Please note that Admission to the Doctoral School is conducted through a competition:
- standard admission (a competition open to all interested candidates) - once a year in the spring (after the publication of the announcement of standard admission for the next academic year), within the pool of places decided by the Rector, with funding of the doctoral scholarship from the subsidy (Doctoral School funds);
- special admission (closed competition for the winners of contests - candidates selected within the grant competitions conducted outside the Doctoral School) - after the end of the standard admission, upon request submitted by the project manager (applications are accepted after the publication of the announcement of the special admission for the next academic year), outside the pool of places decided by the Rector, with funding of the doctoral scholarship by the grant coordinator (funds other than from the Doctoral School) > more information in the Project Managers tab.
The admission process is a multi-layered process, and preparations for it are being made well in advance. Information on the launch of the various steps is presented on the site in the news.
Stages in candidate's preparation for the another Admissions
- Resolution on admission rules for the Doctoral School for the following academic year is issued by the Senate and published at least 5 months before the start of admission. Such rules are adopted and announced usually in November of the year preceding admission and the start of training.
In this document, in addition to the description of the admission process itself and the evaluation criteria, the candidate can also learn about the disciplines for which enrollment will be conducted, as well as the list of English language certificates accepted by our Doctoral School. This allows the candidate interested in training at our School to prepare for the admission process and collect the necessary documents.
- Early in the year, we conduct a campaign to recruit prospective supervisors who are willing to undertake scientific supervision of the prospective PhD students after they pass the admission procedure. We usually publish the lists of prospective supervisors in March of the same year in which admission is scheduled to start.
The candidate for the School has the opportunity to familiarize themself with the research topics offered by particular academics included on the lists of prospective supervisors, their scientific achievements, as well as their contact information, which will allow them to initiate contact and conversation in advance about the possibility of undertaking mentorship of the candidate by the selected person.
- During the spring, after determining the composition of the admission committees, the list of required documents, the admission schedule and the pool of places for each discipline, the Rector issues a Regulation on the announcement of admission for the next academic year. At the same time, we update the content concerning enrollment on our website under the Candidates tab and organize an information meeting with the candidates. The announcement is usually published in early April of the same year in which the admission starts.
The candidate for the School has the opportunity to familiarize themself with all the details mentioned above and prepare to collect all the documents needed for the application.
- After min. 5 months after the announcement of admission rules, enrollment is launched. Admission in the system usually starts in the second half of April and lasts until the first decade of May.
The admission process has been described in the Admissions process tab. It is important to respect the deadlines and keep track of your email inbox and the messages posted in the system and respond to them if necessary.
- The academic year and training at the Doctoral School begins in early October. Candidates should be at the university at this time (some exceptions are allowed for foreigners, as described in the admission schedule).
NOTE! Applies to admission for AY 2024/2025
- The legal basis for admissions for r.a.2024/2025 are available below:
-> Admissions Rules for candidates for the Doctoral School at Gdańsk University of Technology for the a.y. 2024/2025
-> Announcement of admission to the Doctoral School at Gdańsk University of Technology and the composition of the admission committees for the a.y. 2024/2025
- The standard admission schedule is available under Standard admission for AY 2024/2025 tab.
Regulations regarding the Doctoral School have been prepared in Polish and then translated into English for information purposes only. The Polish version will prevail whenever there is a divergent interpretation between these texts.