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Unique Teaching Program
SWPS University’s Doctoral Seminars - Our Difference

Our doctoral seminars enable doctoral candidates, who are not students at the Doctoral School, to obtain external/extramural eoctorates (in Polish: z wolnej stopy) in the disciplines of literary studies and culture and religion studies (formerly cultural studies). The program was designed to provide doctoral candidates with a solid subject-matter and methodological background. It is conducive to multifaceted development and ensures that participants gain knowledge, skills and competencies indispensable in the process of obtaining a doctoral degree. Our doctoral candidates acquire research skills and learn about strategies for working in the academic environment.

Our external/extramural doctoral program is addressed to individuals who wish to pursue a doctorate while working.

  1. Idispensible skills

    Our seminars in the discipline of humanities are concerned with crucial issues of the modern world and provide tools, which help to better understand the current social and cultural phenomena. This knowledge can be applied in practice, especially in professions related to culture, media and education.

  2. Flexibility

    Our teaching schedule is aligned with the availability of students who work full time. Classes are usually take place in late afternoons, one-two times a month, however thanks to small groups, there is a large degree of flexibility and there is a possibility of adjusting the schedule to suit our doctoral students. We also offer an individual study path.

  3. Learning outcomes

    Poland’s Ministry of Education and Science (MEiN) requires doctoral candidates to achieve educational outcomes known as Level 8 of the Polish Qualifications Framework. The education package offered by our doctoral seminars enables doctoral students to reach and verify the educational outcomes and, subsequently, begin the process leading to obtaining a doctoral degree at SWPS University.

Thesis Advisors
available in 2023/2024

Review profiles of the available thesis advisors. Read the attached overviews describing their research interests and thematic scope of doctoral thesis, which they can supervise.

Thesis Advisors – Culture and Relitions Studies

  • Filiciak, Mirosław review scope and requirements
    Bio
    Tak
    Specialization
    cultural researcher specializing in the relationship between new media and cultural participation
    Permanent employee
    Tak
    First and last name
    Mirosław Filiciak
    Academic degree or title
    Ph.D. / Associate Professor
    City
    warszawa
    Position
    profesor uczelni
    Role in the Faculty
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    Role in the Department
    {"funkcja-w-katedrze0":{"Funkcja":"Head","\u0141\u0105cznik":"of the","Nazwa w mianowniku":"Department of Cultural Studies"}}
    Role in the Institute
    {"funkcja-w-instytucie0":{"Funkcja":"Director","\u0141\u0105cznik":"of the","Nazwa w mianowniku":"Institute of Humanities"}}
    Role in the Research Center
    {"funkcja-w-centrum0":{"Funkcja":"Head","\u0141\u0105cznik":"of the","Nazwa w mianowniku":"Center for Cultural Research of Technologies"}}
    Discipline
    culture-and-religion-studies
    Faculty
    Array
    Institute
    Array
    Ph.D. / Associate Professor Mirosław Filiciakcultural researcher specializing in the relationship between new media and cultural participation

    • Thesis Advisors – Literary Studies

  • Jacoby, Marcin review scope and requirements
    Bio
    Tak
    Permanent employee
    Tak
    Role in the Faculty
    {"funkcja-na-wydziale0":{"Funkcja":"Dean","\u0141\u0105cznik":"of the","Nazwa w mianowniku":"Faculty of Humanities in Warsaw"}}
    Role in the Department
    {"funkcja-w-katedrze0":{"Funkcja":"Head","\u0141\u0105cznik":"of the","Nazwa w mianowniku":"Department of East Asian Studies"}}
    Role in the Institute
    {"funkcja-w-instytucie0":{"Funkcja":"","\u0141\u0105cznik":"","Nazwa w mianowniku":"Institute of Humanities"}}
    Specialization
    sinologist, translator, specializing in the history and culture of East Asia
    First and last name
    Marcin Jacoby
    Academic degree or title
    Ph.D. / Associate Professor
    City
    warszawa
    Position
    profesor uczelni
    Role in the Research Center
    {"funkcja-w-centrum0":{"Funkcja":"Head","\u0141\u0105cznik":"of the","Nazwa w mianowniku":"East Asian Civilization Research Center"}}
    Discipline
    Array
    Faculty
    Array
    Institute
    Array
    Ph.D. / Associate Professor Marcin Jacobysinologist, translator, specializing in the history and culture of East Asia

    • Application
    step by step

    Review detailed rules and regulations
    1. Contact your chosen research advisor.
    2. Fill in the Application Form.
      (September 4 to October 27, 2023)
    3. Submit copies of the required documents to the Office of the Doctoral School (September 4 to October 27, 2023).
    4. Wait for the admission announcement (by November 20, 2023)

    Required
    documents

    • personal data form – print out the completed form from the Application Portal
    • written application and your motivational letter, addressed to the Director of the Institute of Humanities
    • university diploma, including the supplement (academic transcript)
    • documents confirming your achievements, as defined in the admission requirements
     

    Documents

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    Language requirements

    According to Article 186(1)(2) of the Act of 20 July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science, “The doctoral degree shall be awarded to a person who has achieved the learning outcomes for qualifications at Level 8 of the Polish Qualifications Framework (PRK), whereby the learning outcomes in the area of modern foreign language proficiency are confirmed by a certificate or a diploma of completion of studies certifying knowledge of that language at a proficiency level of at least B2.”

    This means that a person applying for a doctoral degree must demonstrate certified knowledge of a modern foreign language at a minimum B2 level, and this language cannot be their native language. This requirement also applies to foreign nationals. For example, a person whose native language is English must certify knowledge of another modern language at B2 level. For foreign candidates, this foreign language may also be Polish.