General information
Candidates may apply for admission to the UR Doctoral School by taking any of the following paths:
- an open, international competition with financing for a doctoral scholarship from the subsidy of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (admission limits will be determined by the regulation of the UR Rector). Recruitment is carried out on the basis of the admissions resolution;
- scientific projects - on condition there is a possibility of financing a doctoral scholarship from financial resources of these projects, i.e. NCN grants, the program - Implementation doctorate, STER NAWA Program - the internationalization of doctoral schools etc.). Recruitment is carried out on the basis of the admissions resolution, with the reservation that:
- the candidate is also obliged to join the recruitment process as part of a research project, if required by the legal regulations of a given scientific project;
- recruitment procedures for scientific projects financed from external sources are carried out according to individual schedules, before or during the admissions procedure for the UR Doctoral School;
- the competition for financing a doctoral scholarship as part of a scientific project is conducted by the UR Doctoral School at the request and in consultation with the head of the research project in accordance with the guidelines provided on the UR Doctoral School website;
- the decision on financing the doctoral scholarship from the funds of the research project shall be submitted to the Director of the UR Doctoral School no later than the end of the admissions procedure for the UR Doctoral School, specified in the recruitment schedule for the UR Doctoral School;
- candidates for the UR Doctoral School who apply for recruitment under scientific projects are admitted to the UR Doctoral School within the admission limits specified in the scientific project;
- recruitment to the UR Doctoral School as part of the "UR an international PhD student" Project in accordance with the assumptions of the STER NAWA Program - the internationalization of doctoral schools takes place on the principles applicable in this Resolution and on the principles applicable in Regulations of the scholarship program for the best foreign doctoral students studying at the Doctoral School at the University of Rzeszów as part of the "UR an international PhD student" Project (decision of the Director of NAWA No. BPI/STE/2023/1/00001/DEC/01 of October 19, 2023 .) in accordance with the assumptions of the STER NAWA Program - internationalization of doctoral schools,
Recruitment to the UR Doctoral School is free of charge.
The legal basis for the conducted proceedings is Resolution No. 45/02/2025 of the Senate of the University of Rzeszów of February 24, 2025 on the rules and procedures for admission to the Doctoral School at the University of Rzeszów for the academic year 2025/2026.
The information in particular tabs is a selection of the most important admissions conditions and information on the implementation decisions of the aforementioned resolution.