A supervisor at the Doctoral School
Procedure for appointing a PhD supervisor and auxiliary supervior valid in the academic year 2023/2024
The procedure of appointing a supervisor for doctoral students who begin their education in the academic year 2024/2024
1. The doctoral student, while applying for the appointment of a supervisor prepares an application for the appointment of a supervisor and submits it on paper, with appropriate signatures, to the Doctoral School office.
Application template:
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- Polish version: wniosek-o-wyznaczenie-promotora-2024
- Polish/English version: wniosek-o-wyznaczenie-promotora-2024-pl-eng
The doctoral student attaches copies of admission documents – supervisor’s opinion and draft research plan – to the application:
2. The Doctoral School Office forwards the complete set of applications to the appropriate institute council through the Institute Evaluation and Service Office.
3. Scientific council of the discipline:
- Issues resolutions on the appointment of a supervisor, separately for each doctoral student, separately for each candidate for supervisor / auxiliary supervisor..
- Submits resolutions to the doctoral student (by mail) and to the Doctoral School office (in paper form).
The Doctoral School
- Put received information into the POLon system.
- Stores documentation in the doctoral student’s personal file.
- Creates a database, and completes data in USOS.
The person conducting the process in the Doctoral School office is Ms. Agnieszka Szewczyk (agnieszka.a.szewczyk@us.edu.pl).
Ms. Agnieszka Filipowska is responsible for supplementing the information in USOS in the Doctoral School office (agnieszka.filipowska@us.edu.pl).
Terms
First-year doctoral students submit applications within 10 days of starting their education.
The scientific council of the discipline appoints a supervisor no later than 3 months from the start of the doctoral student’s education, and no later than 45 days from the submission of the application by the doctoral student.
Note – doctoral students who already have a supervisor appointed and want to apply for the appointment of a second supervisor or an auxiliary supervisor or the dismissal of a supervisor or auxiliary supervisor are not limited by specific deadlines.