UL: Popularisation of science

The Lower Silesian Science Festival at the University of Wrocław is an event full of scientific surprises. This year, the Faculty of Chemistry took participants into the world of experiments. Although they looked like magic, they were based on the hard laws of science.

Na Uniwersytecie w Segedynie na Węgrzech, zakończyło się wydarzenie „Urban Post-COVID Recovery in the V4 Countries: Towards Effective Sectoral Policies?”. Zgromadziło badaczy i praktyków zajmujących się problematyką funkcjonowania samorządów miejskich w warunkach odbudowy po pandemii COVID-19. Wzięli w również udział naukowcy z Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego.

In September, the Institute of German Studies at the University of Wrocław hosted the tenth anniversary edition of the three-day international academic conference series ‘Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław’.

On Tuesday 16 September, the Lower Silesian Congress of Young Explorers will begin – a unique two-day event aimed at secondary school pupils with an interest in mathematics, computer science and artificial intelligence.

Prof. Michał Tomczak from the University of Wrocław’s Institute of Astronomy was elected the new president of the Polish Astronomical Society.

The Department of Renaissance and Reformation Art History at the Institute of Art History of the University of Wrocław, is organising, from 22 to 27 September 2025 in Gdańsk, the Polish-German Seminar Wrocław–Halle–Siegen “Religion and Art in Multi-Ethnic and Multi-Confessional Gdańsk in the Early Modern Period”. The participants in this event, prepared in cooperation with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the University of Siegen, will include scholars, doctoral candidates and students of art history, Protestant and Catholic theology and church history from the institutions named above.

We spoke with the DFN coordinator at the University of Wrocław, dr Aleksandra Ziober, about this year’s festival theme and the events awaiting participants.

The Historical Institute invites to the last ‘Szewski Czwartek’ of this academic year.

When water takes the stage, science becomes even more fascinating! You’ll see for yourselves on 24 May during the Odra Picnic at the University of Wrocław stands, where you’ll find hands-on experiments and a healthy dose of knowledge about this powerful element.

The University of Wrocław has been selected by the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) as one of two Polish universities that will conduct a live connection with the International Space Station (ISS). Our University has defeated multiple academic centres in prestigious eliminations, winning recognition for its involvement in science popularisation and educational activity.

On May 17th, we invite you to visit some of the University of Wrocław facilities, which open their doors to host the Long Night of Museums. The academicians of Wrocław, under the auspices of the Academic Museums Association, have also prepared an exterior exhibition, Wrocław na szlaku dziedzictwa akademickiego (eng. ‘Wrocław on the Trail of Academic Heritage’), which will open on May 13th at 13:00. However, it will be visible the day before at ul. Kuźnicza. Certainly, this exhibition might be an inspiration for those who are interested in spending the Night of the Museums in the academic institutions of Wrocław.