ERC-2026-Advanced Grants Call – online info session on 29.06.2026

Dear Sir/Madam,

The ERC Advanced Grants call was opened on May 28, with a deadline of August 27, 2026, at 17:00—meaning it is just around the corner.

I am pleased to inform you that for the researchers planning to apply for an ERC Advanced Grant in the upcoming call, an online, internal training session for applicants will be held on 29.06.2025 from 10:00 AM to 12:15 PM.
Please find enclosed the 
link to registration, which is open until June 25.06. Registered persons will receive a link to the training session on the Zoom platform.

 Key Information About the Call at a glance:

  1. Target Audience: Researchers representing any scientific discipline who are recognized leaders in their field. The Principal Investigator (PI) executing an ERC Advanced Grant is expected to be an active scientist with a proven track record of significant research achievements.
  2. Maximum Project Duration: 60 months.
  3. Maximum Project Budget: €2.5 million + an optional €1 million in additional funding (associated, for example, with the purchase of major research equipment, access costs to large-scale research infrastructure, or the costs of experiments or fieldwork), provided these are essential for carrying out the proposed work and are well justified.
  4. Submission: Applications must be submitted online via the Funding and Tenders Portal (F&T Portal).
  5. Evaluation: Applications are evaluated in two stages (written and oral) by domain-specific panels and individual experts from around the world. Application forms are to be downloaded from the F&T Portal.

 You are more than welcome to join our online information session!

ERC leaflet_02.2026

Rector’s hours

Dear All,

I would like to kindly inform you that, by the decision of His Magnificence the Rector, Rector’s hours will be in effect on 27th May from 11:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Kind regards,
Prof. Sambor Grucza
UW Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Human Resources

Information regarding certification exams and foreign language courses.

Dear Sir or Madam,

In connection with the upcoming examination session, we would like to provide important information regarding certification exams and foreign language courses:

Certification exams

Please note that registration for certification exams is mandatory, and once the deadline has passed, it cannot be reopened. As in previous years, the registration period has been shortened for logistical reasons. I would be grateful if you could remind your students of the registration dates.

Registration dates for the 2025/2026 academic year:

  • Summer examination session: 30 April 2026 – 21 May 2026
  •  Resit exams for the summer semester: 10 July 2026 – 14 August 2026

Each student is entitled to two exam tokens (one for the first attempt and one for a resit, if needed). After both tokens have been used, students must register for a remedial course, which provides an additional exam token once the course fee has been paid.

Registration dates for remedial courses: 

  • Before summer session exams: 30 April 2026 – 22 May 2026
  •  Before summer semester resit exams: 10 July 2026 – 10 August 2026
    Students seeking additional exam tokens should contact Mr. Arkadiusz Misiak, Coordinator of the University System for Foreign Language Teaching, at:
    jezyki.koordynator@uw.edu.pl.

The organisation of certification exams is governed by the following documents:
a) Resolution No. 103 of the Senate of the University of Warsaw of 17 November 2021 on the rules for conducting foreign language courses and administering foreign language exams at the University of Warsaw (UW Monitor 2021, item 285)
b) Ordinance No. 156 of the Rector of the University of Warsaw of 22 December 2021 on the rules for organising foreign language teaching and language proficiency certification (UW Monitor 2021, item 310, as amended)
Detailed regulations are available at: http://jezyki.obce.uw.edu.pl under the tab “Egzaminy certyfikacyjne” (“Certification Exams”).

FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES
Registration for foreign language courses for the 2026/2027 academic year will begin on 1 June 2026. The schedule is set out in Resolution No. 2 of the Coordinating Council for Foreign Language Teaching and Language Proficiency Certification of 16 March 2026.

Kind regards,

Zuzanna Mianowska

Fieldwork 2026

Dear Students

In the “Studies → Fieldwork” section, excavation opportunities submitted by lecturers are being posted on an ongoing basis. The list of offers will be regularly updated.

Registration takes place directly with the supervisors.

Zuzanna Mianowska

Foreign excavations: Argamum / Romania

The Greek colony Orgame and later Roman city of Argamum played a pivotal role in the seaborne commerce of north-east Moesia Inferior and later Scythia Minor. Within the  ArchLiMar project, in Argamum the so-called Northern Sector is under investigation, where in Justinian times the city’s logistics centre was located, with warehouses stretching along the defensive walls, as evidenced by the architecture as well as finds of dolia, amphorae and fishing weights.

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Hours free from didactic courses on 1 April 2026 from 3.00 pm

At the Dean’s request, I am designating the following hours as free from didactic courses at the Faculty of Archaeology on 1 April 2026, from 3.00 pm until the end of the day. The leave does not cover the external courses (general university courses, lectorates, PE). Please note that the academic calendar provides for a spring break from 2 to 7 April.

Elżbieta Jaskulska
Head of the Educational Unit
Vice-Dean for Student Affairs
Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw

 

Seminar „Boundless. The limits of cognition in archaeology”

We cordially invite all doctoral students of the Doctoral School of Humanities and students of other degrees interested in the topic to a meeting with Dr. Juia Burdajewicz (Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw), who has conducted numerous multidisciplinary studies at the intersection of archaeology, heritage conservation, iconography and chemistry at archaeological sites in Egypt, Lebanon, Georgia, Armenia and Italy.

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Cancellation of dr Nazarij Buławka’s classes – 30.03-05.04

Dr Buławka’s classes from 30 March to 5 April have been cancelled:

Tuesday (31.03)
– Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) in archaeology (16:45-18:00)
Wednesday (1.04)
– Archaeological documentation methods/GIS in archaeology (9:45-11:15)
– Archaeological Excavation Methods and Surveying (11:30 – 13:00)
Thursday (2.04)
– Obligatory workshop II: The study of ancient irrigation systems in the Middle East and Northern Africa regions (9:45-11:15)