- University of Lodz
- Doctoral Student Zone
- University Of Lodz Doctoral School Of Humanities
University of Lodz Doctoral School of Humanities provides support and guidance to PhD in Humanities seekers that prepare dissertations in the following disciplines:
- archaeology
- history
- philosophy
- linguistics
- literary studies
- cultural and religious studies
- art studies
- ethnology and cultural anthropology (since the academic year 2024/2025)
The study curriculum makes it possible to conduct research in the field of a selected discipline of humanities in the conditions of individual and team interdisciplinarity.
Education at the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Humanities
You will deepen your knowledge in the field of a selected scientific discipline in the interdisciplinary environment, thanks to which you will be able to place your competence related to a given discipline in a wider context, you will develop your research and teaching workshop and acquire soft skills that can be used in the future both in academic work as well as in professional activities of a non-academic nature.
After graduating from the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Humanities and defending one’s doctoral dissertation, a graduate is awarded a PhD in Humanities degree in one of eight disciplines: archaeology, history, philosophy, linguistic knowledge, literary studies, cultural and religious studies, art studies, ethnology and cultural anthropology.
The studies last 8 semesters and they are full-time studies (the classes are held during working days). They are free of charge.
SCHOOL'S OFFICE
Matejki 21/23 St.,90-237 Lodz
Poland
Phone (+48 42 635 55 93) / 1st floor, room 113
Director
Doctoral Schools Centre
Matejki 21/23 St.,90-237 Lodz
Poland
Phone: +48 42 635 55 84
All the meetings are possible after prior appointment via e-mail.
School council
Head of the Board
Prof. Joanna Sowa
Archeology
Prof. Piotr Strzyż
Prof. Marek Olędzki
Philospphy
Prof. Marek Gensler
Prof. Janusz Maciaszek
History
Prof. Sławomir Bralewski
Prof. Przemysław Waingertner
Linguistics
Prof. Ivan Petrov
Prof. Ewa Szkudlarek-Śmiechowicz
Literary Studies
Prof. Michał Lachman
Prof. Dorota Samborska-Kukuć
Cultural and Religious Studies
Prof. Konrad Klejsa
Prof. Piotr Sitarski
Representatives of Doctoral Students
mgr Roman Sacharov
mgr Michał Owczarek
mgr Miriam Kobierski
mgr Kacper Krzeczewski
SECRETARY
Doctoral Schools Centre, The UL Doctoral School of Humanities
Matejki 21/23 St.,90-237 Lodz
Poland
Phone (+48 42 635 55 93) / 1st floor, room 113
Monday,Thursday 9.00-14.00
Please previously contact via e-mail .
Important documents
Pursuant to Article 204.3 of the Law on Higher Education and Science, at the request of a doctoral student, doctoral education shall be suspended for the period corresponding to the duration of maternity leave, leave on the conditions of maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave as defined by the Labour Code.
On 15 February 2024, a new Regulation amending the regulation on the minimum monthly basic remuneration for a professor employed in a public higher education institution has been signed (Dz.U. – Journal of Laws, item 235). It states 30% increase of remuneration since 1 January 2024 which means that the basic salary of a professor has risen from PLN 7210 to PLN 9370. The provisions of the regulation has entered into force in the day following its announcement, that is on 22 February 2024 as applicable from 1 January 2024. The regulation has been published under item no. 235 in the Dziennik Ustaw (abbreviated „Dz. U.”) or the Polish Journal of Laws.
Why is this important for doctoral students? It affects the amount of scholarship (stipend) grant that you receive each month – since its amount is steadily proportional (pegged) to the value of professor’s salary, it has now increased accordingly, and you may even expect an extra balance payment once, due to the increase being applicable from January.
Pursuant to Article 209 clause 4 of the Act of 20 July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science (Journal of Laws 2023, item 742, amended) the amount of monthly doctoral scholarship should be at least:
1) 37% of a professor’s salary – gross amount of PLN 3466,90 – up to the month in which the mid-term evaluation was conducted;
2) 57% of a professor’s salary – gross amount of PLN 5340,90 – after the month in which the mid-term evaluation was conducted.
By virtue of the amendments made to the aforementioned Act by the Act of 28 July 2023 amending the Act - Teachers' Charter and certain other acts (Journal of Laws 2023, item 1672), as of 1.10.2023, the prohibition on employing doctoral students of a doctoral school as academic teachers or research staff does not apply any longer (because Article 209(10) has been repealed and the related Article 203(1)(5) has been amended). The Act does not prohibit doctoral students from taking up employment in any other capacity.
In addition, the provision making the stipend payout conditional on the amount of remuneration received has been changed. It used to refer to project participants specifically, but now it only refers to a certain form of employment.
A doctoral scholarship will not be awarded to a doctoral student whose:
- curriculum at a doctoral school involves a mandatory employment contract in an entity running that doctoral school,
- employment contract provides a remuneration exceeding the amount of the minimum monthly professor’s salary (currently PLN 9 370.00 gross).
The doctoral scholarship is not subject to income tax. However, doctoral students studying at doctoral schools and receiving a doctoral scholarship are covered by compulsory pension and accident insurance. Sickness insurance is voluntary.
A doctoral student may apply for a student loan. The provisions on student loans shall apply accordingly, except that:
• the loan may be obtained by a doctoral student under the age of 35;
• the loan shall be granted for the duration of training at the doctoral school only once and for no longer than 4 years.
Data processing clause
- University of Lodz (UL) seated at: ul. Narutowicza 68, 90-136 Lodz, Poland
is the controller of your personal data. -
UL Data Protection Officer (DPO) can be contacted for all matters concerning your personal data processing an exercising rights related to personal data processing by UL either to the above postal address (note: IOD) or via e-mail at: iod@uni.lodz.pl,
Other matters, such as study curriculum, do not belong to responsibilities of DPO.
- Your data is collected and processed for purposes of study programme / curriculum assistance, as well as for statistics, archives and for statutory purposes.
- Your personal data is processed:
- following applicable laws in force, including among others the Act on Higher Education and Science (Polish: Prawo o szkolnictwie wyższym i nauce) and internal UL regulations (baw.uni.lodz.pl);
- to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
- for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
- pursuant to your consent to the processing of your personal data – if legal provisions or signed contract yield no basis for data processing.
- Your personal data will be stored for the necessary period of time in accord with provisions on national archival resources and state archives, other legal provisions and internal UL regulations.
- Your personal data may be received by entities authorized under provisions of applicable laws or entrusted in this regard by contractual agreements that the controller signed.
- As data subject you have the right to:
- access your personal data;
- demand their rectification if factually incorrect;
- erase, restrict processing or transfer your data – if provided by law;
- object to processing of your data;
- withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness
of processing based on consent before its withdrawal - file a complaint with the national data protection authority, i.e. the President
of the Personal Data Protection Office, ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw, Poland.
- Sharing your personal data is voluntary but necessary for purposes listed in Clause 3.
Your data is processed according to applicable laws, in particular following Article 6, Clause 1, parts (a, b, c, e), and Article 9, Clause 2, part (a) of the Regulation on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation; GDPR) in connection with other binding legal provisions, including the Act of 20 July 2018: The Law on Higher Education and Science (Poland).
Ombudsperson
Mgr Kacper Stoś, a jurist (from UL Doctoral School of Social Sciences), is a graduate of the UL Faculty of Law and Administration, a member of legal advisory team at UL Institutional Council of Doctoral Students, a doctoral students’ representative in the Institutional Electoral Commission during the 2024-2028 term, a doctoral students’ representative at Departmental Council of UL Faculty of Law and Administration during the 2024-2028 term, and a Local Ambassador of Doctoral Student’s Rights in Łódź.
Anyone interested feel free to contact the Ombudsman – tel. 536532322, e-mail: brpd@uni.lodz.pl
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