[PG in the media] Recruitment results, URWIS and DNA research

We present the most interesting of them.

Over 40,000 Applications for Studies at Gdańsk Tech

Applicants for full-time and part-time first-cycle studies at Gdańsk Tech have submitted a total of 40,362 applications. The highest number of applications was received for Civil Engineering, while the greatest competition was in Management and Production Engineering.

First Tests of URWIS on Open Water

Students of Gdańsk Tech have built an unmanned surface vehicle designed to support lifeguards in the future. URWIS – the name of the Gdańsk Tech students’ project – underwent its first tests on open water. These took place on July 17 in Osiek on Lake Kałębie.

Understanding DNA

Scientists – including those from Gdańsk Tech – have conducted some of the largest studies to date using computer simulations to examine how different DNA sequences behave. The obtained data help to better understand the functioning of DNA and constitute a vast, publicly accessible database for further scientific research. The results of the studies, co-authored by scientists from Gdańsk Tech, were published in the journal Nature Communications.

Three Gdańsk Tech Students in the Student Council at the President of POLSA

Julia Bielińska, Filip Sołtys, and Filip Zdrojewski have been appointed to the 7th term of the Student Council at the President of the Polish Space Agency. Among the 30 members of the new term, there are as many as three representatives from Gdańsk Tech.

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Modernist Centre of Gdynia on the UNESCO List

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has decided to inscribe the modernist centre of Gdynia on the World Heritage list. This international distinction crowns years of efforts to recognize the exceptional value of Gdynia's downtown area. Among the authors of the nomination were also representatives of the Faculty of Architecture at Gdańsk Tech, including Dr. hab. Eng. Arch. Robert Hirsch, the city conservator of monuments in Gdynia, with whom an interview can be read on the Wirtualna Polska portal.

Information about the UNESCO listing can also be found at:

1980s Yacht Given a Second Life at Gdańsk Tech

MicroPolo is a unique yacht designed in the 1980s by PhD Eng. Jacek Centkowski and PhD Eng. Jan Młynarczyk. The vessel was never launched and waited for its chance for years. Thanks to the initiative of the staff and students of the Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology at Gdańsk Tech, it underwent a thorough transformation.

Photonic Sensor to Support the Fight Against Cervical Cancer

Gdańsk Tech is a scientific partner in the project "Light in the Service of Health – Photonic Sensor to Support the Prevention and Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer," which is conducted by scientists from Bydgoszcz University of Technology.

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