The doctoral dissertation should be submitted until the deadline specified in the Individual Research Plan. If you can’t remember what date you entered, contact the school secretariat.

If the date in the IPB is “end of 4th year” or “end of 8th semester”, then most likely (except for those doctoral students who have had their education suspended, started their education from the summer semester, etc.) the date of submission of the dissertation is 30 September, 4 years after the start of education.

The dissertation should  be submitted at the Scientific Councils Office. The office has two locations:

– BUW (University of Warsaw Library), 2nd floor:

• Room 2.72 – humanities
• Room 2.69 – social sciences

– Faculty of Geology, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 93, 3rd floor, rooms 3049, 3051, 3053 – exact and natural sciences and the Academic Council of the Areas of Study.

More information is available on the website of the Scientific Councils Office – https://radynaukowe.uw.edu.pl/ (in Polish only).

A list of the required documents and attachments is available on the Scientific Councils Office website:
https://radynaukowe.uw.edu.pl/doktorat/doktoranci-szkol-doktorskich-qa/
For our part, however, we ask that you ensure in advance that you have a certificate or diploma attesting to knowledge of a modern foreign language of at least B2 proficiency level. If you have any doubts about your certificate, please contact the Scientific Councils Office.

Failure to submit the dissertation by the deadline specified in the IPB results in removal from the list of doctoral students.

Information on publishing doctoral dissertations in information systems [LINK]

Yes, but then you will be treated as an extramural doctoral degree applicant. The extramural mode is chargeable according to Article 184(2) and (3) of the Act on Higher Education and Science, the supervisor receives 83% of the minimum salary of a professor, and each of the three reviewers 27% (today it is close to PLN 30,000). 

The Rules and Regulations of the Doctoral School provide for the possibility of applying for a one-year extension of the deadline for the submission of the dissertation, and then for a further year.

There is no set deadline, but if you suspect that you may have a problem meeting the deadline specified in the IPB, it is worth not delaying your application.

The request should be addressed to the director of the doctoral school. It must include the opinion of the supervisor.

Yes, during this period a doctoral student shall retain  all the rights of a doctoral student, except for the right to a doctoral scholarship.

Doctoral students who are not Polish citizens are kindly reminded of the need to legalise their stay and have proper health insurance after submitting their doctoral dissertation, if they plan to continue their stay in Poland. If in doubt, please contact the proper institution or the Welcome Point.