UL: Cultural events

Last weekend (5-7 December), the University of Wrocław hosted the Central European Regional Contest of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). The competition brought together 70 three-person teams from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Poland, all competing for qualification to the World Finals, which will be held for the fiftieth time this year.

On Friday, 5 December, a special event entitled “Nauka na Fali – GeoArctic Expedition 2025” was held in the Professor A. Mycielski Lecture Hall at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wrocław. The meeting brought together nearly 300 secondary school pupils, university students, academic staff, and enthusiasts of sailing and science. Through a premiere screening of documentary films, participants were transported to the harsh and captivating landscapes of the Arctic.

The podcast “Łatwo powiedzieć. Tomasz Piekot” has been nominated for the Grand Press 2025 Award in the category “Specialist Journalism and New Forms of Journalism.” The author of the podcast is dr hab. Tomasz Piekot, linguist and Head of the Centre for Plain Polish at the University of Wrocław.

On 7 December at 6.00 pm, recitals by the laureates of this year’s 19th International Chopin Competition will take place in the Aula Leopoldina of the University of Wrocław (Plan Uniwersytecki 1).

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.

The Rector and Senate of the University of Wrocław invite you to the University Day celebrations, which will begin on Friday, 14 November at 10:00 a.m. in the Aula Leopoldina (main building of the University of Wrocław, pl. Uniwersytecki 1).

The Institute of Polish Studies at the University of Wrocław, together with the Society of Friends of Polish Studies in Wrocław, invite you to the 30th edition of the popular science lecture series on Polish studies, ‘Meetings at Nehring’, organised in the 2025/2026 academic year. The next lecture in the series will be Młodopolska fantastyka naukowa i jej proroctwa, given by dr Fryderyk Nguyen.

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of our university, prof. Robert Olkiewicz, Rector of the University of Wrocław, invites you to a gala concert for the University of Wrocław community.

This coming Saturday, 8 November, a science weekend entitled “OMG – Observatory of Young Geniuses” will begin at the Astronomical Institute of the University of Wrocław.

This academic year, the meetings will focus on economic and social issues.

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On Monday, 20 October at 4:00 p.m., the SKNR WroSlawianie from the Institute of Slavic Studies, together with the co-organisers – the Centre for Culture and Arts, the UWr International Office and the UWr Office for Student and Doctoral Activities – invite you to the 6th edition of the “Melodies of Three Generations” concert.