University of Warsaw. Information for students after a macabre crime

In connection with the murder at the University of Warsaw, the university announced mourning, canceled classes on Thursday and events planned for the coming days. The academic community can benefit from free psychological assistance.

On Thursday evening at the University of Warsaw There was a macabre crime. A woman attacked with an ax on the campus is dead. An employee of the university guard was also seriously injured. The police detained a 22-year-old student.

Mourning, canceled classes and events

In connection with the event, the university announced Thursday, May 8, a day of mourning. All classes are canceled that day, the university is not working.

Events were also canceled to take place on May 8, 9 and 10. “Due to the unimaginable tragedy that affected our community, we would like to inform you that Juwenalia will not take place on the planned date. We will provide further information on an ongoing basis” – it was written on the official Facebook of Juwenalii UW.

Ceremonial commemoration of the deceased employee of the University of Warsaw

The Student Government of the University of Warsaw announced that in connection with the tragedy on Thursday at 13 There will be a solemn commemoration of the killed porter. The ceremony will take place in front of the Auditorium Maximum building at the Main Campus of the University of Warsaw. The event is to be attended by representatives of the Rector's College, the College of the Dean's Faculty of Law and Administration, the Student Council of the University of Warsaw and the Student Council of the Faculty of Law and Administration.

Psychological help – important addresses and telephone numbers

The university informs that the academic community can benefit from free psychological assistance. At the University of Warsaw, they operate, among others Alarm phone, trust phone and psychological help center.

Psychological Assistance Center of the University of Warsaw It offers psychological support to students, doctoral students and university employees. Psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists provide free support. You can report to them in person at ul. Pasteura 7 in Warsawin the former building of the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw, entrance from ul. Banacha, room 108, first floor (secretariat and registration), as well as by e -mail at the address cpp.sekretariat@uw.edu.pl or by phone: (+48) 694 711 731 or 22 552 00 63.

It is also available Anonymous trust phone UW Psychological Assistance Center: 22 552 44 24which will be available on Thursday and Friday (May 8-9, 2025) from 9:00 to-24: 00.

UW reminds that (22 55) 22 112 this emergency number A university, which should be called in every situation at the university.

The university asked to respect the memory of a victim of a tragic event and not to provide audiovisual materials depicting the place of crime.