Since 1993, a loud countdown: “3…2… 1… Gramy!” announces the start of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy WOŚP), the largest charity event in Poland. The annual nationwide campaign brings people together in a common effort to raise money for medical equipment. The 29th Grand Finale will take place on 31 January and the University of Warsaw will support it once again.

The validity of Electronic Student Identification Cards has been extended in the USOS system until 30th June.

The Welcome Point team understands how important it is to take care of your well-being, especially during a pandemic, so this time we want to invite you to ‘Mindfulness in academic and everyday life’ workshops.

Although the last days of the winter semester are ahead of us, followed by the examination session, the organization of classes in the summer semester still raises many questions. To meet this challenge, we invite you to an online meeting with the Vice-Rector for Students and Quality of Teaching, prof. Slawomir Żółtek, who will try to clear up any doubts that might appear.

So many interesting and valuable events and projects are going on every month at our University, and yet the information struggles to reach the students who might be interested. We want to change that and we would like to invite you to join us! Welcome Point and The Volunteer Centre of The University of Warsaw has has just started recruitment for online workshops ‘Make it visible! Promotion and communication project’

The summer semester in the 2020/2021 academic year at the university of warsaw will be held remotely. Classes, language courses, exams and lecturers’ duty hours will be conducted online.

There is a free place for person seeking psychotherapy conducted in English. The therapy will take place in “Psycholab Psychotherapy Practice” (al. Niepodległości 159 lok 76) from January 2021 to May 2021 (Tuesdays, 13 p.m. or Thursdays 13 p.m.). The therapy is free of charge.

Do you feel you would need some help with your first days on Polish ground? ESN UW created the Mentor programme for people who feel just like you.

The 11th edition of the INTERSTUDENT competition for the best international student in Poland is here! The competition is aimed at international students in Poland at Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level who through their activities build bridges between cultures and enrich the Polish academic environment.

Students of the American Studies Center and the Volunteer Centre of the University of Warsaw invite you to WarSAW: Go & Explore! This project has been created for those who look for inspiration, would like to get to know Warsaw even better and do not want to read tourist guides.