NAWA invited Polish universities associated in consortia under the ‘European Universities’ project to this initiative. This was one way of helping the Ukrainian scientific community to continue its activities despite the ongoing war in the country. The contract for the implementation of the programme was signed by the Warsaw University of Technology (which is part of the ENHANCE consortium) in December 2022. In turn, the years 2023-2024 saw specific activities in areas such as research, education, culture and administrative staff development. During this time, we organised 30 events for students, PhD students, researchers and administrative staff from Kyiv and Lviv Universities at WUT. These included conferences, summer and winter schools, language courses and tandems, hackathons, workshops, study visits. We also hosted events such as Ukraine Day and the ‘Innovative didactics’ conference.

The activities were coordinated by the Centre for International Cooperation. Six faculties were involved in the project: Electronics and Information Technology, Geodesy and Cartography, Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering, Chemical and Process Engineering, Civil Engineering, Power and Aeronautical Engineering, as well as the Foreign Language Centre, Students’ Union and Doctoral School.

We summarised our activities under the ‘Solidarity with Ukraine - European Universities’ programme at a conference held at WUT on 29 November 2024. The event was attended by the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Prof. Andrzej Szeptycki, the Warsaw University of Technology Vice-Rector for Research Prof. Mariusz Malinowski, the Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations of Lviv University of Technology Prof. Nataliya Chukhray, the First Vice-Rector of Kyiv University of Technology Prof. Mykhailo Oleksandrovych Bezuglyi and Radoslav Podgrudny from the National Academic Exchange Agency. The conference was an opportunity to recall implemented activities, discuss cooperation between the Universities of Warsaw, Lviv and Kyiv, and reflect on future support for Ukrainian universities.