UL: Cooperation

In 2025, two equal awards in the category of theoretical aspects of computer science were given to dr Piotr Ostropolski-Nalewaja from the University of Wrocław and Marek Sokołowski from the University of Warsaw, and in the category of applied computer science to Marcin Sendera from the Jagiellonian University.

Another year at the University of Wrocław, as part of the ARQUS European University Alliance, has begun. Thanks to these projects, initiatives constantly come to life, crossing not only national borders, but also redefining academic life. In the interview with dr Katarzyna Kajdanek, sociologist and ARQUS project participant, we can take a closer look at an international collaboration in urban research and reflect on academic culture.

On Wednesday, 1 October, the community of the University of Wrocław officially inaugurated the 2025/2026 academic year in the Aula Leopoldina.

The staff of the Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Wrocław invite to the seminar Intergenerational Pedagogies of Remembrance: Arts, Curatorship and Youth Participation.

On Thursday, Rector prof. Robert Olkiewicz met with the Minister of Science and Higher Education’s scholarship holders: dr Paweł Kaczmarski-Koronkiewicz and dr Michał Marczenko, to discuss their academic plans and more.

The collections of the Polish Theatre in Wrocław will be digitised and made available online soon. This exceptional project will bring the legacy of one of Poland’s most important theatre institutions closer to a wide audience. The initiative is being carried out with the participation of the Digitisation and Digital Services Division of the Library of the University of Wrocław.

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!

In September, the University of Wrocław hosted the 18th edition of the conference Formal Description of Slavic Languages.

On September 23, the University of Wrocław welcomed the participants of the international academic conference organised as part of the “European cultural relations within the Weimar Triangle” project.

On September 25, at 11 a.m., a seminar summarising the project “Alma Mater Leopoliensis. History of Lviv humanities 1661-1946” will take place at the Library of the University of Wrocław. Among those who participated in this landmark event were staff members from the UWr Institute of Polish Studies, the Library of the University of Wrocław, and Polish and Ukrainian archivists and researchers.

A scientific conference organised under the auspices of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) entitled ‘DNA Topology and Topoisomerases in Genome Dynamics’ has concluded in Szklarska Poręba.

For the twenty-seventh time, during the Lower Silesian Science Festival, the ‘Physical Circus’ at the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy captivated enthusiasts of science and spectacular experiments.