Recruitment schedule for Doctoral Schools

18-05-2022

Doctoral Schools have already announced their recruitment schedule for the academic year 2022/2023. There are 330 places waiting for future PhD students in 25 scientific disciplines. 

Doctoral Schools of UW offer four-year education in various disciplines in humanities, social sciences, exact and natural sciences as well as interdisciplinary fields. Each doctoral candidate in doctoral schools is obliged to follow their Individual Research Plan (after first year). They carry out research in an individual unit their supervisor is employed in. Doctoral candidates’ progress and supervisors’ work are subject to mid-term evaluation. All UW doctoral schools offer full educational programs in the English language. All doctoral candidates receive a monthly scholarship.

ADMISSION 2022/2023

Four Doctoral Schools recruit in the following disciplines:

The Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Science

  • Astronomy – admission limit 5
  • Mathematics and computer sciences – admission limit 22
  • Biological sciences – admission limit 17
  • Chemical sciences – admission limit 18
  • Physical sciences – admission limit 27
  • Earth and related environmental sciences – admission limit 11

The Doctoral School of Humanities

  • Archaeology – admission limit 7
  • Arts studies – admission limit 6
  • Culture and Religion Studies – admission limit 12
  • History – admission limit 16
  • Linguistics – admission limit 23
  • Literary studies – admission limit 25
  • Philosophy – admission limit 11

The Doctoral School of Social Sciences

  • Economics and Finance – admission limit 13
  • Education – admission limit 5
  • Law – admission limit 25
  • Management and Quality Studies – admission limit 5
  • Political Science and Public Administration – admission limit 18
  • Psychology – admission limit 9
  • Security Studies – admission limit 4
  • Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management – admission limit 5
  • Social Communication and Media Studies – admission limit 5
  • Sociology – admission limit 11

The Interdisciplinary Doctoral School

  • IDS – admission limit 20
  • QPE program – admission limit 10

APPLICATION PROCESS

At the beginning of admissions to a doctoral school of the University of Warsaw a candidate should find a supervisor who will be ready to take care of them and their research project. The supervisor’s name and their declaration of readiness to take up the function should be submitted in the Internet Recruitment of Candidates system – IRK.

Looking for a supervisor, one can use a special browser that contains a list of academics who want to act as supervisors.

How to apply?

  1. register to the Internet Recruitment of Candidates System – IRK
  2. select a doctoral school and check detailed requirements
  3. submit documents in the system

Application deadlines:

Examinations and interviews will take place in April, June and July depending on the Doctoral School.

Detailed schedule of recruitment as well as all needed information on the admission process and required documents can be found on the website of specific Doctoral Schools (in the Enrollment tab) and in the IRK System