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The University of Lodz Rector’s Representative for Doctoral Schools
The University of Lodz Rector’s Representative for Doctoral Schools is in charge of ensuring high-quality education at doctoral schools, overseeing their quality, financial and organisational…
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Outstanding Young Scientist Scholarship 2025
A call for Outstanding Young Scientist Scholarship for doctoral students with remarkable achievements in science will be held (via the OSF online platform) from 1 December to 31 December 2025.
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Research Award of UL Rector (2025/26)
Any active four-year PhD student of each UL Doctoral School may apply for the Research Award of the Rector
UniLodz Doctoral Schools in the "Lodz for the Young" programme
As part of the targeted subsidy for the University of Lodz Doctoral Schools, numerous research-related activities have been co-financed from the Lodz Voivodeship budget in 2025.
Effective Collaboration Between Doctoral Candidate and Supervisor – Registration Is Open
The next edition of the workshops aimed at developing skills of doctoral candidates and their supervisors will be held in November of the current year. The session will be led by Dr Justyna…
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Visiting professor: Dr Massimo Zacchini (CNR, Italy)
Join us for a series of guest lectures led by Dr Massimo Zacchini, a senior researcher at the Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET) at the Italian National Research Council (Consiglio…
Visiting professor: A. M. Brzozowski (University of York, United Kingdom)
Join us for a series of guest lectures led by Prof. Andrzej Marek Brzozowski from University of York (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister's Award for the UniLodz Graduate!
Dr Łukasz Szymon Biegała, a graduate of the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences and the University of Lodz Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, has been…
"Doctoral Dissertation as a Project – Planning, Management, Implementation" Training
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the next edition of a training series, successfully conducted in the previous academic year. The training will take place on 23–24 October 2025, at the…
UniLodz at "Bomba Megabitowa" in Lodz
The Lem Festival is a celebration of culture, technology and science that has been inspiring, moving and provoking reflection on the future for five years now. This year, Lodz will yet again become a…
University of Lodz Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences provides support and guidance to PhD in Exact and Natural Sciences seekers that prepare dissertations in the following disciplines:
- Mathematics
- Biological Sciences
- Chemical Sciences
- Physical Sciences
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Informatics – starting from the academic year 2024/2025
The study curriculum of the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences in addition to deepening knowledge on a specific discipline will enable you to strengthen your scientific workshop, raise your qualifications in the field of teaching and develop soft skills, including an ability to actively plan your own career.
Education at the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences
Doctoral students who graduate from the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences will be prepared to critically evaluate the results of scientific research that constitute a basis of scientific publications and present the obtained results in the international scientific community. The objective of education here is to prepare each doctoral student to carry out didactic work at the level of higher education, where he/she can combine the obtained scientific knowledge with the use of the latest methods of communication.
Each graduate from the Doctoral School will achieve competence enabling him/her to engage in individual and team scientific research, especially this interdisciplinary one, conducted in national and international research teams. Responsible usage of the obtained scientific knowledge and results in innovative economy for the good of the society will be their result.
The studies last 8 semesters. They are full-time studies (the classes are held during working days) and they are free of charge.
Doctoral School Headquarters
Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences
University of Lodz
21/23 Jana Matejki Street (1st floor)
90-237 Lodz
Poland
Director
Doctoral Schools Centre
21/23 Jana Matejki Street
90-237 Lodz
Poland
1st floor, room 111
T. 42 635 55 93
E. Dyrektor.SDNSiP@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Duty hours:
Monday 10:00-11:00
Thursday 12:00-13:00
Meetings by arrangement by e-mail: Dyrektor.SDNSiP@biol.uni.lodz.pl
School Council
Head of the Council
prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Kuźniak-Gębarowska
Members of the Council for particular scientific disciplines:
Biological Sciences
dr hab. Joanna Kołodziejczyk-Czepas, prof. UŁ
dr hab. Joanna Żelazna-Wieczorek, prof. UŁ
Chemical Sciences
dr hab. Ireneusz Piwoński, prof. UŁ
dr hab. Magdalena Małecka, prof. UŁ
Physical Sciences
dr hab. Jarosław Perkowski, prof. UŁ
Earth and Environmental Sciences
dr hab. Włodzimierz Pawlak, prof. UŁ
dr hab. Danuta Dzieduszyńska, prof. UŁ
Mathematics
dr hab. Aleksandra Orpel, prof. UŁ
dr hab. Andrzej Komisarski, prof. UŁ
Informatics
dr hab. Marek Śmietański, prof. UŁ
Representatives of Doctoral Students:
mgr Agata Pyrzanowska-Banasiak
Secretary
Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences
University of Lodz
Doctoral Schools Centre
21/23 Jana Matejki Street
90-237 Lodz
Poland
1st floor, room 113
T. 42 635 55 93
Duty hours:
Tuesday 11:00-14:30
Thursday 9:00-13:00
Preferred contact by e-mail.
The Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, UL
Banacha 12/16
90-237 Lodz
3rd floor, room 303
P. +48 42 635 44 23
Duty hours:
Wednesday 11:00-13:00
Thursday 11:00-13:00
Please previously contact via e-mail
Council of Self-Government of Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences
The task of the Council of doctoral student Self-Government of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences is not only to support doctoral students and to take actions for their community, but also to participate in the organization of events promoting the School and the University of Lodz and to take part in the life of the University. The Self-Government cooperates with the School Authorities and the University Doctoral Students’ Government Council of the University of Lodz. One of the most important aims of the Members of the Self-Government is to provide assistance in any matter regarding doctoral students studying at the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences.
Members:
- Chair: Michał Świderski, MSc
- Secretary: Konrad Budziński, MSc
- Member of the Council: Nasir Shakeel, MPhil
Contact: rssdnsip@uni.lodz.pl
The task of the Council of the Self-Government of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences is not only to support doctoral students and to take actions for their community, but also to participate in the organization of events promoting the School and the University of Lodz and to take part in the life of the University. The Self-Government cooperates with the School Authorities and the University Doctoral Students’ Government Council of the University of Lodz. One of the most important aims of the Members of the Self-Government is to provide assistance in any matter regarding doctoral students studying at the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences.
Members:
- Chairwoman: MSc Dominika Piwowarska
- Vice-Chairperson: MSc Kamil Płuciennik,
- Secretary: MSc Katarzyna Bednarczyk,
- Member of the Council: MSc Ewelina Krawczyk
Contact: rssdnsip@uni.lodz.pl
Important documents
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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.
The application for funding, together with the cost estimate and the promoter's opinion, will enable the funding of the scientific activity of the doctoral students of SDNSiP of the University of Lodz from the budget of the doctoral school.
File name: Name_Funding application _discipline, e.g. Kowalski_Funding application_chemistry.
Attention:
please do not include the following costs in your applications:
- highway tolls
- car travel
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.
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
