{"id":5107,"date":"2026-10-06T19:01:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/mint-new\/?page_id=5107"},"modified":"2026-10-09T18:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:43:09","slug":"english-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/mint\/home-2\/english-description\/","title":{"rendered":"English Description"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">MINT Without Borders: A Scientific Bridge Between Bia\u0142ystok and Germany<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Passion, Cooperation and Innovation at ALO PB<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">At the Academic Secondary School of Bialystok University of Technology (ALO PB), we believe that science knows no borders and that the future belongs to those who can cooperate across divisions. Since 2021, our school has pursued an exceptional mission: combining a passion for MINT subjects (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology) with building lasting Polish-German relations.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">From a Vision to a Long-Lasting Friendship<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">It all began with the vision and personal commitment of Artur Ku\u017amicz, who in 2021 established key cooperation with Ms Elisabeth Ritter, head of the Polish-German Youth Office (PNWM) in Warsaw, and Elisabeth-Gymnasium in Halle (Saale). Mr Steffen Kreuzmann provided invaluable support in this process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Despite the difficult period of the pandemic, our cooperation flourished. Thanks to the determination of Mr Artur Ku\u017amicz and Mr Steffen Kreuzmann, students from Bia\u0142ystok and Halle met every Monday for online seminars. Under the scientific supervision of Marzena Smolewska, MSc, the young researchers analysed the quality of water, air and soil in Podlaskie and Saxony-Anhalt. The result of this work is the unique trilingual platform mint.pb.edu.pl, created under the supervision of Ms Anetta Pogrebniak.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Science in Practice: Research That Changes the School<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Our projects are not only about theory. Students investigated, among other things:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">poisonous plants in the immediate surroundings,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">emissions and ambient concentrations of pollutants in the school building,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">chemical and biological hazards,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">water, soil and air pollution in Germany and Poland.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Most importantly, the results of this research have a real impact on how ALO PB operates, leading to specific environmentally responsible decisions and improved safety for our students.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Travel, Culture and Diplomacy<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Thanks to financial support from DPJW (the German-Polish Youth Office), the MINT projects have also become an opportunity for remarkable travel. In 2026, we visited Halle for the fourth time, while our partners regularly visit us in Bia\u0142ystok.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Our activities have been recognised at the highest levels: project participants have been and continue to be regularly received by the Mayor of Bia\u0142ystok, the Mayor of Halle, the Marshal of the Podlaskie Voivodeship and the Rector of Bialystok University of Technology. These are not only lessons in science, but also lessons in diplomacy and in building a European identity.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">New Horizons: Kirn, Duisburg and W\u00fcrzburg<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The year 2024 brought rapid development of our partnership network. Thanks to the contacts established by Mr Artur Ku\u017amicz:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">We established cooperation with Realschule Plus in Kirn. In April 2026, our students took part in fascinating workshops on water in Germany. In May 2026, students from Kirn visited us at ALO PB, and together we studied water quality in Bia\u0142ystok and sludge from the wastewater treatment plant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">We are also intensively developing relations with Robert-Bosch-Berufskolleg in Duisburg (we hosted as many as 57 people!) and Klara-Oppenheimer-Schule in W\u00fcrzburg within the Erasmus+ programme. These schools visit Bia\u0142ystok and conduct research in the laboratories of Bialystok University of Technology [including comparisons of food quality in Poland and Germany, the ageing and storage of medicines, and other topics].<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">These meetings provide an opportunity for intensive language learning, discovering our neighbours\u2019 culture and exploring the Podlaskie region together.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The Architects of Success<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The success of these projects is the result of the tremendous work and passion of many people. We would like to extend special thanks to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Mr Artur Ku\u017amicz<\/strong> \u2013 initiator, coordinator and language supervisor of international cooperation,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Ms Anetta Pogrebniak and Ms Marzena Smolewska<\/strong> \u2013 for substantive and technical supervision,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Ms Ewa Chmielewska and Ms Aleksandra Motyka from DPJW<\/strong> \u2013 for their invaluable assistance, goodwill and financial support.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">We would also like to thank the authorities of Bialystok University of Technology, the Marshal\u2019s Office, the City Office and the management of ALO PB for supporting the development of young talent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Do you want to explore the world, travel and shape the future? Join ALO PB \u2013 here, education has an international dimension!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><em>Documentation of our activities \u2013 photographs, videos and articles \u2013 can be found on the websites of ALO PB, Bialystok University of Technology, our MINT.pb project website and in regional media.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>ALO PB<\/strong> is a non-public secondary school for young people aged 14\u201318. It operates in accordance with the principles and regulations applicable to public schools and is part of Bialystok University of Technology. The school was founded in 2016 and is intended for ambitious and talented students who wish to continue their education in science and technology, using modern technologies and the fully equipped scientific laboratories offered by our institution. The core of the ALO PB curriculum consists of advanced classes in mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology and English. German or Russian can be chosen as a second foreign language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Since the 2020\/2021 school year, the following study profiles have been available at our school:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">architecture and civil engineering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">bioengineering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">industry of the future<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">information technology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">programming<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Our students can be proud of:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">securing places at universities as early as their first year at our school (including Bialystok University of Technology, the Medical University of Gda\u0144sk, Warsaw University of Technology and Gda\u0144sk University of Technology)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">receiving numerous grants and scholarships, such as the Prime Minister\u2019s Award, artistic awards, the Most Innovative Technology Award, the \u201cDiamond Discoverers\u201d Award and the Copernicus Science Centre Award<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">achieving high rankings in other nationwide competitions \u2013 technical, IT, scientific, language, social, and even legal and artistic competitions (e.g. \u201cProject with My Class\u201d, El-Robo-Mech, Young Innovator, Education Designers, the National Competition in Economics and Entrepreneurship, Mission Book, the National Competition on Students\u2019 Rights, Applied Mathematics, the international N\u00e1boj mathematics competition, and Galileo).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/liceum-ogolnoksztalcace\/\" target=\"_top\">https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/liceum-ogolnoksztalcace\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LiceumPB\/?locale=pl_PL\" target=\"_top\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LiceumPB\/?locale=pl_PL<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">https:\/\/pb.edu.pl\/mint\/pl\/alopb\/<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">MINT Project<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Joint Classes Project \u2013 MINT: analysis of soil, water and air. The aim of our project is to establish and deepen long-term and fruitful cooperation between students from Polish and German schools. We want to create an environment conducive to cooperation in which we can share observations, exchange ideas and develop together. In addition to the scientific objective of developing a common research methodology, collecting research results on water, air and soil pollution, and creating a website (in English, German and Polish) presenting the research results, we strive to foster mutual understanding of our countries, cultures, histories and customs. No Polish-German MINT project would be possible without the Deutsch-Polnisches Jugendwerk (German-Polish Youth Office).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The German-Polish Youth Office (DPJW) enables meetings and cooperation between young Poles and Germans. It finances and supports German-Polish projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">How do we do it?<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">DPJW co-finances youth meetings that are as diverse in their themes and formats as young people\u2019s interests \u2013 from theatre and inter-school environmental projects to field hockey matches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">DPJW lays the foundations for good-neighbourly relations between Poles and Germans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">DPJW (German: Deutsch-Polnisches Jugendwerk) is the abbreviation for the international organisation known in English as the German-Polish Youth Office. In Poland, it is more commonly referred to by the abbreviation PNWM.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">How does DPJW (PNWM) work?<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Project funding:<\/strong> It provides financial support for all kinds of youth meetings, school exchanges, extracurricular projects, workshops and camps.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Areas of support:<\/strong> It finances, among other things, artistic, sports, environmental, historical and scientific projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Who can benefit:<\/strong> Schools, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), local governments, sports clubs and educational institutions working with young people may apply for funding.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pnwm.org\/\" target=\"_top\">https:\/\/pnwm.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Erasmus+ is a European Union programme supporting education, training, youth and sport. It provides funding for trips abroad for educational, vocational or volunteering purposes. Participants receive a grant and are exempt from tuition fees at the host institution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The programme is divided into several main areas (sectors):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Higher education: Students can study abroad for part of their degree (from 2 to 12 months) or undertake traineeships abroad. The programme also enables exchanges for university staff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Schools and education: Mobility opportunities for pupils and teachers, as well as participation in international school partnerships.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Youth: Youth exchanges, training for leaders and European volunteering for people aged 13 to 30.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Adult education: Courses, training and job-shadowing visits for educators and adult learners.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Sport: Projects supporting local initiatives and cooperation between sports organisations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">To take part in the programme, the easiest option is to contact the international office at your university, a local youth organisation, or visit the website of the Erasmus+ National Agency directly, where detailed information on calls for applications and eligibility criteria is available. The full range of activities is also available on the official European Commission portal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erasmusplus.org.pl\/\" target=\"_top\">https:\/\/erasmusplus.org.pl\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/index_pl<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MINT Without Borders: A Scientific Bridge Between Bia\u0142ystok and Germany Passion, Cooperation and Innovation at ALO PB At the Academic Secondary School of Bialystok University of Technology (ALO PB), we believe that science knows no borders and that the future belongs to those who can cooperate across divisions. 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