The university's social media is premièring today the video entitled “Be yourself. Be with us”. It is a short film in which we show Wrocław Tech as a community of people with very different paths. Our students Natalia, Sylwia, Wiktoria, Prince, and Tomasz talk about their dreams, plans, experiences, and difficulties.

With this video, we want to emphasise that everyone has their mountain to climb.

– No one has the right to judge where you are and what you have achieved – only yourself. Because only you know how many obstacles you’ve had to overcome and how much effort you’ve put in to get where you are – says Katarzyna Kroczak-Knapik, head of Wrocław Tech’s Department of Information and Promotion. – We appreciate it and are proud to have you with us. We’re proud that you make Wrocław University of Science and Technology what it is.

In this story, we asked five students to tell us their stories: Wiktoria, Natalia, Tomek, Sylwia, and Prince.

They share a desire to change the world for the better, but their experiences have been very different. Some have travelled thousands of kilometres to be at our university, others have had to crush stereotypes or face unfair judgements from others.

Can a sensitive and empathetic girl be an engineer?

Can you dream of studying when many people in your country cannot afford books or even a pair of shoes?

Can you have a down moment and give up on your studies for a while?

Or should you stop thinking about studying in a big city if you have a disability?

No, don't stop dreaming, don't stop being yourself – that's our message to present and prospective students.

We want to stress that our university is a community. We know that differences create power. That is why we say: Be yourself. Be with us.

In the video and accompanying materials, which we will publish in the coming weeks, our students talk about their dreams, plans, experiences, and difficulties.

They are pursuing different degree programs, come from different places and have different ideas about themselves. What they have in common is Wrocław Tech.

We encourage you to follow our university’s profiles on Facebook and Instagram, as well as its YouTube channel, where you will video material with our protagonists’ stories.