Area of Studies

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Department

Faculty of Social Sciences

Tuition and Other Fees

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Application Deadline(s)

Application start: 15.06.2026; Application end: 10.07.2026

Course Description

Course Profile

The University of Gdańsk is particularly well-suited to studying solidarity, as it highlights the value of solidarity and the resulting visions of a deeply democratic community, concerned with the public good and not subordinating this good to particular interests. Today, in the face of strong anti-democratic tendencies, wars, and global conflicts related to the unfolding climate catastrophe, the importance of such a community is growing. The grassroots social movement “Solidarity” was born in Gdańsk, and in August 1980, a peaceful revolution took place in this city that overthrew the communist regime. The European Solidarity Centre, commemorating this, is a co-running partner of Solidarity Studies, and students have part of their classes there – with a permanent exhibition “Roads to Freedom”, a thematic library, and numerous artistic and social events. These unique studies are for those who desire the knowledge, skills, and competencies that will allow them to not only adapt to today’s rapid social, economic, climatic, and other changes, but also overcome them as crises. Solidarity Studies teach them how to create and implement solutions to the problems these changes create. The key is solidarity, which, as a practiced value, responds to the needs of contemporary reality.  

Job prospects:

Masters in Solidarity Studies will be animators and leaders of change towards practicing solidarity for community life in local and supra-local, institutional, formal and informal social environments and ecosystems. In a more specific sense, graduates will be prepared to work in various companies, enterprises, non-governmental organizations, and public institutions, both in the public sector (e.g., offices, schools) and beyond – wherever combining knowledge and skills in the public sphere is necessary – in social, socio-educational, and political activities, including those aimed at revitalizing and “concreting” concern for the common world, shaping community forms of life based on democratic values and human rights, and promoting the inclusion of individuals and groups at risk of exclusion and marginalization. Graduates of Solidarity Studies acquire the skills necessary to research and develop a multidimensional understanding of solidarity, which is currently essential in various spheres of public life, including, among others, the social sphere. These include establishing a non-governmental organization or a social economy entity, as well as working in public organizations (central or local government), non-governmental organizations, and enterprises implementing various types of changes that prioritize the common good, achieved through the practice of solidarity. 

Studies in this field will provide the opportunity to expand knowledge about the current state of social life (including political and ecological aspects), which allows for the achievement of social goals while simultaneously caring for the common good and the world as a more-than-human community. Solidarity Studies will also introduce future professionals in various fields (in line with the areas of prior education – bachelor’s degree) as well as leaders and social activists to operate with full awareness of the importance and significance of the value of solidarity in contemporary reality. These studies will also enrich students with essential skills for planning and implementing changes related to living in solidarity – in organizations and, more broadly, in society. Solidarity Studies will also help graduates find their place in the realities of global centres involved in solidarity studies, for example thanks to the participation (in Solidarity Studies’ implementation) of scholars from the network of European solidarity researchers. 

Education Requirements

Bachelor or master diploma, English language certificate

Other Requirements

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Contact

Maria Mendel, maria.mendel@ug.edu.pl