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Summer School at the University of Porto - apply by March 29

circular economy
The University of Porto (Portugal) invites master's and PhD students to participate in the 2nd edition of the summer school dedicated to the circular economy, which will take place in a hybrid format (online and on-site) from June 3 to July 12. Applications are accepted until March 29. Erasmus+ funding is available for the trip.
Organizers

University of Porto (Portugal), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Barcelona Tech (Spain), and University of Naples Federico II (Italy).


Location

On-site classes will be held at the University of Porto in Portugal.


Duration

The summer school will last for 6 weeks (divided into online and on-site sessions in Portugal):

Learning about the duties of the supervisor at the Doctoral School

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The Doctoral School at Gdańsk University of Technology executing the provisions of Gdańsk Tech HR4R Strategy 2022-2025 (Action 28), established solutions to ensure mandatory familiarization of prospective supervisors with the scope of their rights and duties.

Currently, a candidate for a supervisor, by submitting  their candidature in the questionnaire of a prospective supervisor (prior to the start of admissions to the Doctoral School), and then in the declaration of a prospective supervisor to take a certain candidate under their mentorship (submitted during recruitment), declares that they have familiarized themself with:

ENHANCE+ kick-off meeting

ENHANCE kick off meeting
On 22-23 February, over 130 representatives from ten partner universities of ENHANCE Alliance met in Berlin to officially launch ENHANCE+ project. As far as internationalization is concerned, this project is a priority undertaking for Gdańsk University of Technology.

Let’s recall: in November 2022, Gdańsk University of Technology became a member of the ENHANCE Alliance – a consortium of technical universities from Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands and Poland.  In July 2023, the ENHANCE Alliance received 14,4 million euro from the European funds to run ENHANCE+ project scheduled for the years 2023-2027. The resources were allocated as part of the European Universities call, organized by the European Commission.

At faculties and doctoral schools

Thanks to the implementation of annual action plans at faculties and doctoral schools, training and meetings are organized on public procurement, project implementation, as well as on writing publications, counteracting mobbing and improving communication. Scientific seminars are conducted.

The authorities of some faculties decided to introduce faculty grants for young researchers, others increased the subsidy for projects for young researchers or introduced teaching discounts and language support.

At the university level

The members of the Team represent young researchers on key visits of representatives of the commission accrediting the University. They participated, among others, in meetings with:

  • European commissioners in the process of assessing Gdańsk Tech in terms of the implementation of the HR4R Strategy and extending the consent to use the HR distinctionin (16.06.2023) and
  • experts from the IDUB mid-term evaluation committee (07.09.2023).

They organized: 

[Update 25.03.2024] [4th-year PhD students] Extension of deadline for submission of doctoral dissertation

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Due to the fact that the 4-th year PhD students (enrollment for a.y. 2020/2021) should complete their PhD training and submit the dissertation in approaching semester within the deadline indicated in their Individual Research Proposal (IRP), we kindly remind you that according to the regulations of the school (§23), in justified cases,  the deadline for submitting a doctoral dissertation may be extended at the request of a doctoral student.

Doctoral School at Gdańsk Tech has become a member of PRIDE Network and EUA-CDE

Networking
Doctoral School has become a member of two well-known international networks linking doctoral schools: PRIDE Network and EUA (European University Association) – CDE (Council for Doctoral Education)
PRIDE Network – Association for Professionals in Doctoral Education 

The association was founded in 2017 and at the time of publishing this entry has 34 organizational members and 16 individual members from 20 different countries, with our Doctoral School becoming the organization's first member from Poland.

You can find us on the PRIDE Network website.

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