High school students at the Faculty of Biology as part of “Open Thursdays at UW” initiative

05 12 2025

On December 4, 2025, we had the pleasure of hosting high school students from Warsaw. The visit was a part of the “Open Thursdays at UW” event, initiated by @Museum of the University of Warsaw.

The students attended a series of four lectures:

• “About the history of the University of Warsaw” by Paulina Paul, MSc
• “Where is nature conservation heading?” by Prof. Monika Mętrak
• “Why should you study at the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw?” by Dr. Takao Ishikawa
• “How does the recruitment process work at the University of Warsaw?” presented by Agnieszka Ligęza, MSc.

Afterwards, they visited three of our Institutes:

• Institute of Microbiology, with tours led by Prof. Renata Godlewska
• Institute of Biochemistry, with tours led by Prof. Piotr Kozłowski and Dr. Joanna Trzcińska-Danielewicz
• Institute of Experimental Plant Biology and Biotechnology with tours led by Dr. Alicja Sobkowiak.

We are very pleased to have been part of this initiative and warmly invite interested students to study biology at our Faculty!

The list of schools participating in the event:

Miguel de Cervantes XXXIV High School with Bilingual Sections
Princess Izabela Czartoryska CLVIII High School with Bilingual Sections
Private High School of the Sisters of the Resurrection
Primus Foundation – Robert Schuman High School
Robert Schuman CXXXVII High School with Bilingual Sections
Stefan Czarniecki XLVI High School with Bilingual Sections
Zbigniew Herbert  CV High School
Heroes of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 LXIX High School with Integrative Sections

More about the “Open Thursdays at UW” initiative
www.uw.edu.pl/otwarte-czwartki-na-uw-2/