Curriculum Completion

Completion of doctoral school curriculum and subsequent doctoral degree proceedings

Completion of curriculum - general guidelines

CURRICULUM COMPLETION AT DOCTORAL SCHOOL

The doctoral curriculum lasts 8 semesters and it ends with submission of doctoral dissertation.
The preparation schedule of doctoral dissertation and its submission deadline are specified in the doctoral student’s individual research plan (IPB).
The doctoral student who submitted their dissertation before the curriculum completion deadline specified in their IPB shall receive doctoral scholarship up till that deadline but for no more than 6 months.

SUBMITTING DISSERTATION AT DOCTORAL SCHOOL

A doctoral student shall submit their dissertation twice:
(1) First time: with curriculum completion at the Doctoral School, on conditions stipulated in the Regulations of that school..
The doctoral student shows a complete doctoral dissertation to their doctoral supervisor(s).
The supervisor is obliged to verify the dissertation with the Uniform Anti-plagiarism System. The report from the anti-plagiarism system is attached to the supervisor’s evaluation.
The condition for submitting the doctoral dissertation to the doctoral supervisor(s) is to obtain the credits and grades resulting from the curriculum and submitting the documentation of the course of study.
After verifying the dissertation, the supervisor(s) shall draft up an evaluation of the submitted dissertation.
The submission of the doctoral dissertation to the School’s Director using the dissertation submission form (Annex No. 2) together with positive evaluation from the doctoral supervisor(s). The doctoral school shall issue a certificate of curriculum completion to the doctoral student (the graduand).
The dissertation shall remain in the doctoral student’s file at the Doctoral School.

Hereby, the term “graduand” applies to a person who has completed a doctoral school curriculum – but this does not nesessarily mean this person has a doctoral degree/title. A graduand who is only after finishing their doctoral school curriculum should sign up for award proceeding in order to receive their PhD equivalent (Polish: doktor).

(2) Another and final time: at the initiation of proceeding for the award of the doctoral degree (doktor), subject to the Rules of detailed mode of proceedings for the award of the degree of doctor and habilitated doctor at the University of Lodz

CURRICULUM COMPLETION AT DOCTORAL SCHOOL – EXTENSION OF TIME LIMIT

The time limit for submitting the doctoral dissertation may be extended with no more than 2 years on conditions stipulated in the regulations of the doctoral school. During this extension period, the doctoral student retains the doctoral student status with a reservation that they collect scholarship for no more than 4 years at doctoral schools.

At the doctoral student’s request, the Director may extend the time limit for submitting the doctoral dissertation in the case of:
1)   temporary incapacity to pursue studies due to illness;
2)   the need to take personal care of a sick member of the family;
3)   the need to take personal care of a child under 4 years of age or a child with a disability certificate;
4)   participation in a grant related to the doctoral dissertation;
5)   other specific situations of chance.

An application for the extension of the time limit for submitting the doctoral dissertation (Annex No. 1) should be submitted to the Director of the doctoral school. An evaluation from the should be attached to the application.
The doctoral student may appeal against a refusal to extend thdoctoral supervisor(s)e time limit for submitting the doctoral dissertation to the UL Rector within 14 days of receiving the decision. The UL Rector’s decision shall be final.

Detailed information on conferment of doctoral degrees within the broad scientific field of Exact and Natural Sciences at the University of Lodz will (since 1 January 2025) be provided by Committees responsible for particular scientific disciplines.

Committees for Academic Degrees

Detailed information on conferment of doctoral degree in the field of Exact and Natural Sciences at the University of Lodz will (since 1 January 2025) be provided by the following Committees responsible for particular scientific disciplines:

MATHEMATICS

UL Committee for Academic Degrees in Mathematics

Head of Committee - dr hab. Grażyna Horbaczewska, prof. UŁ grazyna.horbaczewska@wmii.uni.lodz.pl
Committee Office

at UL Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science (ul. Stefana Banacha 22, 90-238 Łódź)

Katarzyna Zapotoczna, tel. 42 635 59 43, katarzyna.zapotoczna@wmii.uni.lodz.pl

INFORMATICS

UL Committee for Academic Degrees in Informatics

Head of Committee - dr hab. Tomasz Gwizdałła, prof. UŁ

tomasz.gwizdalla@uni.lodz.pl

Committee Office

at UL Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics (ul. Pomorska 149/153, 90-236 Łódź)

Justyna Napieraj-Kurzac, tel. 42 635-56-26, justyna.napierajkurzac@uni.lodz.pl

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

UL Committee for Academic Degrees in Biological Sciences

Head of Committee - prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Marczak
agnieszka.marczak@biol.uni.lodz.pl lub stopnie.naukowe@biol.uni.lodz.pl

Committee Office

at UL Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection (ul. Pilarskiego 14/16, 90-231 Łódź)

– doctoral proceedings coordinator:

dr hab. Adrianna Wojtal-Frankiewicz, prof. UŁ stopnie.naukowe@biol.uni.lodz.pl - guidance for doctoral students, formal verification of documents

- administration officer:

Sonia Suchińska tel. 42 635 45 07 and Jarosław Mrówczyński tel. 42 635 48 01, stopnie.naukowe@biol.uni.lodz.pl

All queries thematically related to aforementioned proceedings pertaining to doctoral degree in Biological Sciences should be directed to the Commitee's e-mail address: stopnie.naukowe@biol.uni.lodz.pl

CHEMICAL SCIENCES

UL Committee for Academic Degrees in Chemical Sciences