EUNICE Alliance Games, the sports competition between EUNICE universities initiated during the challenging times of the pandemic, took place at Poznań University of Technology for the third time. This is the last edition under the EUNICE banner, but as of November 1st, this idea will be continued for the next 4 years under the name EUNICE4U. We hope that the tradition of sporting competitions between students from the countries forming the consortium (in the new edition, there will be 10 countries) will continue.

A chess tournament between EUNICE partner universities, organised by the University of Mons, will take place on 28 November 2023 at 6.00 PM. Staff and students are encouraged to represent the Poznan University of Technology in this event.

Applications will be accepted until 29 October 2023 at eunice@put.poznan.pl. Sequence of applications applies.

Enea and the Poznan University of Technology seek to join forces and cooperate in the area of educating future staff for the energy industry. The signed letter of intent outlines plans for joint projects, specifically in the areas of educating specialists in nuclear energy, developing energy storage technologies, utilizing hydrogen, biomethane, and ammonia for energy, achieving energy independence, and promoting community energy.

On September 26-29, a delegation from the Poznan University of Technology represented the university during the annual EAIE conference, which this year took place in Rotterdam. The conference was accompanied by an educational fair, which gave universities the opportunity to meet face-to-face and discuss further cooperation with existing foreign partners or acquire new partners for joint projects and other international initiatives.

On October 6, 2023, the 12th "Night at the Institute of Aviation" took place in Warsaw.

This event is the biggest educational night in Poland, aiming to promote aviation and space sectors and engineering careers.

Every year, the interest and number of visitors increases. In the previous edition, almost 58,000 people visited the Institute in just 6 hours!

On September 30 and October 1, 2023, the largest stationary hackathon in Europe, known as HackYeah 2023, took place at the Tauron Arena in Krakow. Event participants aimed to design and create an application on a specific topic in just 24 hours. Nearly 3,000 people took part in the event, competing in 19 categories. 💻

Scientists from the Poznan University of Technology are among the most highly cited researchers in the world.

Stanford University and Elsevier collaborated to create a list of the top 2% of scientists with highly cited publications.

On October 4th, the Academic Year 2023/2024 Inauguration Ceremony took place.
Celebration program:
• National anthem
• Speech by the Rector of PUT, prof. Teofil Jesionowski
• Matriculation
• Rematriculation of the class of 1973
• Inaugural lecture by Michał Kurtyka, PhD entitled "Revolution in energy - opportunities, challenges and limitations" (Kozminski University)
• Speech by the Chairman of the PUT Council, Jolanta Musielak
• Speech by the President of the PUT Students’ Union, Agata Pera
• Presentation of awards and distinctions
• Gaudeamus Igitur

The Poznan University of Technology signed an agreement with the Doctrine and Training Centre of the Armed Forces.

The parties were represented by prof. Teofil Jesionowski - Rector of the Poznan University of Technology and Col. Dr Andrzej Lis - director of the Doctrine and Training Centre of the Armed Forces.

The guests included: Col. Dr. Robert Reczkowski - deputy director, Lieutenant General Dariusz Łukowski - deputy head of the National Security Bureau, Gen. Jan Dziedzic, Col. Artur Koszarek and Lieutenant Gen. Tadeusz Mikutel.

The international railway fair TRAKO 2023 took place on September 19 - 22. It is one of the most important industry events in Europe, where professionals, experts and enthusiasts from all over the world have a chance to meet.