Welcome Days Schedule
The Copernicus Integration Centre (KOI) invites all international first-year full-cycle undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students to the Welcome Days, taking place on October 6–11. The event is organized by the KOI International Point.
Join our academic community, meet new people, and get all the essential information to kick off your journey at NCU! The Welcome Days schedule includes:
- Presentations on legalizing your stay, Toruń, safety, psychological first aid at NCU, the Copernicus Integration Centre, and the KOI Edible Garden,
- Intercultural workshops,
- A visit to Collegium Medicum,
- International Day,
- A mushroom-foraging walk.
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Day 1
October 6th 10:00 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Place: Main Library (Gagarina 13 Street, Toruń)
Presentations in English:
10:00–10:05 – Official welcome
10:05–10:15 – Presentation about Toruń
10:15–10:25 – Safety presentation
10:25–10:45 – Presentation on legalisation of stay
10:45–11:00 – Presentation about Copernican Integration Centre (KOI)
11:00–11:10 – Presentation about the KOI Edible Garden
11:10–11:55 – Psychological First Aid at Nicolaus Copernicus University
11:55–12:00 – Questions and closing
Presentations in Polish:
12:15–12:20 – Welcome by Vice-Rector for International Relations dr hab. Magdalena Barwiołek, prof. UMK
12:20–12:30 – Presentation about Toruń
12:30–12:40 – Safety presentation
12:40–13:05 – Presentation on legalisation of stay
13:05–13:20 – Presentation about Copernican Integration Centre (KOI)
13:20–13:30 – Presentation about the KOI Edible Garden
13:30–14:10 – Psychological First Aid at Nicolaus Copernicus University
14:10–14:15 – Questions and closing
Day 2
October 7th 10:00 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Place: Copernican Integration Centre (Integration building, „big basement”. Olszewskiego 16 Steet, Toruń)
10:00–12:00 – Intercultural workshop in English
12:15–14:15 – Intercultural workshop in Polish
Day 3
October 8th 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Visit to Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz
9:00 – Meeting point: outside the UMK Auditorium (at the back of the building, next to the swimming pool) and departure for Bydgoszcz
10:00–11:30 – Guided tour of the Bydgoszcz campus
11:45–13:30 – Visit to the Medical Simulation Centre
13:30–14:30 – Return to Toruń
Day 4
October 9th 3:00–6:00 p.m.
Municipal Student Activity Centre “Kotłownia” (Słowackiego 5/7 street, Toruń)
International DAY – for Polish and international academic community
15:00 – Welcome
15:10 – Introduction to the programme
15:20 – Refreshments: free international finger foods sharing
16:00 – Group game
17:00 – End of the group game and jury meeting
17:20 – Announcement of the results and prize-giving
17:45–18:00 – End
Free tickets for first-year international students and other members of the NCU academic community can be collected from the KOI International Point (16 Olszewskiego Street, Toruń), from 1st October, Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Day 5
October 11th Start: 2:00 p.m.
Mycological Walk*
Meeting point: Copernican Integration Centre (KOI) (Olszewskiego 16 street, Toruń)
Guide: Krzysztof Szaraniec
Walk held in English
* Wydarzenie z Projektu „Welcome to Poland, welcome to NCU – grow among us” realizowane w ramach programu Welcome to Poland – nabór 2024 jest finansowany ze środków europejskich z Funduszu Europejskiego dla Rozwoju Społecznego 2021 – 2027 (FERS) w ramach projektu realizowanego przez NAWA pt.: Wsparcie instytucji szkolnictwa wyższego i nauki w obsłudze osób cudzoziemskich oraz Polek i Polaków wyjeżdżających za granicę” nr FERS.01.05.IP.08-0003/24.
The registration link for the mycological walk
Poster with the Welcome Days schedule ↓
