Applications for suspension of training are available in Doctoral School Office
Suspension of training on maternity / supplementary maternity / paternity / parental leave terms
On the basis of §24 of the Regulations of the Doctoral School at the Gdańsk University of Technology:
"1. At the request of the doctoral student the doctoral training is suspended for a period corresponding to the duration of maternity leave, leave on the conditions of maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave specified in the Act of 26 June 1974 - the Labour Code.
2. During the suspension, the doctoral student receives a doctoral scholarship, referred to in § 27 para. 6."
PhD training, at the request of a PhD student is suspended for a period corresponding to the duration of supplementary maternity leave, which was introduced by the Act of December 6, 2024 amending the Labor Code and certain other acts (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 1871).
The provisions regarding the maternity allowance shall apply accordingly to the amount of the doctoral scholarship. The assessment basis of the allowance is the monthly amount of the doctoral scholarship, which is due on the day of submitting the application for suspension.
Maternity, parental and paternity leaves are associated with child care. These leaves are granted to biological parents and others who care for the child.
The duration of maternity leave depends on the number of children born at one birth and is as follows:
- 20 weeks – in the case of birth of one child;
- 31 weeks – in the case of birth of two children;
- 33 weeks – in the case of birth of three children;
- 35 weeks – in the case of birth of four children;
- 37 weeks – in the case of birth of five and more children.
At her request, a doctoral student may take up to 6 weeks of maternity leave before the expected date of birth. After giving birth, she is entitled to leave in the previously unused part.
Doctoral students who are parents of a child are entitled to parental leave to care for the child up to:
- Up to 32 weeks (9 weeks second parent) after the birth of one child
- Up to 34 weeks (9 weeks second parent) after the birth of more than one child.
Parental leave is granted either in one go or in no more than 5 parts no later than the end of the calendar year in which the child turns 6.
A doctoral student father raising a child is entitled to paternity leave of up to 2 weeks, but no longer than:
- until the child completes the 12th month of life or
- until the expiration of 12 months from the date on which the decision declaring the adoption of the child becomes final, and no longer than until the child turns 14.
Paternity leave may be taken either once or in no more than 2 parts, none of which may be less than a week.
The Act introduces additional maternity leave of up to 8 weeks or up to 15 weeks – depending on the period of hospitalisation and the week of pregnancy in which the baby is born, as well as the birth weight.
Suspension of training due to long-term illness or caring for an ill family member / child under 4 years of age / child with a recognised disability or force majeure
On the basis of §24 of the Regulations of the Doctoral School at the Gdańsk University of Technology:
"3. A doctoral student's training may also be suspended once in the case of a doctoral student's long-term illness, certified by sick/medical leave, a difficult family situation resulting from the personal care of an ill family member, a child up to the age of four or a child with a recognised disability, or the occurrence of circumstances caused by force majeure, at the doctoral student's request, with a positive opinion from the supervisor. The period of suspension in such a case may not exceed 1 year, and the final decision is taken by the Director of the Doctoral School indicating at the same time the semester in which the doctoral student will return after the suspension.
4. During the period of suspension referred to in paragraph 3, a doctoral student will not receive the doctoral scholarship referred to in §27 paragraph 6."