The School accepts candidates intent on academic and research careers. We provide them with optimal conditions for realizing their research aspirations and we help them to kick-start their scientific careers. We understand that the most effective form of education that ensures successful defense of doctoral theses requires several components such as: mentorship, collaboration with other researchers, networking, and sharing knowledge and experience with international colleagues.
Internationalization
SWPS University’s Doctoral School undertakes numerous initiatives conducive to its internationalization. Currently, international students constitute 14 percent of our doctoral candidates. The majority of courses are offered in English. Thanks to academic mobility initiatives, our doctoral students participate in international fellowships and conferences. International interdisciplinary mobility fosters early research career development.
As part of international consortia, which include research centers from other EU countries, we apply for participation in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks. The networks become starting points for further international cooperation. Currently, we are involved in two of such projects:
- Discipline of Psychology: Project no. 101072410, “Evaluation and prediction of machine operator attentiveness and alertness based on eye movement dynamics (Eye4ICU)”, which is carried out in collaboration with universities from Germany, Slovenia, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland, Czechia, and Sweden. Project coordinators from SWPS University: Izabela Krejtz, Ph.D. / Associate Professor and Krzysztof Krejtz, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor. Grant amount earmarked for SWPS University is EUR 453,024. Learn more about the project
- “Sustainable Transitions through Democratic Design (CoDesign4Transitions)”. A consortium of universities from six countries, including Belgium, Denmark, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, and Poland will collaborate on the project. The goal of the study is to develop a common and complementary training program for doctoral students, based on individual research projects of Early Stage Researchers. Discipline: Fine arts and art conservation, and sociology. Principal Investigator from SWPS University is Professor Karol Murlak who will collaborate with Professor Mikołaj Cześnik, and Professor Mariusz Wszołek. Grant amount earmarked for SWPS University is EUR 453,024. Learn more about the project
Collaboration with research centers and research groups
Our innovative approach to doctoral education focuses on immersing doctoral students in research or implementation centers and groups that are focused on research or artistic projects. In those centers, students learn to carry out research projects, prepare their research results for publication, participate in scientific debates, and become familiar with grant application process. Our students also have an opportunity to observe the typical and untypical activities and achievements of their senior and more experienced colleagues, and get inspired by their research careers.
Doctoral students who choose to pursue doctorates in fine arts and art conservation have an opportunity to work with project or artistic teams and learn practical skills needed during all phases of research or creative projects.
Partnering with the European University Association (EUA)
We are a member of the European University Association (EUA), which represents more than 850 universities and national conferences of rectors in 49 European countries. EUA plays a key role in the Bologna process and influences EU policy on higher education, research and innovation. Through constant interaction with a range of other European and international organizations, EUA ensures that the independent voice of European universities is heard.