We would like to invite you to take part in the Multicultural Volunteering Online!

The time when we can’t meet with others face-to-face can be used to meet new friends and learn new skills using tools that new technologies provide us.

Professor Jolanta Choińska-Mika, UW Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Teaching, issued an announcement on 18th March  regarding the submission of applications for scholarships and payment periods during the epidemic threat. The announcement contains information on social scholarships, scholarships for persons with disabilities and grants for students and doctoral candidates, as well as Erasmus scholarships.

Due to the extraordinary situation (closing of the University of Warsaw Library) it is possible to order scans from scientific materials (articles and books) from the collection of the University of Warsaw Library (BUW) free of charge.

In relation to the Rector’s statement regulating the functioning of UW, due to the state of epidemic emergency in Poland, from 16th of March 2020 the Welcome Point office will be closed, until further notice.

Most of the University administration, including us, is working remotely. Please contact us via email: welcome@uw.edu.pl.

The situation is dynamic, decisions are made on a regular basis, according to the changing situation. It is recommended to follow UW and units websites.

We would like to inform you that in connection with preventing COVID-19 spread among the UW community, the Rector of the University of Warsaw:

We are inviting candidates to work as Welcome Point team member (knowledge of Polish language is required).

Basic protection against the novel coronavirus causing the COVID-19 disease from the website of the Polish Ministry of Health.

800 190 590 – National Health Fund helpline number for dealing with suspected coronavirus infection (also in English).

In light of the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) we would like to kindly ask the University of Warsaw community members and our visitors to monitor the situation especially in case of recent or planned journey to China or Italy.

On Saturday, February 29 in the Department for Foreigners of the Mazowieckie Voivodship Office in Warsaw, an ‘Info Saturday’ will take place between 10:00 and 15:00.