The three largest universities in the region - the Medical University of Bialystok (MUB), the University of Bialystok (UwB) and the Bialystok University of Technology (PB) - are joining forces to prepare a joint promotional campaign together with the city and voivodship local authorities. The aim of the campaign is to show Bialystok as an academic city worth studying in. Today, on 5 March 2025, the first meeting on this issue was held in the Senate Room of UwB.
The meeting was attended by the Rectors: Prof. Marcin Moniuszko (MUB), Prof. Mariusz Popławski (UwB) and Jacek Żmojda, Ph.D. (Vice- Rector of the University of Bialystok for student affairs), as well as the Mayor of Bialystok Tadeusz Truskolaski and his deputy Rafał Rudnicki. The Marshal's Office of the Podlaskie Voivodeship was represented by: Ewa Suprunowicz and Katarzyna Jamróz from the Voivodeship Promotion Management Office, Karolina Perkowska from the Funds and Programmes Management Department and Emilia Ramatowska, the Marshal's Plenipotentiary for Cooperation with Youth. Also present were staff from the university's promotion and recruitment departments. MUB was represented by: Hanna Sarosiek, Head of the Promotion and Recruitment Office, and Dorota Sawicka, Head of the Office of Communication and Popularisation of Science.
Prof. Marcin Moniuszko thanked the local authorities for their declarations of support. He argued that Bialystok and Podlasie should be shown as a safe and friendly city and region in the current situation. It is important to ensure that the message is positive, because Bialystok and Podlasie are great places to live and study.
The Vice- Rector of the Bialystok University of Technology stressed that young people from the region and Poland should be encouraged to study and live here, and that everything should be done to ensure that Bialystok is seen as an academic city.
'As universities, we take promotional measures, but if we speak together about studying in Podlasie, in the three largest universities, I am convinced that the effect will be much better,’ added the Rector of the University of Bialystok.
Mayor Tadeusz Truskolaski pointed out that it is necessary to enter the perception of young people - we have to change our point of view and be dynamic.
During the meeting, proposals for joint activities developed by the universities were discussed. The specific proposals will now be dealt with by a special working team made up of representatives of the universities, local authorities and students and secondary school students, led by Deputy Mayor Rafał Rudnicki.
