Dr Akiko Nishiyama, employee of Institute of Physics, has received a grant from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for a project “Broadband and highly sensitive spectroscopy of free-radicals and short-lived molecules using an infrared frequency comb”. The aim of the Project is to reveal some chemical reaction processes using advanced broadband frequency comb spectroscopy techniques. The research will provide valuable information about formation processes of interstellar molecules which is important in astronomical and prebiotic chemistries.
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Finale of the World Copernican Congress
The final part of the celebrations of the World Copernican Congress touring Poland and following the map of Nicolaus Copernicus' life and profession is now on its way. From 12 to 16 September, Toruń will again be the venue for the congress' scientific and cultural events.
The discovery of selective antiferroptotic inhibitors, another groundbreaking study on regulated cell death
A multidisciplinary team of scientists, including Dr. hab. Karolina Mikulska-Ruminska, from the Department of Biophysics at the Institute of Physics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, made another important discovery related to the process of ferroptosis by identifying two new inhibitors that block the process of ferroptosis. The findings were published in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS).
Summary survey
On 21st of June 2023, questionnaires for evaluating classes conducted in the 2022/2023 academic year will be opened in the USOS system. Department of Education invites all students and postgraduate students to take part in the study.
"Let's meet UP" meeting
The Director of the Institute of Physics, together with the Aleksander Jabłoński Foundation, cordially invite everyone to the "Let's meet UP" meeting, which will take place on May 10, 2023, at 11:00 – 13:00 in the COK atrium.
A high position of Toruń astronomy!
The EduRank.org ranking includes an evaluation of research results conducted in various scientific disciplines. 14,131 universities from 183 countries were assessed. In the field of Astrophysics and Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń took a high third place in Poland, just behind the University of Warsaw and the Jagellonian University in Kraków.
Mentoring without borders
Until March 14, students can apply for the Uni-Me Mentoring Program. Its goal is to support students in planning their educational path using the opportunities offered by UMK's partnership with YUFE and other international programs.
Protostar in spiral arms
An international team of astronomers, which includes three researchers affiliated with the Nicolaus Copernicus University, has succeeded in mapping the protostellar disk with the highest precision known today. The discovery provides evidence predicted by the theory of episodic accretion.
Professor Peebles: discoveries are inevitable
In a special interview accompanying the inauguration of the World Copernican Congress at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Prof. Phillip James Edwin Peebles talked about the Copernican legacy, the impact of Copernicus' discoveries on the world of scientists, and the biggest challenges facing modern astronomy.
World Copernicus Congress launched
On February 19th, exactly on the 550th anniversary of Nicolaus Copernicus' birth, the World Copernican Congress was inaugurated at the Nicolaus Copernicus University. This is the most important highlight of the Year of Copernicus, which our University is organizing jointly with Jagiellonian University, the University of Warmia and Mazury and the Institute of the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
In the research university network
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun is the only Polish university to join the Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN) association and, together with 22 other universities, will shape European policies on research, innovation and education.
Nobel inauguration
Prof. Phillip James Edwin Peebles, a Canadian-American physicist, cosmologist, astrophysicist and astronomer, one of the pioneers of the theory of the formation of cosmic structures and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, will give an opening lecture at the World Copernican Congress.
Summary survey
On January 27 2023 evaluation survey of didactic classes, conducted in the winter semester, was opened in the USOS system.
Upcoming World Copernican Congress
The World Copernican Congress, organised to mark the 550th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, will begin on February 19th with a ceremony in the NCU Aula.
We are celebrating a history-making success
- There has never been such a success in the history of our university before. We must recognize it and celebrate this day," Prof. dr. habil. Andrzej Sokala, NCU Rector told the numerous journalists and the audience during the press conference organized in connection with the awarding of the ERC grants to our researchers.
Completion of research in the quality system
A meeting of the University Council for Quality Assurance, summarizing the research in the quality system carried out in the academic year 2021/2022, was held on November 18, 2022.
Pushing the boundaries of science
Prof. Katharina Boguslawski and Prof. Piotr Wcisło from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics have just become awarded with the European ERC (European Research Council) grants, Being awarded with this prestigious distinction results not only in huge research funds but also, and even more significantly, in winning a globally recognized scientific quality mark.
Student help desks are recruiting
Until the end of October, you can join the Student Help Desks at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, which were established as part of the YUFE international alliance.
Award for New Physics
Professor Piotr Wcisło, a physicist from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, has received a prestigious Award from the National Science Centre (NSC). Among other things, the laureate is involved in research in the so-called New Physics and the search for dark matter.
Strength of results consistency and agreement
Three experimental groups and a team of theoreticians, various laboratories, different methods, and the results of their measurements of the intensities of the overtone lines all came to a promille level of agreement. This is the first case of its kind. The team of physicists from our university has a large share in this scientific achievement.
Implementation PhD at INT
INT will carry out the project 'Novel approaches to EEG neurofeedback' in the field of natural sciences in the discipline of computer science within the ministerial programme 'Implementation PhD' framework. The promoter is Professor Włodzisław Duch, and the cooperating entity is Atos Poland Global Services.
Professor Włodzisław Duch is a "Fellow" of AAIA (Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association)
We are pleased to announce that Professor Włodzisław Duch has been elected as a 'Fellow' in the AAIA (Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association).
Cisco Networking Academy Experts at WFAiIS UMK
The employees of our Faculty, Piotr Masłowski, PhD, prof. UMK and Mariusz Piwiński, PhD, prof. UMK, have been rewarded the the Cisco Networking Academy Expert Level Instructor Award. This award is given annually to approximately 10 percent of the best instructors of Cisco Networking Academy in the world.
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The Institute of Technical Sciences research team has received funding for a research project
The scientific team composed of Łukasz J. Niewiara, PhD (head), Maciej Kolincio, M.Sc. and Paweł Białecki, M.Sc., has received funding for a research project entitled "Development of power electronic converters using modern semiconductor switches based on gallium nitride (GaN) dedicated to electricity storage systems."
BHTOM-PL astronomical workshop
In the era of large surveys, both ground-based and space missions, fast and reliable processing of massive observational datasets gathered by various telescopes is crucial. This task is not straightforward as it seems to be due to the specification and diversity of instruments available for astronomers. In order to optimise the whole procedure of observational data processing, dedicated tools are developed in many scientific institutions. One of such tools, developed by Warsaw and Toruń researchers is Black Hole TOM (BHTOM). It gathers and processes the data from instruments working within global telescope network OPTICON RadioNet Pilot (ORP). Also Polish telescopes and instruments are part of this network, including those localised in Piwnice Observatory, near Torun and Ostrowik Observatory near Warsaw.
Study in the European style
Registration for the next edition of the YUFE Student Journey, a programme that allows you to study at several European universities simultaneously, will run from April 4 to 24.
New Rector's Order
Order No. 31 of the NCU Rector on special rules for the functioning of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in relation to the prevention of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus shall be repealed.
Transfer to NCU from Ukrainian universities
In the Online Registration of Candidates system recruitment has been launched for those students from Ukraine who wish to continue studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń being transferred from a Ukrainian university.
Emergency management rules
All matters directly related to the war in Ukraine, as well as all actions taken at our university in connection with the war, are monitored and coordinated by the Crisis Management Team headed by Vice-Chancellor Professor Wojciech Wysota.
Suspension of cooperation with Russia and Belarus
In relation to the decision of the Ministry of Education and Science to cease cooperation between Poland and Russia under the agreement on cooperation in science and technology signed on 25 August 1993, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun suspends, until further notice, scientific and didactic cooperation with all Russian and Belarusian universities, scientific institutions, publishing houses and scientists.
"Solidarity with Ukraine"
We have received the information of Russian troops attacking Ukraine with disbelief and great concern. Every war is a black card in the history of humanity and contradicts the universal values held by the academic community.
Mysterious source of fast radio bursts
The phenomenon of fast radio bursts is one of the greatest mysteries of modern astrophysics. Until now it has been believed that their source is magnetars. The latest discovery, in which dr Marcin Gawroński from the NCU Institute of Astronomy played a large part, may partially revise this view.
With the prestigious Dirac Medal
Prof. Katharina Boguslawski from the NCU Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics has won the 2022 Dirac Medal of WATOC for the development of new quantum chemistry methods for ground and excited states of strongly and weakly correlated systems based on tensor-network states approaches like DMRG.
The Publication awarded by the Publisher!
The publication titled "Efficient Local Path Planning Algorithm Using Artificial Potential Field Supported by Augmented Reality", published in mid-October, by: Rafał Szczepański, Artur Bereit and Prof. Tomasz Tarczewski, was awarded by the journal in which it appeared as the most important article on electrical engineering at the turn of September and November.
The Birth of Stars
How does ultraviolet radiation influence the process of forming new stars and the entire planetary systems? The topic remained largely unexplored until Dr. Agata Karska from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and Agnieszka Mirocha, a PhD student working under her supervision, have decided to take a closer look. The results they have achieved can provide more details concerning our origins in space.
Dr. BEng. Marcin Paprocki received the Miniatura 5 grant
The National Science Center has announced the results of the Miniatura 5. This competition aims to provide financial support for a scientific activity to prepare a future research project to be submitted in NCN competitions or other national and international competitions. Among the winners, there was Dr.BEng. Marcin Paprocki was awarded funding for a research trip to the University of Belgrade and the Research and Development Institute LOLA Ltd.in Serbia as part of the scientific activity: Predictive Maintenance on a CNC machine with parallel kinematics (H-Bot) using the EtherCAT bus. Research trip. Congratulations!
OPUS 21 grant for Hannah Calcutt and Dorottya Szécsi
Dr Hannah Calcutt and Dr Dorottya Szécsi from the Institute of Astronomy and the Centre of Excellence "Astrophysics and Astrochemistry" were among twelve scientists from the Nicolaus Copernicus University who received grants from the National Science Centre (NCN) as part of the OPUS 21 competition.
Dr Robert Frankowski laureate of the NCN Miniatura 5
The National Science Centre has announced the results of the Miniatura 5. The competition aims to financially support scientific activities to prepare a future research project for submission to NCN, other national or international competitions. Among the prize-winners was Dr. Robert Frankowski, who received funding to carry out a scientific activity entitled Preliminary studies of the properties of MPSoC structures on the possibility of implementation of a high-resolution TDC converter.
YUFE welcomes new students
More than 200 new students from ten partner European universities have begun their YUFE Student Journey towards excellence and we couldn't be more delighted to have them onboard.
Rector's hours 2 November
By the decision of the Rector of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń prof. dr hab. Andrzej Sokala, 2 November will be partially free from classes.
Memetics and neural models of conspiracy theories
See you in October!
General university courses
Beware of fake e-mails!
Physics and Astronomy – studies in English
Physics and Astronomy – studies in English
We invite the candidates to study Physics and Astronomy in English at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland.
Physics and Astronomy (PANDA) is a new and interdisciplinary full-time, four-semester programme of English-language studies at the MSc-level combining advanced elements of both physics and astronomy, which prepares a student to undertake scientific research in these disciplines.
Recruitment: June 7 – July 26, 2021
More information at:
https://www.umk.pl/kandydaci/informacje/?id=20200601075938&id_kierunku=273
https://www.fizyka.umk.pl/en/students-candidates/programme-in-english/
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The HR 8799 planetary system - precise as a Swiss watch
Prof. dr. hab. Krzysztof Goździewski and dr. hab. Cezary Migaszewski, prof. NCU, published their latest results in the article "An Exact, Generalized Laplace Resonance in the HR 8799 Planetary System" (Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2020, 902, id. L40). It is the result of many years of research, which allowed to find a stable and consistent with the observations orbital configuration of the system of four massive planets orbiting the star HR 8799.
6th workshop on Compact Steep Spectrum and GHz-Peaked Spectrum Radio Sources
On May 10-14 at the NCU Institute of Astronomy, a conference entitled: "6th Workshop on Compact Steep Spectrum (CSS) and Gigahertz-Peaked Spectrum (GPS) Radio Sources" will be held. The meeting will be in a remote format and has been divided into several sessions in different time zones so that conference participants from different continents can actively participate in it.
Journey of water in space
Some of the classes taught in a different mode
Ultra-sensitive radio images of early Universe
Additional date for examination
Next ground-breaking study of the ferroptotic cell death signal published in Nature Chemical Biology
A multidisciplinary team of scientists, which includes Dr. Karolina Mikulska-Ruminska from the Department of Biophysics of the Institute of Physics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, made a groundbreaking discovery regarding to the ferroptosis process and indicate a key role of protein called iPLA2β in the cell death regulation of ferroptosis process. The results of the study were published in the prestigious Nature Chemical Biology journal.
Three elder sisters of the Sun with planets
University Day - Rector's letter
Organisation of education - Order No. 3
Pacify the protein and win over a disease
Seven new cosmic masers
Decree by the Rector - 13th March 2020
Decree no 34 by the Rector of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
from 13 March 2020
on the prevention of spreading COVID-19 virus among the members of Nicolaus Copernicus University’s community
Announcements concerning the SARS-CoV-2 spread prevention
The announcements by the Dean and the Dean's Office concerning the SARS-CoV-2 spreading prevention
Physics&Astronomy studies in english
We are preparing an interdisciplinary full-time, four-semester programme of English-language studies at the MSci-level combining advanced elements of both physics and astronomy which prepares a student to undertake scientific research in these disciplines. The programme is planned to start in the academic year 2020/21.
- study plan (subjects, number of contact hours, ECTS credit points)
- description of subjects
A ground-breaking study on ferroptosis published in Nature Chemical Biology
A multidisciplinary team of scientists, which includes dr. Karolina Mikulska-Rumińska from the Department of Biophysics of the Institute of Physics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University made a groundbreaking discovery regarding the ferroptosis process and indicate a key role of nitric oxide (NO) in the cell death regulation of ferroptosis process in pro-inflammatory conditions. The results of the study were published in the prestigious Nature Chemical Biology journal.
Prof. Szudy with Convallaria Copernicana
A special distinction of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń - Convallaria Copernicana will be awarded to the eminent physicist Professor Józef Szudy during the University Day.
Visit by scientists from Thailand
From 7 to 11 January 2020, a delegation from King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) in Bangkok visited the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics. This was the second visit of the representatives of the University of Technology Thonburi from Thailand to the Nicolaus Copernicus University.
Cisco Model Driven Programmability
– advanced programming of network devices
On November 27, 2019, during the Cisco Instructors' Conference, dr hab. Mariusz Piwiński obtained certification entitling him to conduct a new Cisco Model Driven Programmability course. This course is one of three Emerging Technologies Workshops designed to familiarize participants with the latest trends in configuration and management of network devices using REST API technology. Currently, approximately 50 instructors in the world have the right to conduct such classes.
Polish Nobel Prize for Prof. Kossakowski
Prof. Dr. Andrzej Kossakowski from the NCU Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics was awarded the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science, considered the most important scientific distinction in the country.
New research window at the 32 m Torun radio telescope
The 25th anniversary of inauguration of the 32-metre radio telescope of Nicolaus Copernicus University Centre for Astronomy in Piwnice near Toruń will be celebrated in October 2019. During that quarter-century, this remarkable instrument - the largest of this kind in Poland - made a number of discoveries. Owing to installation of a system for receiving radio waves in the frequency range from 8 to 16 GHz (X-band), new possibilities to explore the Universe open up for the telescope now. So far, successful initial test observations using the new system have been performed.
TAPS 2019 - Toruń Astrophysics/Physics Summer Program
Similarly to last years, this year NCU Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Informatics is running an international internship programe Toruń Astrophysics / Physics Summer Programe (TAPS 2019). Nine students from Poland and seventeen from abroad are carrying out research projects supervised by scientists from the Nicolaus Copernicus University.
TASQ school for PhD students
In July 1-12, 2019, our Faculty will host an interdisciplinary summer school for PhD students entitled “The Toruń Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry school” (TASQ).
The central theme of the TASQ school is astrochemistry, a discipline that takes advantage of the knowledge about molecules in order to study astronomical objects. The interpretation of the astronomical data requires prior studies: both spectroscopic experiments and quantum-chemical calculations. By combining those studies, it’s possible to determine the structure of a molecule, identify its transitions in the spectra, and understand the emission from e.g. molecular clouds by calculating the necessary collisional rates.
Astronomers publish new sky map
An international team of more than 2 hundred astronomers from 18 countries has published the first phase of a major new radio sky survey at unprecedented sensitivity using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope. Dr hab. Magdalena Kunert-Bajraszewska and Phd student Carole Roskowiński from Nicolaus Copernicus University take part in this project.
The survey reveals hundreds of thousands of previously undetected galaxies, shedding new light on many research areas including the physics of black holes and how clusters of galaxies evolve. A special issue of the scientific journal Astronomy & Astrophysics is dedicated to the first twenty-six research papers describing the survey and its first results.
Project PROM for PhD students
The final call for the PROM project was released on Janury 9th, 2019. The project concerns international exchange of Ph.D. students and academic staff at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, including research visits of international students to Toruń. The funding for the project is provided by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange.
The aim of the PROM project is to increase the level of internationalization in research and education during Ph.D. studies at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (NCU) in the fields of astronomy, physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, cognitive science and psychology. The project is carried out between October 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019 and consists of three main types of activities:
- Co-funding of the participation of foreign Ph.D. students and invited lecturers in the interdisciplinary summer school in astrochemistry, quantum chemistry and precise spectroscopy, which will be organised on July 1-12, 2019, at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy, and Informatics NCU (The Toruń Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry School, TASQ);
- Co-funding of the active participation of Ph.D. students from NCU in international conferences related to the subject of doctoral theses, during which they will be obliged to present the results of their research in the form of a conference poster or presentation;
- Co-funding of the participation of Ph.D. students in short international exchanges such as research internships, workshops, etc., which are closely related to the subjects of their Ph.D. theses; co-funding includes visits of NCU Ph.D. students abroad and internships of foreign Ph.D. students at NCU.
Participants of the project can obtain funding to cover the expenses of the accomodation and travel as well as to cover the participation fee in e.g., a conference (for NCU students going abroad).
Prestigious grant for Akiko Nishiyama
Astronomical TEAM
Dr Agata Karska from the NCU Centre for Astronomy is among 13 laureates of the fifth competition of the Foundation for Polish Science in the FIRST TEAM programme. The Toruń researcher will receive PLN 2 million to form a research team. 131 scientists have competed in the competition.
Summer internships
Similarly to last year, this year NCU Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Informatics is running an international internship programmeToruń Astrophysics / Physics Summer Programme (TAPS2018). Four students from Poland and twenty from abroad are carrying out research projects supervised by scientists from the Nicolaus Copernicus University.
Foreign students and scientists with a chance for grants
Young researchers, foreign professors, and talented students at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń will be able to apply for scholarships and grants awarded by the Rector already in the upcoming academic year.
Quantum LEGO bricks
Dr hab. Piotr Żuchowski, NCU Prof. from the Institute of Physics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University is a member of an international team of scientists who conducted groundbreaking research allowing to build molecules consisting of rubidium and strontium atoms at the temperature of a one-millionth degree Celsius above absolute zero. The results of these studies were published on June 11, 2018 in the prestigious journal Nature Physics.
50th Symposium of Mathematical Physics
The NCU Institute of Physics will, on 21-24 June 2018, host participants of a special event: the 50th Symposium on Mathematical Physics. For half a century the scientific conference, initiated by Prof. Roman S. Ingarden, has attracted the attention of physicists from around the world, and has become the hallmark of the Toruń school of mathematical physics. The annual Symposium has been held continuously since 1969.
Consortium ATHENA-PL
On 20/04/2018, the Consortium ATHENA-PL was formed. ATHENA (the Advanced Telescope for High-Energy Astrophysics) is a new generation X-ray telescope approved by the European Space Agency with a plan of launching into orbit in 2028. The mission will collect information on the formation and evolution of galaxies, star and galaxy clusters and black holes. The main goal of the Consortium is to develop subsystems for instruments of the ATHENA mission.
A new research grant worth millions!
Our researchers at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics have been awarded 1.7 mln PLN for the project "System kriogeniczny do rozwijania nowych optycznych technologii kwantowych". The project is managed by Dr. Piotr Wcisło.
An invention supporting firefighters
Dr. Krzysztof Rykaczewski and Michał Meina, M.Sc., won the Gold Medal at the INNOVA 2018 Exhibition in Valencia. Their invention was designed to support the fire service.
A recipe for an optical molecular clock
Dr engineer Mateusz Borkowski from the NCU Institute of Physics is the author of the article Optical Lattice Clocks with Weakly Bound Molecules, which appeared in the pages of the prestigious Physical Review Letters. The scientist from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Informatics proposes a new type of an optical clock, in which ultra-cold weakly bound molecules would be used as a time pattern instead of atoms.
Innovative optical engineering
Scientific research of the team headed by dr. habil. Ireneusz Grulkowski from the NCU Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics regarding the new generation of OCT optical tomographs, was awarded by the Optical Society of America (OSA).
Three-Million TEAM
Dr habil. Michał Zawada, NCU Prof. from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics is one of the winners of the TEAM programme, in which the Foundation for Polish Science supports research teams of eminent scholars carrying out groundbreaking research.
Outstanding scientists
Dr Piotr Wcisło with the team of scientists from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Informatics received a prestigious Award of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding scientific achievements.