Chemical Sciences

In power from: 10 Jun 2025

Registration criteria

Recruitment procedure

1. The schedule of the recruitment procedure includes:

1) registration of the candidate in the Online Registration of Candidates (IRK) system, uploading the electronic version of documents, payment of the recruitment fee – 1-17 August 2025.,

2) qualification procedure – 18 August – 12 September 2025, including:

a) interviews – 1

a) materials engineering – 11 September 2025,

b) chemical sciences – 12 September 2025,

3) announcement of the list of candidates pre-qualified for inclusion on the list of doctoral students – 17 September 2025,

4) issuance of an administrative decision on refusal of admission to the Doctoral School to candidates not qualified for entry on the list of doctoral students – 18-24 September 2025,

5) submission of additional documents by candidates pre-qualified for entry on the list of doctoral students – 17-23 September 2025.,

6) announcement of the list of those admitted to the Doctoral School - September 24, 2025

Rules for calculating ranking points

1. General criteria

Criterion	Number of points Ranked
1. Master's Degree Completion Score	0:¸20	60 points in the case of candidates referred to in § 10 sec. 5 and 6 of the recruitment rules
2. Qualifications and competences for education at the Doctoral School in the selected scientific discipline	0 ¸ 10
3. Scientific achievements	0:¸30
4. Concept of the doctoral dissertation	0 ¸ 10
5. Interview	0 ¸ 40
Total max.	110

2. Specific criteria:

1) Master's degree result

Result	Number of points Ranked
Very Good with Distinction (5W)	20
very good (5)	15
dobry plus (4+)	10
Good (4)	5
below good (under 4)	0

2) Qualifications and competences of the candidate

Specification

Number of points

Ranked

1) documented trips abroad (e.g. Erasmus), internships, individual studies

0 ¸ 5

2) certificates, certificates and attestations confirming the acquisition of qualifications needed in scientific work (postgraduate studies, courses, trainings, certificates of any foreign language above B2, etc.)

0 ¸ 5

3) Candidate's academic achievements

Specification	Number of ranking points
1) documented scientific publications published in the years 2016-2023, including:	0 ¸ 30 points
a) a monograph from the list referred to in Article 267 section 3 of the Act on	0 ¸ 15 points for one monograph
b) a chapter in a multi-author monograph from the list referred to in Article 267 section 3 of the Act	0 ¸ 5 points for one chapter – a total of no more than 10 points
c) scientific publication in journals from the list referred to in Article 267 section 3 of the Act	0 ¸ 10 points per publication
d) scientific publication in journals outside the list referred to in Article 267 section 3 of the Act	0 ¸ 5 points for one publication – in total no more than 15 points.
e) participation in a scientific conference with the presentation of the paper and its publication in the peer-reviewed post-conference materials referred to in Article 267 (3) of the Act	0 ¸ 5 points for one publication – in total no more than 10 points.
2) documented awards or scholarships	0 ¸ 15 points
a) obtaining an award or scholarship from the minister responsible for higher education and science or the Minister of National Defence,	8 points for one award or scholarship
b) obtaining the Rector's award or scholarship	0 ¸ 3 points
c) distinction for the best diploma thesis	0 ¸ 2 points
d) other awards for research activities	0 ¸ 2 points
3) documented achievements in the Students' Scientific Club (KNS)	0 ¸ 5 points
1. distinction in the competition for the best student work as part of the activities of the Student Research Centre	0 ¸ 3 points;
2. distinction for the speech at the KNS seminar	0 ¸ 2 points
4) documented participation in research projects – on the basis of statements of the principal investigators of research projects	0 ¸ 10 points

Comments:

1. Each achievement must be documented in the form of an electronic copy in PDF format.

2. If the sum of the points in the sub-criteria exceeds the maximum value for that criterion, the maximum number of points for that criterion shall be awarded to the candidate

4) Concept of the doctoral dissertation

Specification	Number of ranking points
Assessment of the quality and substantive correctness of the concept, in particular the presentation of the topic of the dissertation and the justification of its selection, definition of the research problem, purpose, research questions, hypotheses, methodology and presentation of the current state of research in the field of the adopted topic.	0 ¸ 10

Editing requirements: max. 5000 characters without spaces, Arial font, normal style, size 12, margins: right, left, up, bottom - 2.5 cm, line spacing 1.5; justified text.

5) Interview

Specification

Number of ranking points

1) evaluation of the presentation of the concept of the doctoral dissertation in the field of:

a) justification for taking up the topic,

b) defining the research problem (aim, research questions, hypotheses),

c) the proposed methodology,

d) novelty and originality of the issues undertaken,

e) present the state of research in the field of project and literature;

0 ¸ 15

2) assessment of knowledge, skills and motivation:

a) the ability to justify/defend the presented concept of the doctoral dissertation,

b) the ability to conduct a scientific discussion, including coherence and clarity of argumentation,

c) general knowledge in the field of scientific discipline,

d) motivation to conduct research work.

0 ¸ 25