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The head of CPR announces the 6th edition of contest for financing the participation of academic teachers in international educational services  improving their didactic competences. The deadline for submissions is 21 October, 2024 (the documents in electronic form can be sent by the end of the day). For more information, visit this website.

The call for scripts for short popular science films has been launched. The call for applications is open until the funds are exhausted, but no later than 2 June 2025. The prize in the competition is the production of a video based on the draft of the script that has been submitted to the competition. The prize includes expert support in writing the final version of the script, filming of the footage by a professional camera operator, editing and publication on the Warsaw University of Technology's YouTube channel. Rules of the contest and the contest application form.

On Tuesday, 1 October 2024, at 2 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of the Faculty of Mechatronics at the Warsaw University of Technology, the ceremonial Inauguration of the Academic Year 2024/2025 took place. The event was attended by a number of invited guests, including the university authorities, representatives of the self-government and students who are starting a new stage in their lives.

Warsaw University of Technology Institute of Micromechanics and Photonics announced a call for PhD Student position within the NCN PRELUDIUM BIS project: Bayesian interence in optical metrology. Project committee has evaluated the applications and would like to thank all applicants. The winners are listed below. Candidates are to be contacted via e-mail and provided with further instructions. PhD Student: Mr Damian SuskiMaciej Trusiak, PhD, DScPrincipal Investigator

We come with an interesting piece of information: Pavel Rukat and Yelyzaveta Leshchenko spent the summer in an unusual way, taking part in the largest international analogue lunar mission - Mission Analogue Colony 1, organised by the Analog Astronaut Training Center (AATC). This unique event brought together analogue astronauts from around the world, and the AATC habitat was designed to accommodate 30 people in isolation, under fully controlled environmental, physiological and psychological conditions, with the approval of an ethics committee.

World’s TOP 2% Scientists includes two lists. First one is about the entire research career of a given individual, the other one is based on the bibliometric data from the last calendar year. Warsaw University of Technology boasts 64 employees, including 4 people from our Faculty, on the former list and 36 people, including 5 from our Faculty, on the latter.The World’s TOP 2% Scientists ranking is based on such bibliometric data as the total number of quotations, the Hirsch Index (h-index) and the Schreiber co-authorship adjusted index (hm-index). 

The new academic year is coming, this also includes new recruitment to our Band! When?  2, 7 and 9 October, 2024. Where? Band HQ in the “Riviera” Students House, Waryńskiego 12 street. If you want to learn more about the process, please visit www.zpitpw.pl. Should you pass the process, you will be able to join us for an integration trip right afterwards, on 12 and 13 October. We can’t wait to see you! MORE

This is the third edition of our action Dogs at PW. Hapi, Foka, Wafel and Kinder have come to our university and become photo celebrities - they posed for photos with people in the Main Building of PW. However, this is your true chance to become a hero and take one of them home. Will you take up this challenge? More information here.

You are cordially invited to take part in a competition for students and PhD students to submit didactic initiatives that will influence the development of modern education in Poland. The prize pool is PLN 7,000 and the deadline for submitting your projects is 10 November,2024. The organiser of the contest is Foundation for Quality Education, which has been raising the didactic bar in higher education for years. The Didactic Initiatives of Students contest is a response to the needs of the academic community - students, PhD students, lecturers and university authorities. 

The Dean and the Faculty Council invite to the Celebration that will take place on 1 October, 2024 (Tuesday) at 14:15 at the Multimedia Auditory of the Faculty of Mechatronics (room 11) at Andrzeja Boboli 8 street in Warsaw.

What should you know about Warsaw University of Technology? What study courses do we offer and how can you register? We will answer these and other questions on 26 and 27 Septemper at Warsaw Schools of Economics. The clue of High School Graduates Saloon is about the exhibition stands and this will be also the case this year. Please visit us at stand 13. Entry free of charge. See you there!

Every year September means close encounters with… science. We would not have it any other way this year. It is an opportunity to get answers to questions about various phenomena surrounding us, to see laboratories and research apparati, to take part in workshops, presentations and lectures. We encourage you to browse the festive attractions supported and prepared by experts from Warsaw University of Technology. More information here

We would like to inform you about complimentary test access to a new AI tool  -Web of Science Research Assistant, provided as a part of the Web of Science national licence. The test access will be available between 9 and 30 September, 2024 for all users from computers in the PW network and from any computer registered in the PW integrated library system.

In order for a student to apply to the programme, his or her teacher should create an account and present a concept of a project the student is to execute. You can register by 11 October, 2024 via the form at https://inzynierowie-przyszlosci.pl. „Engineers of the Future” is a national educational programme for teachers and students of secondary schools and high schools willing to execute their original, innovative educational programmes. More

RWTH Aachen University, a partner of Warsaw University of Technology within the ENHANCE consortium, invites students for the first ENHANCE online course entitled Planning Logistics Systems (5 ECTS). Conducted in English, the course will introduce participants to the key issues involved in planning and designing logistics networks, transport and warehouse operations from a quantitative point of view, using mathematical modelling techniques and optimisation methods. More

Eighty years since the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising is a time that has passed, but not gone away. Numerous mementoes left behind by the heroic uprising of the capital's inhabitants can be viewed until 15 October this year in the temporary exhibition hall of the Warsaw University of Technology Museum at 22 Nowowiejska Street.

The Swiss government's scholarship programme for Polish citizens provides scholarships for research stays (condition: obtaining a master's degree before 31 July 2025 - for candidates at ETH Zurich - 30 June 2025), PhD studies for young (born after 31 December 1989) master's graduates(condition: obtaining a master's degree before 31 July 2025 (for ETH Zurich candidates - 30 June 2025), and postdoc fellowships (age limit does not apply - obtaining a doctoral degree after 31 December 2021 and before 31 July 2025, for ETH Zurich - 30 June 2025) representing various disciplines.

You are invited to participate in an international student exchange programme between leading European technical universities. The next session of the ATHENS Programme will take place from 16-23 November 2024 and consists of an intensive course (30 hours), a cultural programme of European Dimension Activities (10 hours). You will earn 2-3 ECTS credits for each session. Participation is free of charge; students cover travel and subsistence costs on their own. How to participate in the ATHENS Programme? More

The call for applications for the John Paul II scholarships for students of the Capital City of Warsaw was launched on 1 September. Opportunities are open to those who, despite difficult financial, health or family conditions, have good results in their studies and achieve success in science, art, sports or are involved in various social activities. The John Paul II Thought Centre is waiting for applications until 10 October. Scholarships are intended for pupils and students studying in Warsaw. The call for applications for primary and secondary school students ended in July. Now students have their time to document their achievements. The monthly financial support available ranges from PLN 500 to PLN 1,500. More

The Polish Academy of Sciences and the European Research Council invite you to a meeting with Maria Leptin, ProfTit. This is a unique opportunity to find out more about the latest ERC initiatives and programmes and to learn about the prospects for research development in Europe. When: 23 September (Monday) 2024, 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. Where: Maciej Nałęcz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 4 Prince Trojden Street, Warsaw. Registration until 13.09.2024. More