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

We have developed a unique doctoral education model, which we offer in collaboration with international institutions that support universities in providing professional development for researchers. We accept candidates intent on academic and research careers. We provide them with optimal conditions for realizing their research aspirations, and we help them to launch their scientific careers. We understand that the most effective format of education, which 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.

The industrial doctorate program enables young researchers to look for answers to practical research questions, which are grounded in social reality.

  1. Science and business collaboration

    Our Doctoral School provides an environment conducive to collaborations between the world of academia and research and the world of business, industry and the society. We offer our doctoral students an option to pursue industrial doctorates in collaboration with their employers or other entities.

  2. Pioneers in research implementation

    In the 2018/19 academic year our Interdisciplinary Doctoral School, in collaboration with the Copernicus Science Centre, obtained funding for three industrial doctorates in the fields of creative education and constructivism. In 2021/2022, a doctoral student pursuing an industrial doctorate in collaboration with Tramwaje Warszawskie (Warsaw Trams - a section of Warsaw Public Transport Authority) obtained funding for a project aimed at improving traffic efficiency and safety of tram drivers employed by Warsaw Trams. A year later, our students embarked on two other projects: in collaboration with the company Jones Lang Lasalle (Developing methodology for the assessment of workspaces conducive to supporting diversity and inclusivity), and in collaboration with the Nowolipie Center for Intergenerational Activity (Life-long learning: intergenerational education in relational approach).

  3. Funding for research-related activities

    Doctoral students are eligible to receive funding for participation in conferences and other research-related activities deemed crucial for their doctoral research. You can also take advantage of various opportunities concerning collaboration with research centers abroad, which organize international conferences and symposia, and offer fellowships.

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Program requirements

  • You must be employed full-time at an entity that approves your enrolment in SWPS University’s Doctoral School and assigns you a supporting supervisor at the company. The supervisor must hold a doctoral degree or a doctoral degree in arts or demonstrate 5-year experience in carrying out research projects or significant achievements in research implementation.

Doctoral scholarships
Funding of your doctoral education

We offer free of charge doctoral studies for full-time students. Over the course of study, doctoral students pursuing an industrial doctorate receive scholarships in the amount of PLN 3,450 per month (pre-tax), and PLN 4,450 (pre-tax) per month, after the mid-term assessment. The scholarships are subject to social insurance deductions, which means that doctoral students contribute to their state pension capital over the period of doctoral studies. PLEASE NOTE: the above-noted amounts pertain to the scholarships granted in the 6th edition of the “Industrial Doctorates” program. The amounts earmarked for the 7th edition will by confirmed in April 2024, once the Minister of Science and Higher Education publishes the annual announcement.

Our Doctoral School also accepts doctoral fellows who receive scholarships from research programs carried out by researchers from SWPS University. Detailed information is available in the Admissions Regulations.

Select a research center and thesis advisor
Step by step instructions

  1. Review our research centers

    Before you apply to our Doctoral School, review our Research Centers and choose a center or team, whose area of expertise is aligned with the topic of your doctoral thesis. Review the biographies of thesis advisors, in particular their research interests and requirements concerning doctoral candidates. Choose an expert with whom you would like to collaborate.

  2. Contact your chosen research center

    E-mail the head of the center/research team, where your thesis advisor works. Present the scope of your proposed research project, and indicate the researcher whom you have chosen as your thesis advisor. You may also contact the selected thesis advisor directly.

  3. Obtain recommendation of the Head of the Center

    Once you receive initial approval of your potential thesis advisor, submit a request for a formal recommendation to the Head of the Research Center. You will need this document while registering in our Application Portal.

Guide to Doctoral Studies
Before you apply to SWPS University’s Doctoral School

What is a doctorate? What does the research process look like? What are the steps to writing your doctoral thesis? How does a collaboration between a doctoral student and a research center looks like? Review our Guide to Doctoral Studies to learn more about our doctoral program, mentoring, scholarships, and grants for doctoral students.

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Applications
step by step

Detailed information on the admissions to the Industrial Doctoral Program will be provided after the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science (in April)

Review detailed rules and regulations
  1. Fill in the Application Form by March 29, 2024
  2. Attend an interview (April 15-30, 2024)
  3. Submit copies of the required documents to the Office of the Doctoral School
  4. Admission announcement by September 30, 2024
  5. Submit original documents to the Office of the Doctoral School (mandatory condition).

Fees
and scholarships

Application fee

Application fee is PLN 400

The application fee is nonrefundable regardless of the admission decision. Graduates of SWPS University are exempt from the application fee.

 

Funding of doctoral education

Full-time
Free of charge as it is funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher (MSiSW).
Scholarships for doctoral students
Students in the Industrial Doctorate Program are eligible for scholarships. The scholarships are subject to social insurance deductions, which means that doctoral students contribute to their state pension capital over the period of doctoral studies (the final amount of the scholarship shall be confirmed in April, in the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science; the above-noted information pertains to scholarships granted in the 5th edition of the “Industrial Doctorates” program.
before mid-term assessment after mid-term assessment
net PLN 2,367.32 net PLN 3,646.95