NOTE:  Details of the upcoming admission round (June 2026) will be gradually updated

Under the guidance of your potential supervisor, prepare a concept for your doctoral dissertation, which is one of the required documents in the recruitment process.

If the candidate has obtained from the supervisor (an academic employee of the University of Lodz) a consent to take him/her under supervision, he/she submits a statement of the potential supervisor on his/her willingness to take on the supervision (sample available at step 4).

If the candidate has not obtained such a consent, he/she submits an application for appointing a selected person who has the right to act as a supervisor as a supervisor of his/her doctoral dissertation (template available at step 4).

Enrollment/Registration - Electronic registration for studies is possible between 12-18 June 2026

Remember to print out the application form from the Electronic Recruitment System!

Go to the Electronic Recruitment System (link)
 

• Prepare signed PDF scans of all paper documentation (list below) and a JPG photo.
• Name each PDF file according to the scheme: Forename_Surname_Heading of scanned document.
• Upload legible scans in PDF format and photo (JPG) to the IRK system by: 12.06 - 18.06.2026
• Deliver your documentation (original application for university admission, copies of diplomas, copies of publications and certificates) in person or send by post to the address below by: 19.06 - 25.06.2026
• The date of delivery of the documents is considered to be the date of receipt at the doctoral school.

Doctoral Schools Centre

The BioMedChem Docoral School of the UL and Lodz Institutes of the PAS

ul. Matejki 21/23, room 110

90-237 Lodz, Poland

The test will be conducted on 1 July 2026

If you are interested in the sample language tests, you can write to the following e-mail address for public information: dpo@uni.lodz.pl.

During the interview the following are assessed:

1. Presentation of the dissertation concept (0-12 points), including:
   1. demonstrating the originality of the scientific problem presented in the concept
   2. demonstration of the research contribution to the development of the lead and additional discipline(s), in the case of an Industrial PhD programme the practical utility of the solutions
   3. clarity of concept presentation
   4. ability to justify the chosen methodology
2. knowledge of research methods used in scientific work in the discipline (0-4 points)
3. knowledge of the literature on the subjects to be dealt with in the candidate’s research (0-4 points)
4. knowledge of specialist terminology, ability to compose a speech, communicativeness, interaction during discussion (0-4 points)

TOTAL: 0-24 points

Each member of the recruitment committee will assess independently with 24 points. The final amount of points awarded to a candidate shall be the arithmetic mean of the points awarded by the members of the committee. Presentation of the concept in the form of a multimedia presentation is not accepted.

Interviews will be held between 10-15 July 2026

The candidate will be informed of the interview date via email.

Information on acceptance to the studies is visible in the Electronic Registration System on the candidate's account, and the Recruitment Committee's decision on non-acceptance is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

We would like to remind you that you are obliged to inform the Secretary of the Doctoral School about your personal data changes, such as your name or address. We need your up-to-date data to sign you up for social security insurance, and for sending administrative decisions via post to your current address.

PhD students of the BioMedChem Doctoral School of the University of Lodz and the Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Łódź receive the following amount of scholarship:
- gross amount of PLN 3570,50 per month during the first and second year of studies (before mid-term evaluation),
- gross amount of PLN 5500,50 per month during the third and fourth year of studies;

for doctoral students with certified disability the above amount is raised to PLN 4641,65 and PLN 6571,65 respectively.

As a candidate, you are required to inform the Secretary of the Doctoral School:
- that you have already been a doctoral student at another doctoral school (even for a short period of time) and have received a doctoral scholarship there. You are entitled to the scholarship for a total of 48 months of curriculum carried out at any doctoral school(s). After 48 months, even if you continue to study at our school, you will not be entitled to a doctoral scholarship any longer;
- if you obtain or have obtained a doctoral degree at another university. Then you lose the right to your doctoral scholarship at the UL, because a person with an already conferred doctoral degree cannot receive the scholarship.