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“Korzenie Przyszłości” Scholarship Programme Gala
Young Scientist from the UniLodz Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences Among the Laureates of the 2nd Edition of the “Korzenie Przyszłości” Scholarship Programme

For the second time, the “Korzenie Przyszłości” [Roots of the Future] scholarship programme has supported young researchers in the fields of biological and environmental sciences. During a ceremonial…

23 June 2026 | News
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Financial aid (emergency support payment)

We kindly inform you that the Regulations for granting emergency financial aid (“zapomoga”) for doctoral students have been adopted.

09 June 2026 | News
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GREAT ŁÓDŹ JUWENALIA 2026 – Here Is All You Need to Know!

The most intense time of the year for the entire UniLodz academic community is just ahead of us – Juwenalia. This year, UniLodz, together with the Medical University of Lodz and Lodz University of…

29 May 2026 | News
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Writing Grant Applications Step by Step. Second Edition of Workshops on PRELUDIUM Grants Launched

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29 May 2026 | Events
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At UniLodz, Everyone Who Wants Change Wins. Discover the Projects We Will Deliver Together Under the “Decyduję z UniLodz” – The UniLodz Participatory Budget for Students and Doctoral Students

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Publish or Perish: How Not to Fight with a Journal Editorial Office

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Are You a Student? You Decide! List of Projects Selected for Voting and Rejected in the 2026 UniLodz Participatory Budget for Students and Doctoral Students

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27 April 2026 | News
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About the Doctoral School

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 Schools Centre

Doctoral Schools Centre

Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences
University of Lodz

21/23 Jana Matejki Street (1st floor)
90-237 Lodz
Poland

 

Director

CONTACT

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

Members of the 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

prof. dr hab. Cezary Gonera

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. Paweł Caban, prof. UŁ

dr hab. Marek Śmietański, prof. UŁ

 

Representatives of Doctoral Students:

 

mgr Ewelina Krawczyk

mgr Agata Pyrzanowska-Banasiak

mgr Margarita Zalinian

 

Secretary

mgr Elżbieta Dorobiała

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

E. office.sdnsip@uni.lodz.pl 
 

Duty hours: 

Tuesday 11:00-14:30

Thursday 9:00-13:00

 

Preferred contact by e-mail.

mgr Ewa Mikołajczyk-Zając

The Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, UL  
Banacha 12/16  
90-237 Lodz 
3rd floor, room 303  

P. +48 42 635 44 23  

E. office.sdnsip@uni.lodz.pl 

 

Duty hours: 

Wednesday 11:00-13:00

Thursday 11:00-13:00

 

Please previously contact via e-mail

Data processing clause

Personal data processing clause for UL doctoral students
  1. University of Lodz (UL) seated at: ul. Narutowicza 68, 90-136 Lodz, Poland 
    is the controller of your personal data. 
  2. 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.

  3. Your data is collected and processed for purposes of study programme / curriculum assistance, as well as for statistics, archives and for statutory purposes.
  4. Your personal data is processed:
    1. 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);
    2. to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
    3. 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;
    4. pursuant to your consent to the processing of your personal data – if legal provisions or signed contract yield no basis for data processing.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. As data subject you have the right to:
    1. access your personal data;
    2. demand their rectification if factually incorrect;
    3. erase, restrict processing or transfer your data – if provided by law;
    4. object to processing of your data;
    5. withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness 
      of processing based on consent before its withdrawal
    6. 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.
  8. 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).

2025_Personal_data_policy_for_doctoral_schools.pdf

School Regulations

Regulations of UL Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences - 2024 update

School Regulations in force from 1/10/2024

Regulations_of_the_University_of_Lodz_Doctoral_School_of_Exact_and_Natural_Sciences_2024_update.pdf
Regulations of UL Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences - 2023 update

School Regulations in force from 1/10/2023.

Announcement from the Government on countrywide changes of regulations.

Regulations_of_the_University_of_Lodz_Doctoral_School_of_Exact_and_Natural_Sciences_rev_2023.pdf
changes_of_regulations_announcement_2023_EN.pdf
Regulations of UL Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences - 2022 update

School Regulations in force from 1/10/2022.

EN-regulamin_SD_od_2022.pdf
Regulations of UL Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences - 2021 update

School Regulations in force from 1/10/2021.

Regulations-of-the-University-of-Lodz-Doctoral-School-of-Exact-and-Natural-Sciences.docx

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 Council of the Self-Government of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences

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

Regulations of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences

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Regulations of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences until 30.09.2021
Regulations of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences as of 1.10.2021
Regulations of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences as of 1.10.2022
Regulations of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences as of 1.10.2023
Regulations of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences as of 1.10.2024
Doctoral Scholarship

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.

Rules of Awarding, Payment and Financing Doctoral Scholarships (at UL Doctoral Schools)
Study Program
Study Program 2020-21
Study Program 2021-22
Individual Research Plan (applicable from 1/10/2023)
Individual Research Plan (IPB) form, as of 1 October 2023
Individual Research Plan
Individual Research Plan (IPB)
Report On The Doctoral Student’s Implementation Of Individual Research Plan (applicable from 1/10/2023)
Report on Implementation of IPB as of 1 October 2023
Report On The Doctoral Student’s Implementation Of Individual Research Plan
Report On The Doctoral Student’s Implementation Of Individual Research Plan (IPB)
Doctoral Student Assessment Form With Doctoral Supervisor’s Evaluation (applicable from 1/10/2023)
Doctoral Student Assessment Form (AOD) with Doctoral Supervisors’s Evaluation and Reference to Learning Outcomes, as of 1 October 2023
Doctoral Student Assessment Form With Doctoral Supervisor’s Evaluation And a Reference to the Learning Outcomes
Doctoral Student Assessment Form With Doctoral Supervisor’s Evaluation And a Reference to the Learning Outcomes
FUNDING OF DOCTORAL STUDENTS' ACTIVITIES

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

 

The procedure for funding scientific activity of doctoral students of the UL Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences (SDNSiP) 2024 update
Application for funding doctoral student's scientific activity
The list of regulated materials
Request for suspension of studies

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.

 

 

Rules of awarding and payment of scholarship (for UL Doctoral Schools)
Request for suspension
Important Announcements and Updates
Changes of Legal Regulations effective from October 2023
Declaration form concerning past doctoral school attendance
Declaration form concerning scientific achievement (for ScienceON)

Ombudsperson

Doctoral Student Ombudsman

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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