FAQ
1. What is the monthly salary for PhD students admitted in standard admission?
Dormitory No. 12 for PhD students
For whom?
Applications for a place in the dormitory are possible for PhD students pursuing PhD training at the Doctoral School at Gdańsk University of Technology and candidates admitted to the Doctoral School after the announcement and publication of ranking lists on the School's website.
A PhD student may apply to have their spouse and/or children assigned to the same room*.
EIRU Scholarships
Programs for scientists of Gdańsk University of Technology are part of the university's implementation of the tasks resulting from the ‘Excellence Initiative - Research University’ program. They support, among others, scientists obtaining prestigious international grants, they enable co-financing of publishing activities or financing the costs of scientific research and the development of young scientists in areas compatible with the activities of the Gdańsk Tech priority research area centers.
Scholarships from the Own Scholarship Fund granted on an individual basis
The scholarship may be paid on a monthly basis or as one-off payment. The amount, mode and period of payment of the scholarship depends on the rector's decision.
PhD students can benefit from the following support:
a) scholarships for prominent PhD students:
Bonus for scientific publications and patents
The program is open to PhD students who co-author a publication or a patent with a university employee conducting scientific activity in disciplines evaluated at the university (i.e., an employee included in the so-called "N number" based on a submitted declaration)
Important: To receive the bonus, the topic of the publication must be related to the pursued PhD research, which requires a written statement from the supervisor.
Scholarships from the Own Scholarship Fund of Gdańsk Tech
Under the Own Scholarship Fund, PhD students can apply for:
Doctoral scholarships
Everyone accepted to the Doctoral School (exept for PhD students holding a doctor's title) receives a doctoral scholarship for not more than four years of their education.
Doctoral scholarship amounts (updated pursuant to the Regulation of the Minister of Science of 14 April 2026 amending the regulation on the minimum monthly basic salary in a public higher education institution - Journal of Laws of 2026, item 525 - in Polish only):
Scholarships of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young scientists
Scholarship can be received by a person who on the day of granting the scholarship has the status of a young scientist.
A young scientist is a person conducting scientific activity who:
Important information for newly admitted international PhD students
You have been admitted to our Doctoral School and now the whole process related to your coming to our university will start. Therefore, please be patient and monitor messages from us. Many of you have already started to ask questions, therefore we would like to clarify several issues. We hope, it will help and will limit individual e-mail traffic.
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Prof. Marek Dzida awarded by the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Mieczysław Struk
The Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Mieczysław Struk, thanked Marek Dzida, PhD, DSc, professor at Gdańsk Tech, for effective cooperation and supporting the development of education in Pomerania while serving as vice-rector of Gdańsk University of Technology. Professor Marek Dzida also received a commemorative medal from the marshal.
During the meeting at the seat of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Marshal's Office, which took place on Tuesday, 27 September 2022, and which was also attended by the Gdańsk Tech rector, prof. Krzysztof Wilde, Marshal Mieczysław Struk emphasized the invaluable merits of the Gdańsk Tech professor Marek Dzida for the development of education in Pomerania in the last decade.