Open Days 2023 (updated)

INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY

Meeting date: 25 March (Saturday), 9:30 am–2:30 pm
Link to event: https://fb.me/e/2ivXMbB7d

INSTITUTE OF HISTORY OF ART

Meeting date: 25 March (Saturday), 12:00 am–2.00 pm
Place: Institute of History of Art, ul. Szewska 36

Planned programme:

1. Welcoming the candidates, presenting the history of the institute – director IHSz, dr hab. prof. UWr Romuald Kaczmarek (place: courtyard, or, in the case of bad weather, hall on the ground floor of IHSz building)
2. Institute of History of Art “from the inside”: showing candidates around the building, presentation of the library and lecture halls – dr hab. Agata Kubala and mgr Adam Szeląg
3. History of art. In practice: presentations of projects executed by employees of IHSz and possible career paths of future graduates – prof. dr hab. Anna Kutaj-Markowska, dr Agnieszka Patała, mgr Barbara Szczepańska
4. Recruitment 2023/2024 without secrets – meeting with secretary of the Faculty Admission Committee for the Institute of History of Art, dr Jakub Zarzycki

DUTCH PHILOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Meeting date: 25 March (Saturday), 11:00 am–12:00 pm
Place: Building on ul. Kuźnicza 21-22, the entrance on ul. Nożownicza, room 307 on the third floor

Meeting agenda:

1. Welcome by The Head of the Department.
2. Presentation of the new syllabus.
3. Abroad courses, internships and grants for Dutch philology students.
4. Recruitment – how is it done?
5. Ośrodek Kultury Niderlandzkiej (Dutch Cultural Centre) i Koło Naukowe Studentów Niderlandystyki (Dutch Studies Students Scientific Association) – presentation.
6. Meeting with Dutch Studies students.

INSTITUTE OF SLAVIC STUDIES

Meeting date: 28 March (Tuesday), 9.00 am–11.50 am
Place: ul. Pocztowa 9

• Open Days 2023 in Institute of Slavic Studies – poster

• Open Days 2023 in Institute of Slavic Studies – schedule

INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL, MEDITERRANEAN AND ORIENTAL STUDIES

Meeting date: 29 March (Wednesday), 5:00 pm
Place: ul. św. Jadwigi 3/4 („na Piasku”)

Room 102 (1st floor):
5:00 pm Mediterranean Studies (bachelor degree studies) – lekcje pokazowe języka arabskiego i nowogreckiego
6:00 pm Classical Studies (bachelor degree studies) – lekcja pokazowa języka łacińskiego metodą immersyjną
7:00 pm Classical Studies and Mediterranean Studies

Room 207 (2nd floor):
5:00 pm Indian Studies (bachelor degree studies and master’s degree studies)
More info.

• Invitation for open days

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Meeting date: 31 March (Friday), 10:00 am–12:30 pm.
Place: WNS campus (building 2/3)

Planned programme:
– “WHY WNS?” meeting
– Events of individual units of WNS (including lectures, intercultural workshops, oxford debate),
– Walking tour of the WNS Campus – getting to know the WNS units and the Library,
– Speaking club Welcome Center WNS – meeting with international students at WNS Library
A promotional booth for WNS and individual units and study circles is planned throughout the event. And there the opportunity to learn about the detailed offer, talk to students and staff.

• Open Days 2023 at the Faculty of Social Sciences

INSTITUTE OF HISTORY

Meeting date: 31 March (Friday)
Place: Lecture hall, Institute of History of University Wrocław, ul. Szewska 49

FRIDAY WITH HISTORY

Meeting agenda:

9.30 am –  prof. dr hab. Jakub Tyszkiewicz – start of the Friday with History, welcoming the guests, foreword on the topic of studies majors in Institute of History UWr
10.00 am-11.00 am – prof. dr hab. Piotr Cichoracki – Laborious road to independence. Four defeats of Józefa Piłsudski
11.00 am–11.15 am – break
11.15 am–12.15 pm – dr hab. Tomasz Głowiński, prof. UWr – Wrocław 1945-1949. First attempts of rebuilding the city
12.15 pm–12.30 pm – break
12.30 pm–1.30 pm –  dr Jakub Węglorz  –  Changes in the drugs used and the approach to treatment in XVIII and XIX centuries
1.30 pm–1.45 pm – break
1.45 pm–2.45 pm –  dr Dorota Wiśniewska –  On the trail of historical manipulation and fake news. The case of Twitter of Russian Embassy in Poland

Accompanying events: exchange of Scientific Associations of Institute of History UWr

INSTITUTE OF ARCHEOLOGY

Meeting date: 1 April (Saturday) 11.00 am–12.30 pm
Place: Institute of Archeology UWr, ul. Szewska 48, 2nd floor, room 202

link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/139068922200892/?ref=newsfeedl
ink the FB fanpage of the Institute: https://www.facebook.com/archeouniwroc

Meeting agenda:

Lecture: What can you learn by studying archeology? We will tell you about studying in the Institute, ongoing excavation work and specialized analyses, activities, which can be implemented under the Scientific Association. There will be a possibility to watch in person and closely the original archeological monuments from the collections of the Institute. Presentations and workshops will be conducted by our students and staff. Among others:

Animal bones in archeology – what the analysis of them gives us?
Elements of armament in the Period of Roman influence – on the example of original monuments
How the dishes were made in the old days?
Excavation works on various types of archeological sites
Techniques of documentation of monuments and archeological objects

MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE

Meeting date: 1 April (Saturday), 11:00 am
Place: Institute of Computer Science UWr, ul. Fryderyka Joliot-Curie 15 (the beginning of the open day shared lecture with computer specialists) and Mathematical Institute UWr, pl. Grunwaldzki 2/4.
Event on Fb

Candidates will have an occasion to get information about mathematical studies, get to know why mathematicians have an advantage on the job marker and listen about why mathematicians like structures. And at the end attractions prepared by our students.

INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Meeting date: 1 April (Saturday)
Place: Institute of Computer Science UWr, ul. Fryderyka Joliot-Curie 15
Event on Fb

The open day will begin on 11:00 am (together with mathematicians) with a lecture by Jan Marcinkowski about how Marian Rejewski broke the Enigma. There will be historical context, there will also be permutations, which are present in the Enigma and how Rejewski dealt with them. And a bit about military mathematics is slightly different than the one taught in schools.
We invite all students, which consider recruitment for Computer Science Studies or Indywidualne Studia Informatyczno-Matematyczne (ISIM) (Individual Computer Science and Mathematical Studies).
The plan includes more lectures, a bit of promotion, but it is mostly a good opportunity to talk casually with employees and students.

More information about why it is worth studying Computer Science in Institute of Computer Science.

INSTITUTE OF PEDAGOGY
Early education and preschool
Meeting date: 1 April (Saturday), 11.30 am–3.30 pm
Place: Institute of Pedagogy, ul. Dawida 1 in Wrocław

11.30 am–12.15 pm – Beginning of the meeting in the lecture hall, presentation for the guests
12.15 pm–1.15 pm – Sign language workshops in the lecture hall, led by: dr Małgorzata Siemież
1.15 pm–2.00 pm – Quiz and attractions in the Games Corner on the 2nd floor
2.00 pm–2.45 pm – Music workshops in the room 60, led by: dr Marta Kondracka-Szala
2.45 pm–3.30 pm – refreshments and conversations with pedagogy students in the Games Corner in the room 60

INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATION

Meeting date: 13-14 April (Thursday-Friday) – online on Thursday, in person on Friday
Place: Building on ul. Joliot-Curie 15.

INSTITUTE OF GERMAN STUDIES

Meeting date: 15 April (Saturday), 10:00 am-12:00 am
Place: Institute of German Studies on pl. Nankiera 15b in the room 26

Directly after the open day, another event will be held, which is Wprawki Młodych Germanistów (Exercises of Young Germanists), which will take place in the same place as the open day, but only in the in person form from 12:15 am to 3:00 pm. In the attachments programmes of both events can be found.

• Open Days in German Studies – programme

• Open Days Institute of German Studies – Exercises of Young Germanists

DEPARTMENT OF ETHNOLOGY AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Meeting date: 21 April (Friday), 5.00 pm-8.00 pm
Place: Patio on ul. Szewska 50/51 or room 208 on ul. Szewska 36 (will be decided on the availability of the patio and the weather)

Planned programme:

– Presentations of selected research interests badawczych of KeiAK employees
– Presentation of the Anthropology Students Scientific Association
– Concert of the band “Bardziej”

At the same time we’d like to inform about Virtual Open Doors, which are available all year round on the KEiAK website, section “Z życia KEiAK” https://etnologia.uni.wroc.pl/

FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Meeting date: 21 April (Friday), 10 am-3 pm
Places: pl. Maxa Borna 9 and the UWr Main Building pl. Uniwersytecki 1
More information

FACULTY OF CHEMISTRY
Meeting date: 22 April (Saturday)
details soon

INSTITUTE OF POLISH STUDIES
Meeting date: 25 April (Tuesday), 11 am-2 pm
Place: Institute of Polish Studies, pl. Nankiera 15, room 125 (1st floor)

Planned programme of the meeting (which may be an opportunity not only to get to know the offer of the Institute of Polish Philology UWr, but also – the last chance for a pre-matriculation repetition!):

Welcome to the incoming candidates, presentation of the two fields of study: Polish philology and the culture and practice of the text – Deputy Director of IFP, dr hab. Dariusz Dybek.
“The gift of imagination, or the benefits of philology”. – Presentation by mgr Karolina Chyła (student at the UWr Doctoral School).
“Relax, it’s only the avant-garde… (or – who is afraid of Tadeusz Peiper?)”. – lecture by dr Jakub Skurtys-Idczak, an employee of IFP UWr, who teaches Polish Studies and Culture and Practice of Text.
“Is language becoming brutalised?” – lecture by mgr Jan Krzywdziński (student at the UWr Doctoral School).
“Why did the theatre choose me and I didn’t dare protest?” – a lecture by dr Milan Lesiak, an employee of IFP UWr who teaches Polish Studies and anthropology of literature, theatre and film.

INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH STUDIES
Meeting date: 27 May (Saturday)
Place: online on MS Teams

The Institute of English Studies UWr invites to an Open Day online, which will took place for the candidates of bachelor degree studies on 27 May this year at 10:00 am, and for the candidates of master degree studies on 27 May this year at 10:30 am. The meeting will start with presentation of the study offer at IFA, then dr Paulina Pająk will give a lecture named  „Gaps, surprises and in/visible stories”. Interested candidates should send applications to dr Mateusz Świetlicki (mateusz.swietlicki@uwr.edu.pl). Registered people will reveive an e-mail invitation  to MS Teams meeting by May 24 this year.

INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL STUDIES

Meeting date: 20 June (Tuesday)
Place: Institute of Cultural Studies, Szewska 50/55

3:30 pm – Meeting with the Management of the Institute of Cultural Studies; place: Library of the Institute
4:00 pm-6:00 pm – “Kulturnatywa“, rooms 4, 7, 9, 29

“Kulturnatywa” is an annual holiday of cultural studies. On that day rooms of the Institute change into art galeries, in which students, which are studying there, can present their final projects. It is also an opportunity to meet well-known graduates.

FACULTY OF LAW, ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMICS

Open days are organized in the form of online meetings of high school graduating classes from schools across the country with faculty representatives. Applications for participation in this form of Open Days should be sent to the following email addresses: dowpae@uwr.edu.pl or rafal.ciesla@uwr.edu.pl. Individual and group meetings at the Faculty are also possible, more information can be found HERE.

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