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For the third time, an extremely important event was held at our university – an international conference devoted to building state resilience to emergency situations based on Ukrainian experience. During this conference, experts and decision-makers as well as guests from Ukraine debated on the preparation of local governments and public institutions for the functioning in times of war or migratory pressure. The event attracted a considerable amount of interest, and several hundred people registered to participate.
We celebrated the opening of the modernised and fully-equipped Electrophysiology and Electrotherapy Laboratory, which operates as part of the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Hypertension at the Mazowiecki Hospital Bródnowski. The department complex serves as the base for the Department and Clinic of Cardiology, Hypertension and Internal Medicine at the Medical University of Warsaw.
The Medical University of Warsaw (WUM) invites the academic community to the inauguration of the 2026/2027 academic year. The ceremony will take place on Monday, October 5, at 1:00 PM in the Professor Janusz Piekarczyk Auditorium at the WUM Didactic Center, 2a Księcia Trojdena Street.
WUM joins the group of Polish universities implementing the student e-file – a modern tool that allows management in the form of electronic student documentation. The first stage of digital transformation has already ended and our students can submit administrative requests and track the status of their cases using the my.wum.edu.pl app.
GRAS (Global Ranking of Academic Subjects) lists of the best universities in 57 scientific disciplines, prepared by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. In this year's edition of GRAS, our university was recognized in three disciplines: “Medical Technology”, “Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences” and “Human Biological Sciences”. In the discipline of Medical Technology, WUM was included as one of only two Polish universities. The results confirm the growing importance of the scientific achievements of our university on an international scale.
On September 11, 2026, the “Technologies for public health – HealthTEC” WUM-WUT forum was held, during which the Rector of our university, Prof. Rafał Krenke, and the Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), Prof. Krzysztof Zaremba signed a new cooperation agreement. The document marks the transition from cooperation based primarily on joint initiatives and scientific projects to a close integration of activities and a model of strategic institutional convergence.
Research Collaboration Index is the first global ranking showing the scale of research collaboration between universities worldwide. It includes 1,195 universities from 81 countries. The results of the first edition of the ranking confirm that WUM is an important participant in the global scientific network and the initiator of research partnerships.
Our university was visited by Prof. Luciano Saso, Secretary General of the UNICA, Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe. The visit provided an opportunity to discuss the role of the organization associating European universities, the possibilities offered by the membership in the organization and the planned participation of WUM in initiatives it undertakes.
The 31st Run for a New Life, which builds public support for organ transplantation, is now behind us. Our specialists have been supporting this event for years. This year, alongside transplant recipients, family donors, young people, athletes, and journalists, 27 representatives from the Medical University of Warsaw (WUM), led by Rector Prof. Rafał Krenke, took part in the run.
Since the beginning of September, this year's edition of the integration camp for newly admitted students at WUM has been taking place in Chłapowo. The camp is traditionally organized by the Student Government, and representatives of university authorities and faculties also come for one day.