Doctoral Student Zone

The results of the ‘Research Award of the Rector of the University of Lodz’ competition for UL doctoral students pursuing their fourth year of Doctoral School curriculum in the academic year 2025/26 have been announced. Six awards were granted in appreciation of achievements in scientific and research activities, publications and the internationalisation of education.

We would like to invite you to the first meeting in the International Café series – an initiative aimed at all researchers and doctoral students interested in internationalising their careers, building networks and sharing experiences.

Everyday research is not just about results and publications. It is also about the ability to plan, communicate and cooperate. That's why we encourage international scientists and doctoral students from the University of Lodz to participate in a series of remote training sessions to develop soft skills.

We would like to remind you that the deadline for submitting applications to the University of Lodz Research Ethics Committee for the next meeting is 13 January 2026. Applications received after this deadline will be considered at the next meeting of the Committee.

Offices of Doctoral Schools will be back to on-site work from 8 January 2026 (Thursday)

Telephones will not work at the University of Lodz on 16 December between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

At the meeting of the Commission on 11.12.2025, applications for incentive scholarships for best-performing doctoral students (both Polish citizens who pursue their doctoral dissertation while cooperating on an international level, and internationals studying at the UL Doctoral Schools) were evaluated.

The University of Lodz Rector’s Representative for Doctoral Schools is in charge of ensuring high-quality education at doctoral schools, overseeing their quality, financial and organisational processes, and representing them in university bodies. The position of representative has been assumed by dr hab. Tomasz Cieślak, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz.

A call for Outstanding Young Scientist Scholarship for doctoral students with remarkable achievements in science will be held (via the OSF online platform) from 1 December to 31 December 2025.

Any active four-year PhD student of each UL Doctoral School may apply for the Research Award of the Rector

As part of the targeted subsidy for the University of Lodz Doctoral Schools, numerous research-related activities have been co-financed from the Lodz Voivodeship budget in 2025.

The next edition of the workshops aimed at developing skills of doctoral candidates and their supervisors will be held in November of the current year. The session will be led by Dr Justyna Małkuch-Świtalska (Science Trainer) and focus on effective cooperation between a doctoral student and their doctoral dissertation supervisor.

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the next edition of a training series, successfully conducted in the previous academic year. The training will take place on 23–24 October 2025, at the University of Lodz Doctoral Schools Centre, Matejki 21/23 (room 105), between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Prof. dr hab. Rafał Matera, Rector of the University of Lodz, honoured three of the four young researchers from the University of Lodz, this year's winners of the prestigious Minister of Science Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists, during the first post-holiday meeting as part of the "Coffee with the Rector" series.

Minister of Science and Higher Education, Marcin Kulasek, has awarded 228 researchers scholarships for outstanding young scientists who demonstrate significant achievements in scientific activity. Among the laureates, whose list was announced today, there are four scientists from the University of Lodz.

The Lodz Voivodeship Marshal's Office has provided financial support to doctoral schools run by six public universities in Lodz, as well as projects by universities in Piotrków Trybunalski and Skierniewice. The University of Lodz received PLN 500,000.

On 2 July 2025, the training session "Teamwork in a Professional Environment" will take place, focusing on the development of soft skills related to teamwork. The event is organised for academic and administrative staff, as well as for doctoral candidates at the University of Lodz.

Social Sciences in the Research of Young Scientists

June 12–14, 2025 | University of Lodz

International Hub is pleased to invite you for a special event organised within the framework of Science Inspires initiative. The event will take place on 23 June 2025 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the coworking space at the University Library.

We would like to invite you to an online information meeting about recruitment to the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the University of Lodz!

The community of Doctoral Schools at the University of Lodz is encouraged to read the contents of two important documents aimed at fostering transparent cooperation between doctoral students and supervisors based on mutual respect and responsibility, as well as indicating clear procedures for resolving disputes at doctoral schools of the University of Lodz.

The "Polityka" Weekly Foundation is accepting applications from young researchers for the 25th edition of the Polityka Science Awards from today (26 March) to 13 June 2025. The list of 15 finalists will be published in "Polityka" on 17 September and the winners will be announced in October 2025.

Under Action 2: Supporting the overseas mobility of top doctoral students from Poland and abroad enrolled at University of Lodz doctoral schools (project "Smarter, Faster, Better - Internationalization of Doctoral Schools at the University of Lodz", NAWA's STER programme)

The University of Lodz, in addition to group classes, exercises and lectures, also focuses on individual forms of knowledge transfer. One of them is tutoring. The seminar "Wdrażanie tutoringu w Uniwersytecie Łódzkim – krok w stronę indywidualizacji kształcenia" [Implementation of tutoring at the University of Lodz – a step towards individualisation of education], which was held on 12 February of…

Mgr Aleksandra Olbryk has become a member of a special working group on the digitisation of civil procedure within the Civil Law Codification Commission appointed by the Minister of Justice.

Mgr Monika Wilanowska, a doctoral student from the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Social Sciences, has won the DOCUP competition organised by the Doctoral Forum of Polish Universities for the second time. Congratulations!

The results of the ‘Research Award of the Rector of the University of Lodz’ competition for doctoral students of UL Doctoral Schools pursuing their fourth year of curriculum in the academic year 2024/25 have been announced. Eight awards were granted for achievements in scientific and research work, publications and the internationalisation of education.

Prof. dr hab. Rafał Matera, the Rector of the University of Lodz, appointed mgr Kacper Stoś, a doctoral student at the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Social Sciences in the field of Legal Sciences, to the position of the Doctoral Student Ombudsman at the University of Lodz on 17 December 2024.

Mgr Monika Wilanowska and mgr Kacper Stoś doctoral students at the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Social Sciences, will join the Board of the National Representation of Doctoral Candidates (in Polish: KRD) as of 1 January 2025. They were elected during the KRD Electoral Congress, which was held on 6-8 December in Lublin.

Assessment of applications submitted to the University of Lodz IDUB Doctoral Research Grants competition has come to an end. A total of 19 winning projects, financed from the subsidy, have been selected. Congratulations to all the winners! Below, we are presenting the winning projects and their authors, divided into fields of science.

At the meeting of the Commission on 28.11.2024, applications for incentive scholarships for best-performing doctoral students (both Polish citizens who pursue their doctoral dissertation while cooperating on an international level, and internationals studying at the UL Doctoral Schools) were evaluated.

Any active four-year student of each UL Doctoral School may apply for the Research Award of the Rector

Doctoral Students' Government Council at the University of Lodz has won in the category "active doctoral students’ government". The award was presented at the ProDok 2024 Competition Gala in Poznań, during which the University of Lodz was represented by Joanna Paprzycka, Kacper Stoś and Piotr Baleja.

Under Action 1: Bonus for quality! Incentive scholarships for best-performing doctoral students (project "Smarter, Faster, Better - Internationalization of Doctoral Schools at the University of Lodz", NAWA's STER programme)

At the meeting of the Commission on 16.07.2024, applications for long-term scientific, research and study visits, within STER NAWA for doctoral students at doctoral schools were evaluated.

A ceremonial presentation of medals and diplomas to students and doctoral students for their activities for the benefit of the University of Lodz took place at the Biedermann’s Palace on Thursday (4 July of the current year). The honourees received awards from Prof. Elżbieta Żądzińska, Rector of the University of Lodz and Dr hab. Robert Zakrzewski, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz,…

The Erasmus+ KA171 (formerly: KA107) programme gives an opportunity to travel to partner universities outside the European Union.

Under Action 2: Supporting the overseas mobility of top doctoral students from Poland and abroad enrolled at University of Lodz doctoral schools (project "Smarter, Faster, Better - Internationalization of Doctoral Schools at the University of Lodz", NAWA's STER programme)

A meeting of the initiators of the Ogólnopolskie Porozumienie Szkół Doktorskich [National Association of Doctoral Schools] with Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education, Maciej Gdula and Tomasz Piotrowski, Deputy Director of the Department of Science took place at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Doctoral schools were represented by: Dr hab. Ilona Świątek-Barylska, Associate…

Doctoral students from the University of Lodz, i.e. Monika Wilanowska and Justyna Gumulak are winners of the DocUp 2023 competition organised by the Doctoral Forum of Polish Universities.

Any active four-year student of each UL Doctoral School may apply for the Research Award of the Rector.

From 1 December to 31 December 2023, the call for applications for the Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientist with significant achievements in scholarly activity will be launched at the OSF platform.

The conference will be held remotely on 6-7 December 2023.

Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange has announced the list of projects that will receive funding under the STER NAWA Programme – Internationalisation of Doctoral Schools. University of Lodz with its doctoral schools is among the only fifteen universities in Poland, which are the beneficiaries of this programme.

From 21 August to 1 September 2023, at the University of Lodz, on the initiative of the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Social Sciences (SDNS), Summer School classes entitled "Social Aspects of Multiculturalism" were held. It has been the second edition of the school organised by the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Social Sciences. Nearly 60 candidates applied to participate in the…

The enrollment has started on 5 July and it will last until funds are exhausted.

Pertaining to the Regulation No. 140 of the Rector of the University of Lodz of 12 July 2023 on: the next recruitment to the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Social Sciences for the academic year 2023/2024, we encourage all interested persons to apply for admission to the doctoral school, which will begin on 16 August 2023.

"Thanks to the Doctoral School, I have come to understand the importance of research freedom and I greatly appreciate the fact that the SDNS has not tried to restrict it in any way." - Michał Moneta

University of Lodz Doctoral Schools Centre Has Been Opened in "Babel Tower" Dormitory!

Please be informed that a call for applications for the Awards of the Rector of University of Lodz for applicants from UL doctoral schools has started on 30 June 2025. The call is open to current doctoral students at any of the UL doctoral schools, as well as recent graduands/graduates who completed their curriculum in the period specified below.