Call for papers IWA Conference 2025
Until January 31, individuals interested in engaging with the world’s largest organization of water industry experts – the International Water Association (IWA) – can still submit papers for the IWA 2025 conference (https://iwapi2025.org/).
The conference covers interdisciplinary topics at the intersection of technical and economic sciences, including:
New intercultural program – apply now
OPEN UP! DARE TO! is the slogan of the new intercultural skills development program for employees, PhD candidates, and students of Gdańsk University of Technology. The program includes a film screening, a meeting with a philologist as well as meetings with local cultural institutions. The first event will be held on February 10th – registration now open. The program is organized by the International Relations Office.
Future engineers take center stage at Gdańsk Tech
A collaboration between academia and industry inspires high school students to pursue careers in engineering.
Gdańsk University of Technology recently hosted an inspiring event for students from Elbląg City, organized by the Fundacja Inspirujące Przykłady(Inspiring Examples Foundation) in partnership with NDI GROUP, Wipro IT Services Poland, and the University’s Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The event, held on January 14, 2025, was designed to ignite interest in engineering careers and give students a hands-on look at the possibilities within the technical field.
Important!
On Tuesday, December 3, the Dean's Office and the Office of Cooperation and Promotion will be closed.
Advancing Education and Collaboration in African Road Transportation Engineering
In the third week of November 2024, Dr. Eng. Wojciech Kustra, M.Sc. Eng. Tomasz Mackun, Dr. Eng. Marek Pszczoła, Dr. Eng. Krystian Birr from the Department of Transportation, along with M.Sc. Eng. Maciej Sawicki from the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Design Office, had the honor of organizing a fruitful meeting and an intensive training session for educators in Kampala, the capital of Uganda.
The meeting was organized in collaboration with European universities: Bauhaus University of Weimar from Germany and Alpen-Adria University from Austria. This event marked another step in strengthening partnerships with universities in Sub-Saharan Africa, such as:
Competition for the Position of Research Fellow in the NCN SONATA Project
The SONATA competition is an initiative by the National Science Centre (NCN) in Poland, aimed at researchers in the early stages of their academic careers. Its purpose is to support the implementation of innovative basic research that expands knowledge across various scientific disciplines.
Position: Research Fellow
Position details:
Research Fellow in the field of laboratory data analysis and numerical modeling as part of project 2023/51/D/ST8/00786 (“Soil-structure interaction for large deformations under various boundary conditions”).
Number of positions available: 1
Terms of employment:
Scientific scholarship of 3,000 PLN gross per month for 12 months starting from February 1, 2025, with the possibility of extension up to 28 months.
It’s set to be one of the most cutting-edge “green” research hubs in this part of Europe
On December 3rd, the Gdańsk University of Technology will open its Eco-Innovation Center. Tackling major global challenges such as flood and drought mitigation, resource and energy recovery, wind energy development, using waste materials for concrete production, and water pollution removal will be among the key research areas pursued at the Center.
In this state-of-the-art “green” research center, solutions will be developed to enhance safety and quality of life in an environmentally friendly way while improving the state of our natural surroundings.
PG leads multidisciplinary research in Poland per THE ISR ranking
Gdańsk University of Technology secured the top position in Poland in the inaugural edition of the THE Interdisciplinary Science Rankings (THE ISR), developed by Times Higher Education (THE) in collaboration with Schmidt Science Fellows – a prestigious fellowship program supporting young researchers in interdisciplinary research.
THE ISR is the world’s first ranking that measures universities' contributions to the development of interdisciplinary research, which is key to solving contemporary global challenges. This year’s edition evaluated 749 universities from 92 countries. Among them, Gdańsk University of Technology ranked 184th globally and was the only Polish institution to place in the top 200. Other Polish universities in the ranking include AGH University of Science and Technology and Wrocław University of Science and Technology, which ranked in the 201–250 range.