Over 4,000 people took part in an online contest organized to select the university motto, held among employees and students of the Gdańsk University of Technology. The motto of the academic community was the “history is wisdom – future is challenge”.

A total of 18284 invitations to participate in the survey were sent. 2421 students and PhD students and 1585 employees of the Gdańsk University of Technology participated in the online voting. A total of 2892 votes (71.92 percent) supported the winning motto.

– I declare that we will take into account the opinion of the majority and the proposed motto will be incorporated into our statute – said the rector of the Gdańsk University of Technology, Prof. Eng. Jacek Namieśnik.