The programme of the ceremony organised by seven universities of the Academic Consortium Katowice City of Science includes both events at the seat of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and accompanying events.
We will start the celebrations at 11.00 a.m. at the Rawa Club in spinPLACE (Katowice, ul. Bankowa 5, building A, 4th floor), where we will listen live to ‘A Wish Concert’ – a special edition of the Radio Nowy Świat programme, hosted by Joanna Kołaczkowska and Prof. Ryszard Koziołek – Rector of the University of Silesia. It will also be a great opportunity to share the memories of your academic days, and participants who still have their student years ahead of them will be able to talk about what are their expectations for this time.
Lots of attractions await us at the Market Square in Katowice, where from 12.00 p.m. we invite you to visit the Research Camp of the European City of Science Katowice 2024. Its formula refers to ŚFN on Tour – away shows of the Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE – which will be a kind of a pre-taste of the eighth edition of ŚFN (which takes place in December). All interested people, regardless of age, will be able to see what scientists do on a daily basis, as well as how fascinating and close to all of us science really is. There will be workshops and exhibition stands prepared by scientists and students from the University of Silesia:
- the ‘MediujeMy’ student research group will invite you to participate in communication workshops,
- at the ‘Faunatyka’ student research group stand you will be able to learn about the broadly understood world of zoology – from small insects to the skulls of large vertebrates,
- and at the stand of the ‘Planeta’ student research group we will look at microscopic slides of human tissues, animals, microorganisms and plants.
And these are still not all of the attractions prepared on the Katowice Market Square! At 2.45–3.15 p.m. we will watch performances of university folk groups: Dance Ensemble “Dąbrowiacy” of the Silesian University of Technology, Student Song and Dance Ensemble “Katowice” of the University of Silesia and Song and Dance Ensemble “Silesianie” of the University of Economics in Katowice. Each of them will present a short, approximately 10-minute repertoire.
For more information visit the event website.
The Interuniversity Inauguration of the Academic Year 2024/2025 is an open event!
Photo by the University of Silesia
