Doctoral scholarship

  1. Each doctoral student, who does not hold a doctoral degree, receives a scholarship in the minimum amount set by law.
  2. A doctoral scholarship is not available to a doctoral student whose education at a doctoral school is associated with the obligation to be employed at an entity running a doctoral school:
    1) based on an employment contract;
    2) with a salary that exceeds the professor's salary.
  3. The total period of receiving a doctoral scholarship at doctoral schools shall not exceed 4 years.
  4. The statutory (monthly) scholarship amounts are:
    1. 37% of a professor's salary - up to the month of the mid-term evaluation (mid-term evaluation is carried out in the fourth semester), that is: PLN 3 466,90 gross minus compulsory pension and disability pension contribution;
    2. 57% of a professor's salary - after a positive mid-term evaluation, that is: PLN 5 340,90 gross minus compulsory pension and disability pension contribution.
  5. Doctoral students with a valid disability certificate receive a doctoral scholarship increased by 30% in relation to the minimum amount indicated in paragraph 4 letter a (in order to receive an increased doctoral scholarship, a valid certificate of disability must be provided):
    1. up to the month of the mid-term evaluation, that is: PLN 4 506,97 gross minus compulsory pension and disability pension contribution;
    2. after a positive mid-term evaluation, that is: PLN 6 380,97 gross minus compulsory pension and disability pension contribution.
  6. The doctoral scholarship is not taxed.
  7. During the suspension of education to determine the amount of the doctoral scholarship, the provisions on determining the maternity allowance shall apply accordingly. The basis for the allowance shall be understood as the amount of the monthly doctoral scholarship referred to in para. 4, available on the date of submission of the request for suspension. The suspension period is not included in the total period of receiving a doctoral scholarship at doctoral schools, which may not exceed 4 years.
  8. Doctoral students who submit their doctoral dissertation earlier than the date of completion of education provided for in the curriculum, receive a doctoral scholarship by the date on which the deadline for completing education expires, but not longer than for 6 months. The regulation of paragraph 3 applies.
  9. The doctoral scholarship is paid by the entity running the doctoral school.
  10. Doctoral students receiving a doctoral scholarship are reported to the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) and are subject to compulsory insurance: pension insurance, disability insurance, accident, insurance and voluntary medical insurance.
  11. Doctoral students are obliged to:
    • submitting the statement for ZUS purposes (long; application for insurance) - immediately after starting education at the UR Doctoral School;
    • submitting monthly statements for ZUS purposes (short; continuation of insurance);
    • submitting the statement for ZUS purposes (long; change of the Ph.D. student's situation) - up to 7 days from the date of the change.