Bio-Med-Chem Doctoral School is an interdisciplinary school, which has a unique curriculum offer. Doctoral students of the school gain knowledge from one of the three above mentioned disciplines, while their scientific pursuit remains closely related to the two remaining ones. Joint seminar classes constitute a platform to expand knowledge in these three fields, having frequently (though barely accurately) been considered mutually independent ones. Thus, knowledge that you gain at the School receives a valuable supplementation that will lead you to better and fuller understanding of processes and phenomena taking place at the interface between animate nature and its surroundings.

Recruitment Rules for the academic year 2025/2026

Rules of admission to the Bio-Med-Chem Doctoral Schools for the academic year 2025/2026 - click to read

Details of recruitment/admission process with all attachments are available on the following website: 
https://www.uni.lodz.pl/en/biomedchem/admission/information-for-future-doctoral-students

The recruitment procedure is initiated on the day on which the following two conditions are fulfilled jointly: 

•  receipt by the Doctoral School of a signed Application for admission to the Doctoral School in written form, printed on a form generated from the IRK system,
• and payment of the PLN 250 recruitment fee (citizens of Ukraine who crossed the Polish border after February 24, 2022 do not have to pay the recruitment fee) and assignment to the chosen Doctoral School. Online registration does not constitute an activity initiating the recruitment procedure.
• If you register in IRK and do not submit a paper application for admission to a Doctoral School and do not have the above payment assigned to your school, no procedural action will be taken. It is mandatory for a candidate to register for admission to the Doctoral School in IRK system.

Stages of recruitment procedure

a) registration in the IRK system (from 23/6 until 25/6/2025) – registration guide (PDF file),

b) submitting (see below) a set of required documents (from 23/6 until 26/6/2025),

c) taking an English language proficiency examination at B2 level (1/7/2025), for candidates who do not have a document confirming their knowledge of English compliant with the List of Documents Confirming the Knowledge of a Modern Foreign Language (Annex No. 7 to the Recruitment Rules),

d) an interview with the candidate (from 8/7 until 11/7/2025). 

The University provides conditions for persons with disabilities to participate fully in the recruitment process, including by providing a sign language interpreter or being accompanied by an assistant during the interview, but the candidate should report such a need during the IRK registration process. 

a) selecting a doctoral school and identifying the discipline(s) in which the doctoral dissertation will be prepared. If the doctoral dissertation is to be prepared in more than one discipline, the candidate shall indicate the lead discipline,

b) filling in the registration form,

c) entering the grade point average obtained in the course of the Bachelor’s and Master’s studies or the Uniform Master's Studies or equivalent; the data shall be entered on the basis of the diploma supplement (academic transcript) referred to in Section 8(2)(1) or the certificate (grade average confirmation) referred to in Section 8(2)(3) of the Recruitment Rules. In the case of candidates who have completed their studies outside the Republic of Poland, the above results shall be converted by the doctoral school into the system applicable in the Republic of Poland proportionally, according to a percentage of the maximum possible number of points. The data entered by the candidate shall be verified on the basis of the documents provided,

d) uploading to the system the current photograph taken in a format meeting the requirements specified for ID cards in case of citizens of the Republic of Poland or for passports in case of foreign nationals,

e) making legible scans in PDF format of all the paper documentation (and the photograph that has been uploaded to the IRK system) that the candidate submits as part of the recruitment procedure, and then uploading them to IRK within the timeframe provided in the recruitment schedule for online registration. Each scanned file should include the candidate's full name and an indication of a document which has been scanned, as follows: Surname_Forename_name of the scanned document,

f) attributing one’s academic record to the discipline(s) to which the candidate's research and publication activities pertain, by submitting a statement to this effect in the IRK,

g) submitting by the candidate being a foreign national a statement concerning his/her wish to use a place in the UL Student Dormitory after admission to SD BioMedChem. UL does not guarantee the granting of a place in the UL Student Dormitory,

h) after registration in IRK - checking IRK account on a daily basis to receive and read messages. 

The documents that the candidate is obliged to submit are listed in § 8 of the Recruitment Rules 

Documents required from Candidates for doctoral school:

Candidates for the Bio-Med-Chem Doctoral School of the University of Lodz and Lodz Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences:

a) register online; 

b) submit a set of documents: 

1. an application form for admission to the doctoral school printed from the IRK system and signed; 

2. a copy of the diploma of completion of the Bachelor’s and Master’s studies or the Uniform Master's Studies or equivalent, together with a copy of diploma supplement with grade average from the period of studies (subject to Section 8(2)(3) - original or a copy certified by an UL employee to be a true copy of the original; 

3. If a candidate has completed his/her studies abroad, the diploma must be legalised or apostilled, and confer the right to apply for the award of a doctoral degree in the country whose higher education system includes the institution which has awarded it. In the case of a diploma issued in a language other than Polish or English, a translation into one of these languages must also be submitted. The candidate shall submit a statement with a 11 commitment to provide a sworn translation of the aforementioned diploma into Polish within the time limit specified in the statement (Annex No. 2 to the Recruitment Rules); 

4. Candidates referred to in Section 2(2) of the Recruitment Rules shall submit a certificate of the grade point average obtained in the course of the Bachelor’s and Master’s studies or the Uniform Master's Studies or equivalent, as well as a commitment to provide a certificate of having passed the diploma examination and having been awarded the Master's degree within the time limit consistent with the recruitment schedule (a template of the commitment is set out in Annex No. 3 to the Recruitment Rules); the aforementioned persons shall provide a copy of the diploma confirming the obtaining of the degree referred to in Section 2(1) of the Recruitment Rules, before commencing curriculum at SD BioMedChem;

5. an outline of the proposed doctoral dissertation with a statement confirming that the candidate has never previously prepared or defended a doctoral dissertation in the proposed topic (the obligation to submit the aforementioned statement does not apply to cases of transfer from another doctoral school and to persons who will be studying under a cotutelle agreement and are already studying at a foreign university at the time of recruitment). The outline, including the bibliography, must not exceed 5 pages in A4 format; font - Calibri 12, spacing 1.5; margins 2.5 (click here to get the template - Annex No. 4); 

6.a statement of an UL employee on his/her readiness to act as a supervisor (if the candidate has such a consent) - according to the template available in the IRK system or an application for the appointment of a selected person, who is qualified to act as a supervisor, as a supervisor of one’s doctoral dissertation (Annex 5 to the Recruitment Rules). SD BioMedChem shall make available on its website a list of potential supervisors with an indication of their area of research interest, at the latest one month before the start of the recruitment procedure. 

7.a questionnaire for evaluation of the candidate's documentation (Annex No. 6 to the Recruitment Rules), which is the candidate's declaration of achievements to be evaluated,

8.  a document confirming the candidate's knowledge of English of at least B2 level (in the case of a certificate or diploma - a copy - an original for inspection, in the case of certificates - an original) in accordance with the List of Documents Confirming the Knowledge of a Modern Foreign Language (Annex No.7 to the Recruitment Rules), if the candidate does not have the aforementioned document, he/she shall take the foreign language examination under the principles laid down in Section 10 (1)-(2) of the Recruitment Rules

7. confirmation of previous research activities (during the recruitment procedure, an account shall be taken of the candidate's documented research and organisational activity corresponding to the disciplines in which the Bio-Med-Chem SD is conducted:  

a) publications – only works published or accepted for publication with editorial approval will be considered; the candidate must provide a bibliographic notice allowing full identification of the work and the page of the publication containing an abstract,

b) participation in scientific conferences - printout of abstract from conference materials, full conference details,

c) patents - confirmation by a patent attorney or by the Patent Office, 

8. attestation of other achievements including, in particular: employment contract or civil law contract (a copy - an original for inspection), statement confirmed by a decision-maker or an institution, copy of diploma of completion of an additional study programme, certificate confirming mobility (confirmation of type of activity and its duration), candidate shall also submit Curriculum Vitae indicating max. 3 of his/her most important achievements from the list of Other Achievements and the substantive reasons for their choice (max. 5 sentences), taking into account the qualities demonstrating that the candidate is prepared for starting the programme of SD BioMedChem,

9.  a candidate with a certificate of disability / degree of disability issued based on the provisions of the Act of 27 August 1997 on Vocational and Social Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities (consolidated text Journal of Laws of 2024, item 44 as amended) 13 shall submit a copy of the certificate with other recruitment documents if he/she intends to exercise additional rights under the law,

An international candidate should also provide the following:

(a) a document confirming the legality of their residence in the territory of the Republic of Poland in the form of a copy of a current visa or residence card immediately after obtaining one of the aforementioned documents, at the latest by the end of the first semester of study at the doctoral school,

(b) for candidates who do not have their domicile or habitual residence or registered office in the Republic of Poland, another Member State of the European Union, the Swiss Confederation or a Member State of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) being a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area – a written designation of an address for service in the territory of the Republic of Poland or appointment of a representative ad litem (for the purposes of service of letters and administrative decisions). If the above obligation is not fulfilled, decisions and letters shall be left in the candidate's file with the effect of having been served. 

The language test will take place on 1 July 2025

Detailed information about the test will be provided to candidates registered in the IRK system via a system message. 

The interview will take place from 8 July till 11 July 2025

Detailed information on the interview will be provided to candidates registered in the IRK system via a system message.

Delivery of diploma examination certificate*:

till 21 July 2025 

Original documents should generally be delivered

from 23 June till 26 June 2025

The date of delivery of documents is the date of their receipt by the doctoral school.
 

Bio-Med-Chem Doctoral School of the University of Lodz and Lodz Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Ms. Małgorzata Grzelak

ul. Matejki 21/23, room 110

90-237 Lodz 

T:42 635 55 85

E: sekretarz.biomedchem@uni.lodz.pl

You can deliver your documents in person between 9am-2pm 

For persons applying from outside Poland:

A candidate residing abroad may direct a request via email address: sekretarz.biomedchem@uni.lodz.pl to the Director of the BioMedChem Doctoral School for the opportunity to submit documentation in paper form after the deadline resulting from the recruitment schedule, with a commitment to deliver the original documents before the date of signing the oath. If a set of original documents is not provided, an administrative decision to deny admission to the Doctoral School will be issued.