Admissions to Doctoral Schools for the 2021/2022 academic year

10-05-2021

Four doctoral schools at the University of Warsaw are now open to applications. University graduates who would like to pursue their scientific career can apply to their preferable doctoral school until 28th June. First examinations and interviews will take place in July and early August. In the meantime, admission to the Implementation Doctorate Programme is also open up to 11th May.

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 programmes in the English language. All doctoral candidates receive a monthly scholarship.

Admission 2021/2022

Four Doctoral Schools recruit in the following disciplines:

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 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 Interdisciplinary Doctoral School

  • IDS – admission limit 20
  • QPE programme – 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.

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 Registration for Candidates System – IRK
  2. select a doctoral school and check detailed requirements
  3. submit documents in the system

The deadline for applications is 28th June 2021.

First examinations and interviews will take place in July and early August.

Schedule of recruitment as well as all needed information on the admission process and required documents can be found on the website of doctoral schools and IRK

Admission 2021/2022 to the Implementation Doctorate Programme:

The deadline for applications is 11th May 2021. Detailed information are posted here: