We kindly invite you to take part in the hybrid conference organized by the Centre of Languages and Communication to celebrate its 70th anniversary.

The aim of the conference is to exchange ideas and experiences relating to language teaching and learning, as well as the development of communication and intercultural skills in a globalised world.

We especially encourage EMI teachers and members of international and intercultural projects and student exchanges to participate.

Plenary events

The 5th International Meeting of Universia Rectors gathered 700 rectors from 14 countries, representing 14 million students from Europe, the United States and Latin America.

Representatives of 30 universities, including the Poznan University of Technology, participated in the event from Poland. The meeting was a unique forum for a debate under the slogan "University and society".

On May 15, the 1st Conference of European Universities was held in Warsaw. This is a new initiative dedicated to alliances of higher education institutions from across the European Union, implemented under the Erasmus+ programme.

The motto of this year's edition is "European Universities as the basis of innovative Europe". The award was received by the Rector of PUT prof. Teofil Jesionowski.

The lecture is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the concept of EMI at PUT from the academic teachers’ perspective focusing particular on their needs, expectations, skills and requirements. The speech will also introduce projects (NAWA, BAGDE, EUNICE) implemented at the Centre of Languages and Communication, which can be a valuable support for lecturers conducting classes in English.

Politechnika Innovation, a special-purpose vehicle of the Poznan University of Technology, became a shareholder of GMW and Sky Robot Factory at the end of April 2023 in order to support start-ups of scientists in the development of technology in the field of automation and robotics.

Awards in this year's competition "Award of the City of Poznan for an outstanding doctoral thesis" and "Award of the City of Poznan for an outstanding master's thesis" were given to Artur Jędrzak, Agnieszka Kasińska-Andruszkiewicz, Piotr Kuwałek, Piotr Jaworski, Marita Pigłowska, Jakub Raczyński.

Six authors of theses defended at the Poznan University of Technology were among the awarded and distinguished:

The event was devoted to outlining the strategy for developing higher education in Poland and Uzbekistan. It was attended by 50 rectors and representatives of institutions in the field of education in both countries. The conference’s aim was to define the key areas of progress in social, political and cultural issues, cooperation in education and exchange of experience in science and innovation. The universities signed a number of letters of intent regarding student and academic staff exchange.

On 17-21 April 2023, the "International Workshop on Strategic Management" was held at the Faculty of Engineering Management. In three editions of the project (2021-2023), 109 students and 10 professors from foreign universities, as well as students and academic staff from the Faculty of Engineering Management participated in the workshops.

The third edition of the workshop was attended by a total of 110 students, including 50 from partnering universities:

Scientists from the Poznan University of Technology were among the best researchers in the world in the ranking presented by the Research.com academic platform. As a result, the Poznan University of Technology was classified in five disciplines, including the first place in the national ranking in the categories: Computer Science and Materials Science.

In the current edition of the list, which is presented gradually for individual disciplines, the list of the best scientists in the world includes:

Have you ever wondered why good hackers wear white hats and the bad guys put on black ones? Are you curious to know why Mars Pathfinder was given such a name? Do you know why Silicon Valley, home to many of the world’s largest high-tech companies, is located in California and why the most popular Levi’s blue jeans were created near San Francisco? If you want to know the answers to these questions, why don’t you take part in the lecture on the relationship between the American Frontier and American inventiveness, which spurred innovation, leading to new technologies and ways of living.