Inauguration Ceremony

The official inauguration ceremony of the academic year 2025/2026 at the Jan Amos Komeński State University of Applied Sciences in Leszno will be held on October 16, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. in the Aula Comeniana, at 5 Adam Mickiewicz Street, Leszno.

During the ceremony, newly admitted students will be officially welcomed. In the academic year 2025/2026, the academic community of ANS in Leszno will include two female students from Spain and one female student from Kazakhstan, who will spend the winter semester at our university. Among our guests, we will also welcome a Fulbright scholar from the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Foundation, who, as a native speaker, will teach students throughout the academic year.

Programme of the Ceremony:
• National Hymn of Poland
• Speech by the Rector, Dr Janusz Poła, Prof. ANS
• Ceremonial Immatriculation
• Presentation of state and departmental awards
• Speech by the Chairman of the University Council, Mr. Marek Bartkowiak
• Speeches by guests
• Speech by a representative of the Student Council
• Inaugural lecture by Prof. Krzysztof Książek, DSc, PhD entitled “How and why do we age? Can humans live 1,000 years?”
• Gaudeamus Igitur
• Piano concert from the series “Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart”

The Academic Holy Mass will be celebrated at St. Nicholas Basilica in Leszno, ul. Kościelna 18, on October 15, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.