The Doctoral Schools of the University of Lodz create a dynamic academic environment focused on modern and interdisciplinary education for early-career researchers. Their greatest strength is access to the extensive and diverse research, teaching, and administrative infrastructure of the University of Łódź. This includes state-of-the-art laboratories, specialized facilities, library and digital resources, as well as spaces supporting the scientific and personal development of doctoral candidates, such as the Doctoral Schools Centre located on the first floor of the 14th Student Residence Hall of the University of Łódź—known as the Babel Tower—at Matejki 21/23 in Łódź.

The Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences of the University of Łódź uses advanced research, teaching, and administrative infrastructure distributed across several faculties of the University of Łódź, as well as a centralized space in the Doctoral Schools Centre (CSD).

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Doctoral Schools Centre of the University of Łódź (1,175 m²) includes:

 

Teaching area:

• 4 teaching rooms (15–20 people)
• 1 large workshop room (25–30 people)
• Individual workroom with computers for doctoral candidates
• Break room
• Room for parent with child

Administrative area:

• Offices for the management and administration of doctoral schools
• 2 conference rooms (15 and 30–40 people)
• Multimedia equipment (interactive whiteboards, projectors, AV systems)

 

Research facilities of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences of the University of Lodz are distributed across the following faculties:

1. Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection (link) (link) 

• Modern laboratories of molecular biology, microbiology, biotechnology, and ecology
• Light and electron microscopy laboratories
• centre for biomedical and biochemical research

2. Faculty of Chemistry (link) (link) (link) (link) (link) (link) (link) (link) (link)

• Laboratories of organic, inorganic, physical, and analytical chemistry
• Automated analytical lines (GC-MS, HPLC, NMR)
• Laboratories for functional materials synthesis and medicinal chemistry

3. Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics (link) 

• Spectroscopy, optics, and solid-state physics laboratories
• Computer labs with access to computational systems and physical modeling software
• Laboratories of modern electronics and nanotechnology
• Nanoscale measurements (link)

4. Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science (link) (link)

• Infrastruktura obliczeniowa i serwerowa (klastry komputerowe, dostęp do chmur obliczeniowych)
• Pracownie dydaktyczne z systemami CAS i oprogramowaniem matematycznym (MATLAB, Mathematica)
• Dostęp do repozytoriów danych i zasobów cyfrowych

5. Faculty of Geographical Sciences (link) (link)

• Laboratoria GIS, geoinformacji, geologii, gleboznawstwa, meteorologii i hydrologii
• Stacje terenowe i aparatura do badań środowiskowych
• Centrum Analiz Przestrzennych

 

Access to scientific resources

• University of Lodz Library – the largest academic collection in the region, with access to databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, SpringerLink, and ScienceDirect
• Moodle platform and the USOS system for teaching and administrative support for doctoral candidates
• Digital laboratories and e-learning tools

 

Additional resources and support

• Interfaculty laboratories and research centers (e.g., BioNanoPark)
• Possibility to use infrastructure within grant-funded projects (NCN, NAWA, Horizon Europe)
• Technical and administrative support of the University of Łódź