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The training center for captains and pilots of ships, located on Lake Silm in Kamionka near Iława, is among only three such institutions in Europe and five in the world. Here, captains from all over the world learn to guide their ships through locks, canals and enter ports. In recognition of many years of work for the development of the Polish maritime industry and the facility itself, it will now be named after Capt. Zbigniew Sulatycki, Master Mariner.

In 2019, the Ministry of Education and Science conducted the first competition under the "Excellence Initiative - Research Universities" program. Selection of the winners of the first IDUB competition was a turning point for higher education and science system in Poland. Gdańsk University of Technology took second place in the country in this competition and was ranked highest among technical universities.

We would like to inform that The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) announces the call for applications for the START competition for 2023.

More information https://www.fnp.org.pl/en/oferta/start-3/

The application deadline is October 31, 2022. In the application, Prof. Slawomir Milewski, Vice-Rector for Scientific Research, should be indicated as the person entitled to represent Gdańsk University of Technology.

Andy Felt is a Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) in the USA. At UWSP, Professor Felt teaches courses in Operations Research, game theory, and computing. He is the Director of the UWSP Center for Athletic Scheduling, a group of undergraduate students who provide athletic schedules to college conferences across the USA using integer linear programming techniques. Professor Felt has sponsored over 30 undergraduate student presentations based on independent work.

On 1st October, in the heart of Gdańsk, with the sound of carillons playing "Gaudeamus Igitur", several local universities will celebrate the start of a new 2022/2023 academic year. This is a special event in the country, emphasising the role of the academic community in the life of the city.

More information here and here. 

In the second half of October, we plan to organize an online meeting with newly admitted first-year PhD students.

After that, if there will be a need, we are thinking of organizing an online meeting with 2nd-4th year PhD students in the AMA (Ask Me Anything) formula, based on the form , which we intend to launch soon.

We plan to organize a mid-term evaluation meeting for second-year PhD students in November/December.
 
We will provide details later.

The number of international students is one of the important indicators taken into account when assessing the degree of internationalization of universities. A larger number of international students affects, inter alia, factors such as increasing the competitiveness of study programs and enhancing the intercultural and linguistic competencies of employees and students.

– The offshore wind energy sector in Poland will be one of the most dynamically developing in the entire Polish economy, only if we effectively combine the potential and competences of research centers with the industry and business in this field. – said Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, Rector of Gdańsk University of Technology. – This cooperation is already good, however it should be even closer and more integrated.

The participants in a one-year internship will receive a scholarship paid monthly, free accommodation and the reimbursement of travel costs.

We encourage young scientists who are preparing a doctoral dissertation at your university, are the authors or joint authors of a scientific publication and wish to pursue their scientific interests at one of Polish leading universities - to take advantage of the offer.