Ceremonial inauguraton of the Excellence Initiative – Research University programme at the MUG

31.01.2020

Fot. Zbigniew Wszeborowski

Fot. Sylwia Mierzewska

Fot. Sylwia Mierzewska

The Medical University of Gdańsk (MUG) has been acknowledged as the member of an elite group of the best 10 Polish universities awarded in the prestigious Excellence Initiative – Research University competition.

The ceremonial inauguration of the Excellence Initiative – Research University programme the Medical University of Gdańsk took place on January 29^th. The event was attended by, among others: the Minister of Science and Higher Education Jarosław Gowin, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Health Józef Szczurek-Żelazko, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Anna Budzanowska and Małgorzata Zadorożna, Director of the Department of Medical Qualifications and Science at the Ministry of Health.

– I wish to congratulate the MUG for its spectacular success. The Medical University of Gdańsk has seized the opporunity granted by the excellence initative and conducted a thorough analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the university. Your institution was selected by an international team of experts, which included the former rectors of leading European universities, former ministers and outstanding scientists representing all fields of science. – said the Minister of Science and Higher Education Jarosław Gowin.