environmental engineering, mining and energy

Recruitment to the Doctoral School of Poznan University of Technology for the academic year 2025/2026

Enrollment fee: 200 PLN

Extract from the Admission rules to the Doctoral School of Poznan University of Technology (Poznan University of Technology Senate Resolution No. 157/2020-2024 dated on November 29, 2023):

1. Candidate for Poznan University of Technology Doctoral School (hereinafter referred to as the Doctoral School) is admitted based on a competition with a view of exploring a research topic proposed for a given scientific discipline.
2. A candidate can chose only one research topic.
3. Any given research topic can be worked upon by one person only.
4. Recruitment to the Doctoral School is associated with the payment of a one-off, non-returnable enrollment fee.
5. Documents submitted by a candidate must be prepared in Polish or English or be translated into Polish or English by a sworn or equivalent translator in the country of issue.
6. Diploma of graduation from university obtained abroad needs to be confirmed with an apostille if the country issuing the document is covered by the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization of Foreign Public Documents, drawn up in The Hague on October 5, 1961 (Journal of Laws of 2005, No. 112, item 938) or legalized in any other case. Legalization is carried out by a Polish consular post in the country of issuing the diploma.
7. Competition Commission consists of three members. The chairperson of the Competition Commission is a person with at least a postdoctoral degree appointed by the Director of the Doctoral School. The Commission may not include a person who proposed research topic in a frame of a given competition.
8. Candidate’s admission to the Doctoral School is based on competition procedure.
9. The competition procedure consists of assessment of the documents submitted by the candidate and the interview. Only a set of the above-mentioned documents, filled in completely and submitted correctly and on time, is assessed.
10. The final grade of the candidate at individual stages of the competition procedure, rounded to the full number, is calculated as the sum of the arithmetic averages of the marks (points) proposed by each member of the Competition Commissions for the individual criteria. Upon completion of each stage of the procedure, the Competition Commission draws up a protocol.
11. Evaluation of documents submitted by candidate refers to:
1. candidate’s achievements, including learning outcomes, scientific publications, patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, scientific scholarships, awards and distinctions concerning scientific research or student activity or other scientific achievements (0-5 points),
2. candidate’s experience, including participation in scientific conferences, workshops, research and commercial projects as well as trainings and internships, international mobility and work experience, scientific clubs membership (0-5 points), 
3. description of proposed individual research plan (0-5 points).
12. The candidate who has obtained at least 8 points during the evaluation of documents qualify for an interview.
13. During the interview the following criteria are evaluated:
1. experience and candidate’s most important achievements (0-5 points),
2. knowledge, skills and competences of the candidate in the selected scientific discipline (0-5 points),
3. knowledge of the selected research topics and the candidate's plans related to its implementation (0-5 points).
14. The minimum number of points obtained by the candidate in the competition procedure enabling them to be admitted to the Doctoral School may not be lower than 20.
15. The number of candidates admitted into the Doctoral School corresponds with admission limits in a given scientific discipline and candidates are admitted on the basis of their position on the ranking list in accordance with the results of competition procedure.
16. The lists of persons admitted and not admitted (including those on the waiting list) to the Doctoral School is announced publicly on the website of the Doctoral School.

Admission rules are available at the link: https://phdschool.put.poznan.pl/en/zasady-rekrutacji