Admission procedure outline
The following list of potential doctoral supervisors will be gradually updated
Chair:
prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Kuźniak-Gębarowska (Director of Doctoral School)
Deputy Chair:
dr hab. Joanna Żelazna-Wieczorek, prof. UŁ (biological sciences)
Members:
dr hab. Paweł Caban, prof. UŁ (informatics)
dr hab. Lilianna Chęcińska, prof. UŁ (chemical sciences)
dr hab. Andrzej Komisarski, prof. UŁ (mathematics)
dr hab. Paweł Kowalczyk, prof. UŁ (physical sciences)
dr hab. Włodzimierz Pawlak, prof. UŁ(Earth and environmental sciences)
dr hab. Michał Rachwalski, prof. UŁ (chemical sciences)
dr hab. Aneta Rogalska, prof UŁ(biological sciences)
prof. dr hab. Marcin Studniarski (informatics)
dr hab. Andrzej Śmiałkowski, prof. UŁ (physical sciences)
dr hab. Dariusz Wardowski, prof. UŁ (mathematics)
dr hab. Maciej Ziułkiewicz, prof. UŁ (Earth and environmental sciences)
A representative of doctoral students participates in the proceedings of the Committee as an observer. The following representative is designated by doctoral students’ government:
New admission round begins with online registration from 12-19 June 2026.
NOTE: Details on 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.
Supervisor is not required at this stage of enrolment (rather optional). Candidate might apply without knowing the potential supervisor.
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).
Information about competitions for doctoral students within NCN grants (together with the research topics) is available at http://ncn.gov.pl
LIST OF POTENTIAL SUPERVISORS AT UL DOCTORAL SCHOOL OF EXACT AND NATURAL SCIENCES - see above (first heading of this section)
Enrollment/Registration - Electronic registration for studies is possible between 12.06.2026 - 19.06.2026
Remember to print out the application form from the Electronic Recruitment System (IRK)!
Go to the Electronic Recruitment System (IRK)
Prepare legible scans or photos of all the paper documentation you are to submit as part of the admission process, and attach them by uploading them to the IRK system within the time frame allowed in the Admission Timetable for submission of your documents. Each scan file should include the applicant's full name and an indication of the kind of the scanned document, according to the following scheme: Surname_Forename_Heading of scanned document
During the interview, the following are assessed in particular:
- Presentation of the dissertation concept, including:
- demonstration the originality of the scientific problem presented in the conception,
- presentation of the research contribution to the development of the chosen discipline or lead discipline and the additional or practical utility of the solutions (in the case of an Industrial PhD programme),
-clarity of concept presentation,
- ability to justify the chosen methodology.
- Knowledge of research methods used in scientific work in the discipline.
- Knowledge of the literature on the issues to be addressed in the research undertaken by the candidate.
- Knowledge of specialist terminology, ability to compose a speech, communicativeness, interaction during discussion.
Presentation of the concept in the form of a multimedia presentation is not acceptable.
Deadline: 09.07.2026 - 14.07.2026 depending on the number of candidates.
The candidate will be informed of the interview date via email.
Information on acceptance to the studies is visible in the Electronic Registration System (IRK) on the candidate's account. The Recruitment Committee's decision on non-acceptance is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
Admission lists for both regular and external-funding recruitment
Contact
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. Please contact via e-mail prior to coming in person.
Collecting paper documents from admitted candidates will take place until the day of the oath signing, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.
Please note: The documents uploaded by the candidate in the IRK system must be consistent with the paper documents submitted to the Secretary of the UL Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences