Regular/Project recruitment 2024/2025

How to submit your documents:

Remember!

As a necessary condition for applying for admission to doctoral school, you must contact your potential supervisor in advance in order to obtain his/her agreement to undertake the supervisorship. The statement also requires the signature of the Chair of the Disciplinary Council and the Head of the Institute/Department where the doctoral dissertation will be carried out. You can download the attachment here.

List of scientific supervisors

How to start preparing the documents?

1. Create an account in the Recruitment Portal using your private e-mail account.
2. Log in to the Recruitment Portal and fill in the Recruitment Form.
3. After completing the form, you will be able to download and print an Application for admission to the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School at the University of Łódź.
4. Sign the Application and the Personal data protection clause.

Legible scans (.pdf) or photos (.png, .jpg) of the required documents should be should be sent at recruitment_ids@info.p.lodz.pl. The quality of the files (their readability) and their compliance with the requirements will be verified - you will be informed that the documents have been accepted or rejected and for what reason - you must then submit the corrected/corrected documents.

Remember to submit a complete set of documents on the e-mail address: recruitment_ids@info.p.lodz.pl, the list of required documents will help you.

1)  application for admission to IDS TUL, generated from the TUL Admissions Portal and signed by the Applicant, together with a signed clause concerning the processing of personal data;

2)  personal questionnaire, a specimen of which is included in Appendix No. 5 to Resolution;

3) applicant's statement that he/she does not hold a doctoral degree and is not employed as an academic teacher or researcher (specimen of the statement - Appendix No. 6 to Resolution);

4) a diploma of second-cycle studies graduation, and in case of the beneficiaries of the "Diamond Grant" programme or persons referred to IDS TUL pursuant to the decision of the Discipline Council - a diploma of first-cycle studies graduation (an applicant participating in the second-cycle studies or in a Master's uniform course of studies should provide a certificate of the weighted average of the grades obtained during second-cycle studies or Master's uniform course of studies)

5) Diploma Supplement containing information on the course of studies and credits obtained (required of the Applicant who has completed first- or second-cycle education or is currently pursuing second-cycle or unified master's studies in the European Union). In case the university does not issue a diploma supplement, or the supplement does not contain the necessary data on the course of study, the Applicant shall provide a Transcript of Records according to the model specified in Appendix No. 7 to this Resolution;

6) a curriculum vitae containing, among others, a list of the Applicant's scientific and/or artistic achievements and other accomplishments (in English) related to the scientific discipline for the period of 5 calendar years preceding the submission of the application referred to in § 1 item 12; in the case of implementation doctoral candidates, the document may be prepared in Polish;

7) a statement of the supervisor and the head of the unit in which the dissertation will be carried out, together with the consent of the Head of the relevant Discipline Council, the model of which is set forth in Appendix No. 1 to Resolution;

8) the proposed subject matter and the scope of research agreed with the scientific supervisor, together with a justification of the issue taken up, prepared in English (in the case of implementation doctoral candidates, the document may be prepared in Polish);

9) one color photograph of the Applicant (in passport format), allowing the identification of the Applicant, signed with his/her name (with an indication of the discipline), placed in an envelope;

10) confirmation of payment of the enrollment fee;

11) in the case of foreigners, it is required to submit a color photocopy of the passport or, in special cases, another document that allows the identification of the Applicant and is a confirmation of his personal data;

12) Copies of documents confirming knowledge of foreign languages (optional);

13)  application for remote interview (optional).

14) An Applicant with a first- or second-degree diploma from a foreign university is additionally required to provide the following documents:

1)   a legalized, including by a Polish consular office operating in the country of issuance of the document (or with an apostille clause) diploma of completion of first- and second-cycle studies and a legalized, including by a Polish consular office operating in the country of issuance of the document (or with an apostille clause) document confirming the course of first- and second-cycle studies (supplement or Transcript of Records referred to in 1 (5);

2)   certified translation (into Polish or English) of the documents listed in section 1 if the originals of these documents have been issued in a language other than Polish or English (the submission of a certified translation of documents does not replace the obligation to submit the original documents in the language in which they were issued by the university)

3)  a statement from the University reading: "the Applicant's second-cycle diploma entitles the Applicant to apply for the award of a doctoral degree in the country where the diploma was issued";

4)   other documents required by IDS TUL in order to confirm the correctness of the documents submitted.

3.    An applicant with a second-cycle diploma issued abroad is obliged to send on their own the documents for verification required by NAWA in order to receive an opinion as to whether they can undertake training at a doctoral school in Poland.

In the admission procedure to IDS TUL, the applicant shall submit the opinion received from NAWA together with the documents for verification. Along with NAWA's opinion, the Applicant submits to IDS TUL a statement that NAWA's opinion applies to the documents submitted to IDS TUL in the admission procedure. Documents submitted in the admission procedure to the IDS TUL without NAWA's verification and confirmation by NAWA that they entitle the Applicant to study at a doctoral school in Poland will be left unprocessed.

4. Copies of documents and materials confirming the academic and/or artistic achievements and other achievements indicated in the curriculum vitae must be submitted by the Applicant together with the documentation listed in section 1. The Applicant must provide a translation of the titles of academic achievements given in a language other than Polish or English.

5. If the Applicant chooses an academic supervisor from outside Lodz University of Technology, the Applicant shall submit an application to the Rector for permission to choose an academic supervisor from outside Lodz University of Technology together with an opinion of the Head of the relevant Discipline Council, justifying the choice of a given supervisor. A specimen of the application is given in Appendix No. 8 to this Resolution. A positive decision of the Rector about the choice of academic supervisor from outside TUL is a prerequisite for taking part in the admission procedure.

6. In justified cases, the Office of the IDS TUL or the Admissions Committee may ask the Applicant to provide additional documents or to submit a translation of other documents or materials constituting the recruitment documentation within a specified time limit.

7. In exceptional cases, at the request of an Applicant who has not submitted all the required documents by the deadline specified in the admission procedure schedule, the Head of IDS TUL may admit the Applicant to an interview, indicating the deadline for supplementing the documents.

The most common mistakes you can avoid:

Mistakes in the document prepared in the Recruitment Portal:
- Write your full address correctly

- Enter the professional title (e.g. M.Sc.)

- Enter information about the country in which you obtained your secondary school certificate

Errors concerning necessary attachments:
Master's degree with supplement - should be signed by the holder if there is a signature box on the document (check under the photo).

Before you apply, check Portfolio of research group