About the programme

Admission regulations

Information regarding:

• detailed rules of the admission process (including assessment criteria),

• admission schedule,

• documents required in the admission process and mode for their submission

are available on the website of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences: https://science.phd.uj.edu.pl/rekrutacja/.

Admission rules for the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences have been established in the resolution no. 91/XII/2025 of the Senate of the Jagiellonian University of 17 December 2025.

Sign up form

In the sign up form, candidate fills out the following information:

• enters the name of the course of studies completed or to be completed, which is the basis for the application,

• declares that the diploma meets the formal requirement of belonging to the field of Exact and Natural Sciences,

• declares the research topic they are interested in pursuing as part of their education.

Caution! Applications for admission to the program are also open to individuals holding a master's degree, engineering master's degree, or an equivalent degree obtained in a field other than the natural and exact sciences. For such candidates, the formal requirement is the submission of an opinion from the candidate's independent scientific supervisor confirming the candidate's achievements and competencies enabling participation in the Biology program, along with other documentation verifying the aforementioned achievements, such as participation in projects, conferences, courses, etc.

In the sign up form, candidate uploads the following documents:

• statement of support of a researcher holding the academic title of professor or the academic degree of doctor habilitated employed in the unit in which the study programme is implemented about the possibility of undertaking scientific cooperation in a specific scope in the event of the candidate being accepted for the study programme at the Doctoral School of Science and Natural Sciences (on a form downloaded from: programme website);

• opinion about the candidate issued by a researcher holding at least the academic degree of doctor habilitated or being an employee of a foreign higher education institution or research institution who has significant achievements in scientific issues related to the discipline of life sciences

• curriculum vitae emphasising academic achievements;

• documents confirming academic achievements outlined in the curriculum vitae, e.g. first page of a paper.

Each document issued in a language other than Polish or English has to be enclosed with a certified translation into Polish or English.

Confirming your application

Candidates do not have to confirm their applications. Applications submitted in full by the end of the period for submitting applications established in the schedule will be considered by the committee.

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