Inauguration at UW
30 września 2020

1st October marks the beginning of the academic year 2020/20201 at the University of Warsaw. Professor Alojzy Z. Nowak will open the solemn ceremony that will be held at 2 pm in the Auditorium Maximum building.

During the ceremony, there will be the following order:

  • Singing the national anthem and “Ode to Joy”
  • Prof. Alojzy Nowak, the UW Rector, will deliver a speech
  • Matriculation
  • Speeches of the representative of students and doctoral candidates
  • First academic lecture, on brain surgery, will be delivered by Prof. Mirosław Ząbek from the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education

This year, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda will attend the ceremony.

The inauguration of the academic year 2020/2021 will begin on 1st October at 2 pm in the Auditorium Maximum building. All sanitary regulations aim to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 will be followed. All participants are asked to wear protective face masks.

Due to the limited number of places, resulted from the epidemiological situation, the organisers reserve the right to admit guests to the Auditorium Maximum building who had previously received invitations.

The event will be broadcast and translated into English>>

Although the academic year begins on 1st October, students will start their classes on 15th October.

 

Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl