Summary of the THE World University Rankings 2023 Awards Gala at LUMEN Conference 2022

The spotlight of 8th LUMEN Conference, that was held on November 22-23, 2022, was the Awards Gala for the leaders of Polish universities ranked in THE World University Rankings 2023.

THE World University Rankings, provided by Times Higher Education – the absolute leader in higher education analytics, is the world’s most recognizable and prestigious international ranking of universities. In evaluating universities, THE uses vast criteria covering each of their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and internationalization.

In the latest edition of the ranking 34 universities from Poland are present. Compared to previous editions, there was an increase both in terms of the number of universities included and in terms of the positions the universities were placed.

The results of THE World University Rankings 2023 with a special focus on Polish universities were discussed in depth by THE experts: Nicolas Cletz, Regional Director for Poland, and Michael Lubacz, Business Development Director.

The presentation was followed by the eagerly awaited finale – the award ceremony. Awards were presented to university leaders by Phil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officer at Times Higher Education, and Prof. Łukasz Sułkowski, President of PCG Poland.

Below we present a list of the awarded Universities:

Wroclaw Medical University
Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Medical University of Lodz
Medical University of Gdańsk
University of Warsaw
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Medical University of Bialystok
SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
AGH University of Science and Technology
University of Gdańsk
Gdańsk University of Technology
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Opole University of Technology
Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Poznan University of Technology
Silesian University of Technology
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
SGGW – Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Warsaw University of Technology
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
University of Wrocław
Bialystok University of Technology
Cracow University of Technology
University of Lodz
Lodz University of Technology
Maria Curie Skłodowska University
Medical University of Silesia
Rzeszów University of Technology
SGH Warsaw School of Economics
University of Silesia
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Politechnika Morska w Szczecinie
Maritime University of Szczecin
WSB University

All the awarded universities deserve huge congratulations! They are Poland’s top performers, and we are pleased that their successes are becoming more and more visible on the international stage. We are also proud that we can cooperate with so many of these universities on a daily basis, working on joint projects and helping them fulfill their missions. We extend our congratulations and wish you continued international success!

From this year onward, THE World University Rankings awards gala will become a regular feature of the LUMEN Conference thanks to the partnership of PCG Academia and Times Higher Education. We look forward to welcoming you to the future editions of LUMEN!

Video recordings from this year’s LUMEN are available on our website and our YouTube channel.

We also encourage you to explore the detailed results of the 2023 ranking at THE website: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/world-ranking and to participate in the THE rankings.

LUMEN 2022 Conference was organized by PCG Academia, Times Higher Education and Polish Rectors Foundation.

The conference was held under the honorary patronage of Minister of Education and Science. The conference was also covered by the patronages of President of CRASP, Polish Accreditation Committee, National Information Processing Institute, NASK, and Polish Confederation Lewiatan. Media patronage was provided by EUPRIO, Academic Forum and the PROM Association.

LUMEN Partners were Anthology, Microsoft, Elsevier, euroCRIS, LYRASIS, WEBCON, Wolters Kluwer, and Inspera.