Access to doctoral dissertations before the defence

Information on doctoral proceedings currently conducted at Gdańsk University of Technology is available on the Bulletin of Public Information (Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej) of Gdańsk University of Technology website no later than 30 days before the scheduled defence date. 

Printed versions of doctoral theses are available for consultation in the Standards Reading Room at least two weeks before the planned defence date. A list of available theses can be found under the Doctoral Thesis Defences tab. 

Access to doctoral dissertations after the defence

Doctoral theses defended at Gdańsk Tech are processed on an ongoing basis, and information about them is available in the online catalogue. 

Printed versions of thesis are available on site in the Main Reading Room, where readers may consult the content of a thesis. To access a thesis, it must be ordered from the librarian on duty. 

Electronic versions of doctoral theses are available via: 

Rules for making doctoral dissertations available in the MOST Wiedzy repository


Doctoral theses are collected based on the author’s declarations included in Annex No. 2/1 and 2/2 to the Regulations of the Rector No. 30/2022 of April 14, 2022 and No. 5/2015 of February 10, 2015. 

Doctoral candidates are required to complete the author’s declaration for the doctoral dissertation, in which they specify the manner of making the thesis available in the repository after the defence. 

Authors also have the option to publish their doctoral thesis independently via the MojaPG portal. After approval, the publication will be automatically exported to the MOST Wiedzy repository. 

Regulations of the Rector and author declarations

Withdrawal of the electronic version of the doctoral dissertation from the repository


If a doctoral candidate changes the decision stated in the author’s declaration, it is possible to withdraw the full text of the doctoral thesis from the Gdańsk Tech repository. 

To do so, a declaration regarding the change of decision must be submitted to the Scholarly Communication and Open Science Section. The declaration should include: 

  • a statement expressing the intention to withdraw the file containing the full text of the doctoral thesis from the open repository of Gdańsk University of Technology 
  • the title of the thesis 
  • the author’s full name 
  • signature and date 
The declaration should be submitted electronically to: open-access@pg.edu.pl.