UL: University in the world

The jubilee, 20th Polish-Belarusian Scientific and Practical Round Table, titled “Kształtowanie społeczeństwa obywatelskiego na Białorusi a polskie doświadczenia transformacyjne” (eng. “The Relation between Shaping the Civil Society of Belarus and Polish Experiences with Democratic Transformation”), will take place on Friday, November 3. The event will be held at 9 a.m. at the University of Wrocław’s Institute of International and Security Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences located at ul. Koszarowa 3, room 114. The co-organisers of the event are the Municipal Office of Wrocław and the Free Belarus University Foundation.

Poles in Brazil fought not only pumas and snakes, but also for the Polish language. Dr Fabricio Wichrowski, a Brazilian historian and archaeologist of Polish descent, talks about the Polish diaspora in Brazil. Dr Wichrowski is currently at the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Wrocław as a fellow of NAWA’s Polonista programme.

For another consecutive year, the University of Wrocław has climbed the ranks in one of the most prestigious university rankings, the QS World University Rankings 2026, published on 19 June. The university is placed in the 801–850 group among the best higher education institutions worldwide. In the previous edition of the ranking, it was positioned within the 851–900 band. Among Polish universities, we are ranked fifth, while among classical universities we hold fourth place. In the Lower Silesian region, we are the highest-ranked institution.

We are pleased to announce that prof. Marta Osypińska from the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Wrocław has signed a cooperation agreement with the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), concerning the implementation of the first Polish archaeological project in Tanzania’s history.

The University of Wrocław has been ranked 937th globally and 4th among Polish universities in the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) 2025, published on 2 June. Notably, it is the only Polish institution to be ranked in the “Faculty” category, securing 269th place worldwide.

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.

The Jean Monnet Chair ReDemo at the Faculty of Social Sciences hosted a meeting of the Jean Monnet Network on E-Governance and Digital Transformation in the EU (ENDE).

The University of Wrocław had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from Montenegro, led by dr Tamara Vujović, Minister of Culture and Media. The purpose of the visit was to establish collaboration between experts from the University of Wrocław and Montenegrin specialists in the field of monument conservation and protection.

With the help of modern remote sensing tools such as aerial photography, geophysical surveys, and airborne laser scanning, scientists will be mapping archaeological sites. The head of the Polish part of the project Long-term land use dynamics within the areas of prehistoric ritual places, carried out by the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Wrocław in collaboration with the Universities of Pilsen, Hradec Králové, and Prague will be dr Agnieszka Przybył, who specialises in research on the Neolithic period.

The highest-ranked discipline at the University of Wrocław in the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2025, published in March, is Linguistics. The UWr was placed among the top 301–350 universities worldwide in this discipline. In the broader category of Arts & Humanities, which includes linguistics, the university moved up to the 401–450 range. The university also achieved strong positions in the natural sciences: Physics and Astronomy ranked 451–500, Mathematics 501–600, and Chemistry 551–600.

Australian Ambassador Benjamin Hayes was a guest of the UWr Rector, prof. Robert Olkiewicz on 14 March.

On Thursday, 27 February 2025, prof. Robert Olkiewicz, rector of the University of Wrocław, received a delegation from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, led by prof. Erik Jones, director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Research within the EUI. The meeting was also attended by Joanna Wielgo, manager of EUI-funded projects, and, on the UWr side, dr Łukasz Prus, Vice-Rector for Student Affairs; prof Magdalena Ratajczak, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences; prof. Piotr Sula, vice-dean for internationalisation of the Faculty of Social Sciences; Urszula Broda, head of the International Office; and Tomasz Woźniakowski, assistant professor at the Institute of Political Science, local coordinator of the event.