Portuguese Day at BUT

 
The purpose of organising Portuguese Day at our university is to introduce the academic community to the language, culture and traditions of Portugal — one of the countries most frequently chosen by our students and staff as an Erasmus+ destination. We want the event to be an opportunity to discover the beauty of Portugal and to help strengthen the good relations between Portugal and Poland.
Portuguese Day will feature language sessions, workshops on creating traditional Portuguese mosaics, culinary classes, music and dance.
Representatives of the Embassy of Portugal in Poland, as well as the authorities of Białystok and our university, will take part in the inauguration of the event.
The evening programme at Nie Teatr will be highlighted by a Fado performance by the band Astrolabe.
The event is organised as part of the international Erasmus Days celebrations taking place on 13–18 October 2025.

Event programme

10.00-13.40 – CNK lobby

• Exhibition “Descubra Portugal com o Erasmus+” inspired by the experiences of BUT staff
• Information stands with materials from partner universities in Portugal (during the English-language session block) 

10.30-13.30 English-language session block (open only to Bialystok University of Technology staff and students — registration required via a form 

10:30 – Official opening of Portuguese Day by the Rector of BUT and/or the Vice-Rector for International Cooperation

10:35 – Presentations by representatives of the Embassy of Portugal in Poland: Ambassador Mario Rui dos Santos Miranda Duarte and José Carlos Costa Dias (Representative of Camões in Warsaw and Lublin)

11:15 – Short Portuguese language course and cultural highlights — live connection with Cenil Centro de LÍnguas LDA / ISAL, Madeira

11:45 – Panel “Portuguese partners of BUT — is it worth cooperating?” — presentation of cooperation outcomes to date and online discussion with partner universities in Portugal (Cenil Centro de LÍnguas LDA / ISAL, Instituto Politecnico de Portalegre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Politecnico Castelo Branco, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo)

12:30 – Overview / timetable of the remaining Portuguese Day events

12:30 – Flavours of Portugal — Portuguese-style tasting for event participants

13:00 – Prize competition

13:15 – Portugal and the Erasmus+ Programme — staff mobility experiences under Erasmus+ (H. Bramska and M. Śleszyńska)

13:30–13:40 – Presentation on opportunities for staff mobility abroad

Workshops —conducted in Polish; open only to Bialystok University of Technology staff and students (registration required via a form).

(Each person may register for only one workshop. If places remain, a supplementary registration will be opened after 13 October.)

Workshop block I — 12:30–14:30

12:30–14:30 – Flavours of Portugal (culinary workshop) – GROUP 1

12:30–14:30 – Azuliana workshops (ceramic painting) – GROUP 2

Workshop block I — 14.30-16.30:

14:30-16:30 – Flavours of Portugal (culinary workshop) – GROUP 3 

14:40-16:40 – Azuliana workshops (ceramic painting) – GROUP 4 

Portuguese Evening – 18.00-22.30

Nie Teatr, Białystok, Sienkiewicza 4 (the evening event will be held in Polish; free and open to everyone — Fully booked.

• Discover Portugal — Presentation by BUT staff (Jolanta Piekut and Małgorzata Smorczewska)
• Prize competitions
• Discover Portugal — Presentation by students (Gabriela Sawicka and Kacper Jacewicz)
• My Perspective on Portugal — Presentation by Edyta Ribeiro
• Performance by the band Astrolabe — Fado music
• Refreshments for participants

You are warmly invited!

All events are free of charge, but registration is required.