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Dr Agata Karska from the Interdisciplinary Center for Modern Technologies has been appointed the rector’s representative for rankings. In view of the growing importance of international rankings and national assessments of the quality of scientific and teaching activities, the Rector…

Dr hab. Aldona Jankowska, professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Nicolaus Copernicus University, has been appointed the new director of the Polish Academy of Sciences Research Station in Paris. During her four-year term, she will be responsible for promoting…

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By decision of the Dean’s Council, the best student of our Faculty for the academic year 2024/25 is Ms. Marta Cholewa. Ms. Cholewa is a second-cycle Astronomy student and achieved a grade point average of 4.96. In September, she returned from a summer internship at ASTRON – Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, where she carried out a project on pulsars. For years, she has actively supported the UMK community through extracurricular activities, including participation in the Quality of Education Council and the Scholarship Committee. She is also the president of the UMK Student Astronomy Society.…

The Institute of Physics at Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK) hosted an informational workshop of the E-RIHS.pl Consortium and the inauguration of the FENG project. UMK serves as the national leader in this initiative, playing a key role in advancing interdisciplinary research on cultural heritage. The project at UMK is led by Prof. Piotr Targowski. E-RIHS ERIC (European Research…

At Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, we held the kick-off meeting of the CONIFER project – “Co-imagining needs-based mobility visions for the proximity city”. Thanks to the Excellence Initiative – Research University (IDUB NCU) program, and in particular the work of the Centre of Excellence IMSErt – Interacting Minds, Societies, Environments, recent years have seen the successful…

The Toruń Researchers’ Night 2025 is now behind us. The event took place at the welcoming venue of the Centre of Modernity “Mill of Knowledge” and featured shows, lectures, and experiments with active participation from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, including contributions from the ExcellenceInitiative – Research University (IDUB NCU). Highlights of the program included: Other NCU faculties also joined the event: Once again, the Toruń Researchers’ Night proved that science can be an exciting adventure…

Scientists at the Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK), have developed a new method formeasuring temperature and gas concentration using light alone, without physical contact or calibration. The achievement by researchers at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń opens up new possibilities for highly precise, contactless measurements in science, industry, and environmental monitoring. The results of the research and potential applications…

Scientific, educational, and promotional initiatives will be jointly carried out by Nicolaus Copernicus University inToruń and the company Neuca. The university authorities and the management of the Toruń-based company havesigned a cooperation agreement. The document, signed by the Rector of NCU, Prof. Andrzej Tretyn, and the CEO of Neuca S.A., Piotr Sucharski,defines the directions and areas of cooperation between the partners. Scientific cooperation will involve planningand conducting joint research projects, exchanging experiences, developing new research tools, providingspecialist and expert consultations, organizing joint conferences and publications, as well as preparing expert opinions and analyses. Educational cooperation will…