award – dr hab. Maciej Matyka, prof. UWr, from the Institute of Theoretical Physics – about teaching in the field of physics.

In the nationwide ranking of student university legal clinics (law clinics), published today by Rzeczpospolita, the University Legal Clinic operating at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wrocław has taken first place!

The Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics (FLAE) at the University of Wrocław has ranked third in the 14th edition of Rzeczpospolita’s Law Faculties Ranking in the category of public universities – and secured first place in the “international cooperation” category.