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The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has announced the results of the 6^th edition of the “Student Research Groups Innovate” competition. The Warsaw University of Technology has been an active part of the initiative since the very beginning. The initiative enables the most talented students in student research groups to implement advanced research and development work and transfer the developed technologies to the economic sphere. 

The paper “Reliable Determination of Photoreaction Kinetics and Cyclization/Cycloreversion Quantum Yields for Dithienylethene Switches” by Jakub Drapała, PhD, and Krzysztof Durka, PhD, from the Faculty of Chemistry at WUT, has been highlighted on the inside front cover of the renowned journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition. The work was conducted in collaboration with Katarzyna N. Jarzembska, PhD, and Radosław Kamiński, PhD, from the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Warsaw.

The Minister of Science and Higher Education has awarded PLN 13 023 552.19 to a consortium in which the Warsaw University of Technology is a partner, as part of the programme “Support for participation of Polish scientific teams in international projects of research infrastructure”. The funding will support the project: “Financing the activity of the Polish node of the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science – E-RIHS.pl”, to be implemented from 2026 to 2030.

As part of the government initiative “Atom at Universities”, a competence-building project at the Warsaw University of Technology has now ended. The undertaking, financed by the Ministry of Energy, aimed to prepare specialised engineers for Poland’s developing sector of nuclear power.

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Zofia Witkowska from the Faculty of Architecture at WUT has designed the Ceramics Centre – a space devoted to clay and ceramics, presenting their history and significance within a unique architectural setting. Her concept envisions three buildings connected by an underground level, with forms inspired by objects made of clay. The project was developed under the supervision of Joanna Klimowicz, PhD, as part of the course Public Utility Building Design.

The 9^th edition of the interdisciplinary mpiBIM project has come to an end. Students from four Faculties of the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) – the Faculty of Architecture, the Faculty of Civil Engineering, the Faculty of Environmental Engineering, and the Faculty of Management – took part in this inter-faculty initiative. This year’s task was to design the WUT Interdisciplinary Research Centre. The mpiBIM project has been conducted continuously since 2017.

Researchers collaborating within the STAR experiment, conducted at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, have obtained breakthrough results concerning the structure of the quantum vacuum and the dynamics of strong interactions. The findings have been published in Nature.

We would like to inform you that from 16 to 18 February 2026, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., a condolence book will be available in the Main Hall of the Main Building of the Warsaw University of Technology.

Everyday problems often inspire revolutionary solutions. This was the case for Łukasz Bereś, a doctoral student at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology, who created a vehicle powered by a gantry type drive system. The idea for a machine that combines features of a bicycle, a car, and a gym, emerged in response to a very practical issue: getting to the university.

In recent years, Warsaw has seen the development of numerous multifunctional complexes emerging on the sites of former industrial facilities. This phenomenon has been examined by Dr Maria Arno, author of the article ‘Integrating Museum Narratives in the Adaptation of Post Industrial Heritage to Multifunctional Buildings in Warsaw, Poland’, published in the journal Muzeologia a Kulturne Dedicstvo.

A consortium composed of Screenmed sp. z o.o. (leader) and the Centre for Advanced Materials and Technologies (CEZAMAT) at the Warsaw University of Technology has been named among the winners of the STEP A – Biotechnologie competition. The StepDiag project titled “Functionalised magnetocatalytic nanoparticles in lab on foil systems and digital microfluidics for the detection of medical biomarkers” has received funding of 9,992,666.43 PLN.

A publication offering a new perspective on the dynamics of quantum vortices in a superfluid atomic gas has appeared in the prestigious journal Nature Communications. Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the Warsaw University of Technology were involved in the work.

A team of students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology has qualified for the semi-finals of the prestigious International Future Energy Challenge. The competition will take place on 22 March 2026 in San Antonio, United States, bringing together the best academic teams from around the world working on innovative solutions in the field of power electronics.

Researchers from the Warsaw University of Technology – Anna Jackiewicz-Zagórska, PhD, and Prof. Jarosław Milewski – have been selected as recipients of the Fulbright STEM Impact Award. The programme is aimed at active researchers representing STEM fields who are employed at Polish academic or research institutions. During the six-week scholarship period, the awardees carry out their own research or research and teaching project and gain knowledge in areas such as science commercialisation and grant proposal writing at a selected institution in the United States.

We now know the results of the latest THE Rankings by Subject 2026. The Warsaw University of Technology has been classified in five subject areas. In the field of Computer Science, we ranked as the second-best university in Poland.

The Warsaw University of Technology has taken 202^nd place in Europe in the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2026, while also ranking third in Poland (behind the University of Warsaw and the Jagiellonian University) and confirming its position as the highest‑ranked technical university in the country. WUT has also maintained its position in the Top 10 of the Eastern Europe ranking, holding on to seventh place.

The funeral will be held on 17 February 2026 at 1:00 p.m. at the Powązki Military Cemetery

From 9 to 12 January 2026, representatives of the Warsaw University of Technology participated in an educational mission in the United States, organised by the Capital City of Warsaw Office in cooperation with the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York, the Warsaw Tourism Organisation, and the Polish Youth Association based in New York. The visit was an opportunity to meet with the Polish diaspora, hold talks about cooperation, and promote our University.

Researchers from the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology will take part in the international research project ANIMATE – Additive maNufacturing Innovative MATerials for Energy applications, carried out within the CONNECT-NM framework – a new European Union funding mechanism for research projects.

The heart of the Warsaw University of Technology is adorned in jubilee decor, a sign that the celebration of our University's 200^th anniversary is entering a key phase. Here is how the Main Building has been prepared for the festivities.

Cancer remains one of the greatest challenges in medicine today. Each year, it causes approximately 10 million deaths worldwide. Although therapeutic options continue to expand, chemotherapy remains the foundation of treatment in many cases. One of the most commonly used drugs is cisplatin – known for over forty years. It is a potent anticancer agent, but its use is associated with numerous adverse effects and the growing problem of cancer cell resistance.

A team of researchers from the University of Warsaw continued their work in Libya. This time, in the non-invasive research of the acropolis in Ptolemais, Libya, initiated in December 2024, two researchers from the Warsaw University of Technology took part. Anna Lejzerowicz, PhD, from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at WUT investigated the geological structure of this area, while Paweł Czernic, a doctoral candidate from the Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography at WUT — returning to Ptolemais for his second research campaign — conducted advanced geodetic surveys and mapping.

Organ transplantation saves the lives of many patients in Poland and around the world. Unfortunately, the number of people waiting for transplants far exceeds the number of available donors, and this gap continues to widen. Researchers associated with the Warsaw University of Technology decided to address this challenge by developing a system for the storage, transport, and monitoring of kidneys intended for transplantation.