Required documents for candidates to Doctoral School for persons undertaking university education in English

Candidates shall enter legible scans of the documents (PDF format) specified in § 9 Recruitment rules in the IRK system in the period from 19 to 30 August 2024 or may submit documents required in the recruitment process from 26 to 30 August 2024 in hours from 9.00 to 14.00 (Biuro ds. Stopni, ul. Chodkiewicza 30, room  no 126).

The candidate shall submit to the recruitment committee, based on the rules set out in § 9, the following documents:

• application to the Rector for admission to the doctoral school, including contact details and stating the discipline in which the candidate plans to pursue education (in English, on the form provided in the IRK system with the candidate’s handwritten signature),
• CV in English,
• diploma or a copy of a diploma of completion of the second-cycle programme or the long-cycle Master’s degree programme (or an equivalent diploma),
• supplement of the diploma specified in point 3,
• description of the research project being the subject of the interview (in English, maximum 3 pages, bibliography does not count towards the page limit),
• documents confirming scientific activities of the candidate: copies of scientific publications, copies of documents confirming patents, implementations, certificates of participation in research projects, certificates of participation in scientific conferences, certificates of acceptance for publication for publication, copies of other scientific achievements (from publishing house/ editorial office of scientific journals),
• documents confirming additional activities of the candidate specified in the Appendix no 1 to the Resolution, such as: participation in internships and doctoral candidates exchange programmes, awards and distinctions, research scholarships, language certificates, volunteering,
• candidate's questionnaire (the form of the questionnaire is specified in the Appendix no 2 to the Resolution)
• letters of recommendation issued by a person holding at least a doctoral degree (in English),
• the supervisor candidate's consent (in Polish and English) - the supervisor candidate is selected from the list of supervisors for a scientific discipline announced on the UKW website at the beginning of recruitment. The committee has the right to reject an application containing a recommendation of a person other than specified in §10 sec. 3 and 4 in the manner specifies in §12 sec. 2,
• declaration of citizenship and language skills,
• confirmation of payment of the enrollment fee.

A candidate with a diploma of completion of studies abroad is obliged to submit a diploma certified in accordance with the regulations applicable to the country and the date of issue of the diploma (legalized or certified with an apostille clause). For a diploma other than one issued in Poland, the candidate attaches an appropriate printout of the recognition statement from the NAWA Kwalifikator system (https://kwalifikator.nawa.gov.pl/), with the annotation "Gives right to start doctoral proceedings / gives access to doctoral school".

Documents drawn up in a foreign language (other than English) shall be submitted by the candidate together with their translation into English. Translations of official documents must be certified by a sworn translator.

Kwalifikator allows to automatically generate a general Recognition Statement concerning recognition of a given type of higher education degrees obtained abroad.

Nostrification is an official procedure which is conducted to determine the Polish equivalent of a foreign diploma: https://go-poland.pl/nostrification-higher-education-diplomas