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Academia Copernicana
Interdisciplinary Doctoral School
Contact ul. Bojarskiego 1, 87-100 Toruń
tel.: +48 56 611-26-79
e-mail: academia.copernicana@umk.pl

2025/2026

ACADEMIA COPERNICANA INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTORAL SCHOOL

                                   RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE

Recruitment stage (selection of doctoral projects) Deadline
Information on call for research projects applications 12.04.2025
Submission of projects in electronic form (academia.copernicana@umk.pl) and/or in writing to the School’s administration office 14.04.2025 -16.05.2025
Selection of projects by the Head of School in consultation with the Board of the School 19.05.2025 -22.05.2025
Announcement of selected doctoral projects and publishing them (on the

School’s website

24.05.2025
Recruitment stage (selection of PhD students) Deadline
Publishing specific terms of the recruitment process on the School’s website 24.05.2025
Registration of candidates in IRK system (online registration of candidates) 26.05.2025-23.06.2025  (14:00 pm)
Submission of documents in electronic form (academia.copernicana@umk.pl) by candidates to the School  

26.05.2025-23.06.2025 (14:00 pm)

Appointment of examination committees by the Chairman of the

Recruitment Committee

 

24.06.2025-28.06.2025

Interviews with candidates  

01.07.2025-14.07.2025

Acceptance of recruitment results by the Recruitment Committee 15.07.2025-18.07.2025
Announcement of recruitment results in IRK system 21.07.2025
Entry to the list of doctoral students 01.10.2025

1. Submission of Doctoral Project Proposals by NCU Faculty Members

Please number the documents according to the list below (the name of the file must indicate its content!)

1. Research project application PDF WORD
2. Information about the supervisor candidate PDF WORD
3. Declaration regarding the funding of research project PDF WORD
4. Declaration – regarding the source of financing of the scholarship PDF WORD (for grant recruitment  only!)
5. PhD supervisor candidate – consent and declaration PDF WORD
6. PhD supervisor candidate – consent (foreign) PDF WORD
7. Declaration regarding the lack of foreign supervisor PDF WORD
8. Declaration regarding the source of financing of the costs of the procedure for granting the degree PDF WORD

All documents must be sent to academia.copernicana@umk.pl


2. Application Process – Selecting PhD Candidates

Please number the documents according to the list below (the name of the file must indicate its content!)

  1. A signed application generated from the Internet Registration of Candidates (you must fully complete all information in the IRoC in order to generate the application).
  2. Academic curriculum vitae and letter of motivation.
  3. Declaration of choosing the School and one or two submitted projects (main and additional project) PDF DOC
  4. Declaration concerning doctoral studies PDF DOC
  5. Declaration that the candidate is not enrolled as a doctoral student in another doctoral school or doctoral programme and that in the case of admission to the Academia Copernicana, the candidate will be a PhD student of only one doctoral school PDF DOC
  6. Copy of the candidate’s master’s diploma and the completion of graduate studies (or its equivalent), or a copy of a certified duplicate, or a declaration that such duplicate will be delivered by the date of announcing the list of accepted candidates.
  7. In the case of theological sciences: a copy of the master’s diploma in theology and Bachelor of Ecclesiastical Studies, or a written statement that during the doctoral studies the student will receive a Bachelor of Ecclesiastical Studies degree.
  8. If English is not the PhD candidate’s native language, a document confirming knowledge of English at at least B2 level is required.
  9. One current photograph in electronic form, which the candidate enters into the Internet Registration of Candidates, complying with the requirements used for issuing ID cards.

Every achievement of the candidate must be confirmed by appropriate documents (e.g. certificates, copy of publications, etc.).

The documents must be prepared in English and sent to academia.copernicana@umk.pl in accordance with the recruitment schedule.
The interview is conducted in English.
For the list of specific terms of the recruitment procedure click here.


Regulations:

Order No.50 of March 4th 2025

Resolution no. 2/2023 on the recruitment terms and procedure

Regulations of the doctoral school of the Nicolaus Copernicus University