UL: University in the world

We talked with professor Jarosław Byrka from the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Wrocław. Prof. Byrka participated in the prestigious FOCS 2024 conference in Chicago at the end of October, presenting his work titled The Bidirected Cut Relaxation for Steiner Tree has Integrality Hap Smaller than 2.

November 18th , 19th and 21st , 2024 (Monday-Tuesday-Thursday)

The University of Wrocław ranked among the top 1201-1500 universities worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025, announced on 9 October 2024. We performed best in the International Outlook category, achieving 3rd place in
Poland.

Stanford University and the Elsevier publishing house have published the next edition of the ranking of researchers with the greatest impact on the development of science in the world (the so-called TOP 2% list). Every year, more and more scientists from the University of Wrocław appear in the list.

More than 30 valuable archaeological sites, previously unknown cave paintings, fragments of pottery and stone tools have been identified by Polish archaeologists in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. This is the first Polish research at the site.

The University of Wrocław has been ranked 306th in the  2025 QS Europe University Ranking. In Central and Eastern Europe, we are ranked 22nd among all universities. The ranking shows that a strong feature of the University of Wrocław is the quality of teaching and international exchanges.

In the latest edition of the Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders ranking of scientific publications (previously published under the name Nature Index Annual Tabels), the University of Wrocław was again ranked third among Polish universities. Our chemists, meanwhile, were ranked first among all scientists from Polish universities publishing in chemistry.

The University of Wrocław ranked 900th globally and 4th among Polish universities in the 2024 Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). We were the only Polish institution ranked in the faculty category, placing 263rd worldwide.

Dr Michał Bernaczyk, prof. UWr, as a legal advisor, represented the NGO Watchdog Polska in the first historic trial before the Strasbourg Court concerning violation of the right to information.

We wtorek, 12 marca 2024 r., odbyło się robocze spotkanie przedstawicieli Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego i Southern Illinois University (USA) w sprawie rozwoju współpracy badawczej i dydaktycznej w oparciu o podpisaną umowę bilateralną. Kooperacja została zainicjowana przed dwoma laty dzięki wsparciu Dolnośląskiego Urzędu Marszałkowskiego.

Is Arqus also a place for students? Certainly yes! On 7 and 8 March, we are hosting members of the Student Agora package within the Arqus Alliance at the University of Wrocław. Colleagues from Arqus universities are visiting us to see how student life goes at our university.