On 28 November 2025, in Auditorium 1000 of the Clinical and Didactic Centre of the Medical University of Łódź, a ceremony was held to award diplomas to graduates of the Faculty of Health Sciences and to confer professional symbols on graduates of the Nursing and Midwifery Department in the academic year 2024/ 2025.

The graduates received their diplomas and letters of congratulations from Prof. Adam Durczyński, MD, PhD, Vice-Rector for Student Affairs, Prof. Jolanta Kujawa, MD, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Prof. Ewa Borowiak, PhD, Associate Professor at the University – Vice-Dean for the Nursing and Midwifery Department of the Faculty of Health Sciences.

The ceremony was attended by invited guests: Magdalena Amrozik – Director of the Health Policy Department of the Marshal’s Office of the Łódź Province, Szymon Kostrzewski – Deputy Director of the Health Policy Department of the Marshal’s Office of the Łódź Province, Ms Aleksandra Kręcka – Deputy Director of the Health and Social Affairs Department of the City of Łódź, Mr Michał Łaz – Provincial Coordinator of the National Council of Physiotherapists, Ms Mirosława Olejniczak – Chairwoman of the Regional Council of Nurses and Midwives in Łódź, Presidents, Chairmen and Members of the Boards of Scientific and Professional Societies, Representatives of National and Provincial Consultants in the fields of Dietetics, Physiotherapy, Nursing, Midwifery, Emergency Medical Services and Public Health, external stakeholders, directors, head nurses, managers of medical entities and other institutions serving as teaching and research bases, and distinguished employees of the Medical University of Łódź.

The University authorities were represented by:

• Prof. Adam Durczyński, MD, PhD – Vice-Rector for Student Affairs;
• Prof. Tomasz Kostka, MD, PhD – Vice-Rector for Education for the 2016–2024 term, Vice-Dean and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences for the 2003–2016 terms;
• Paweł Zawieja, M.A. – Chancellor of the Medical University of Łódź;
• Joanna Kostka, Ph.D., Professor of Health Sciences – Rector’s Representative for Accessibility and Support, Vice-Dean for Uniform Master’s Studies in Physiotherapy at the Faculty of Health Sciences;
• Justyna Wojtczak, MA – Director of the Student Services Office;
• Anna Kilanowicz-Sapota, MD, PhD – Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy;
• Joanna Sikora, PhD, MD, university professor – Vice-Dean for the Laboratory Medicine Department of the Faculty of Pharmacy;
• Bogusława Pietrzak, PhD, PharmD, university professor – Vice-Dean for the Pharmacy Programme of the Faculty of Pharmacy;
• Prof. Małgorzata Pikala, PhD in Health Sciences – Vice-Dean for Teaching at the Faculty of Health Sciences;
• Krystyna Frydrysiak, MD, PhD, University Professor – Vice-Dean for Organisation and the Medical Rescue Programme at the Faculty of Health Sciences;
• Prof. Magdalena Kwaśniewska, MD, PhD – Vice-Dean for Science at the Faculty of Health Sciences;
• Monika Burzyńska, PhD, PhD in Health Sciences, University Professor – Vice-Dean for Public Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences;
• Ewa Borowiak, PhD in Health Sciences, University Professor – Vice-Dean for Nursing and Midwifery;
• Jolanta Glińska, MD, PhD, University Professor – Vice-Dean for Nursing;
• Dr Beata Leśniczak, Professor of Health Sciences – Vice-Dean for Midwifery;
• Prof. Cezary Chojnacki, MD, PhD – Vice-Dean for Dietetics at the Faculty of Health Sciences;
• Robert Irzmański, MD, PhD, university professor – Vice-Dean for Teaching Development and Teaching Infrastructure at the Faculty of Health Sciences;

During the ceremony, graduates of the Faculty of Health Sciences who achieved the best academic results and actively participated in student organisations were honoured.

Graduates with the highest grade point average:

• Second-cycle Dietetics: Marta Pejska, Alicja Polańska, Emilia Kurczewska
• Physiotherapy, Single-cycle Master’s Degree: Weronika Gajdzicka, Kinga Pawelec, Marlena Karbownik
• Nursing, 1st cycle: Gabriela Kardecka, Oliwia Wojda, Julia Miazek, Michalina Gładys
• Midwifery, 1st cycle: Julia Miller, Katarzyna Murzyńska, Agnieszka Jędrzejczak
• Midwifery, second cycle: Oliwia Matusiak
• Emergency Medical Services, first cycle: Oliwia Marciniak, Aleksandra Madalińska, Kamil Strzelczyk
• Public Health, first cycle: Paweł Nowicki, Szymon Wilczyński, Beata Zarębska
• Public Health, second cycle: Maja Ścieszko, Ściubeł Weronika

The awards and distinctions were presented by the sponsors: the Academic Sports Association, the National Chamber of Physiotherapy, the Supreme Chamber of Nurses and Midwives, the Regional Chamber of Nurses and Midwives, the Łódź Branch of the Polish Nursing Association Inter Polska, the Salve Medica Medical Centre and Medicover.

The ceremony was graced by an excellent vocal performance by Ms Julia Miazek, a graduate of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing.

We warmly congratulate all graduates and wish them every success in their professional and personal lives.