This modern teaching space for students was opened in the 2nd Chair and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology WUM. The facility will allow for daily training conducted close to departments using advanced high-fidelity simulations and new AI-based tools. Students will be able to practice skills in a safe environment before contact with patients.

The ceremonial inauguration and symbolic opening of the 2026/2027 academic year are behind us. Many guests celebrated alongside our academic community, which has been joined by newly admitted students.

The Swedish Karolinska Institute has awarded Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel the Nobel Prize for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. “Once again, the Nobel Committee has recognized basic science research that provides the foundation for further scientific breakthroughs. Perhaps the discoveries of this year’s Nobel laureates will help us better understand the mechanisms responsible for emotions, memory, and behavior,” comments Professor Paweł Włodarski, Head of the Department of Histology and Embryology and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at WUM.

Prof. Michał Grąt, Vice-Rector for Internationalization, Promotion and Development of the Medical University of Warsaw, has been named a recipient of the Lech Wałęsa Energy Medal in the “Energy of Science” category. The distinction was awarded to Prof. Michał Grąt and the UCK WUM team. On behalf of the professor, the medal was accepted by Dr. hab. Maciej Krasnodębski of Department of General, Transplantation and Liver Surgery at WUM.

Prestigious awards for outstanding doctoral dissertations have been awarded to Dr. Marcin Morawski from the Chair and Department of General, Transplantation and Liver Surgery and Dr. Krzysztof Stępień from the Department of Drug Chemistry, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. An award for achievement in scientific activity was presented to Prof. Andrzej Górski, Rector of WUM from 1996 to 1999.

Chimeric liver transplant and auxiliary transplantations in patients with extensive liver injury – those two surgical strategies used for the first time in the world by a team from the Medical University of Warsaw were presented at the TTS 2026 Congress in Sydney. Representatives of our university also showed the unique development of the center, combining large-scale transplantation activities with the introduction of innovative treatment methods.

Inclusion in the ranking, considered the world’s most influential university ranking, demonstrates a university’s international standing. In this edition, WUM maintained its position in the 1001–1200 range while improving its overall score compared with the previous year. The university’s overall score increased to 33.3–36.3 points. This makes WUM the third-highest-ranked medical university in Poland, tied with the Medical University of Gdańsk.

This academic year, 160 students of the English-language medical program and 25 students of the English-language dentistry program are joining our community. To help the newly admitted students get off to a good start at university, Orientation Week was held from September 27 to 30. One of its most exciting moments was the White Coat Ceremony. The auditorium where the ceremony took place was filled to capacity.

How do you find your way around the university? Who should you turn to for help if needed? What does the Student Government Board do? Older-year students, university authorities, and first-year academic representatives answered these and many other questions during the orientation days, known as “adaptees,” (adaptation students) organized for students beginning their first year of study.

The objective of the visit was to review the cooperation within the EUniWell alliance to date and to discuss prospects for the near future.