Persons who would like to start a four-year doctoral program in physical or chemical from October and who have obtained an M.Sc. degree, M.Sc. Eng. degree or equivalent (or will get it before October 1):

• in physics, chemistry, materials engineering, or related disciplines - in the case of disciplines of physical and chemical sciences.

may apply for admission to DS ILTSR PAS.

In exceptional cases, justified by the highest quality of scientific achievements, applications for admission to the School may be submitted by persons who do not meet the above-mentioned requirements but are graduates of first-cycle studies or who have completed the third year of uniform master's studies in the fields mentioned above.

Primary recruitment is carried out through a competition conducted by the Recruitment Committee acting at the Institute. The basis for accepting a candidate to the School is their position on the ranking list determined by the number of recruitment points obtained and the availability of places in the Institute.

The Recruitment Committee conducts interviews with the candidates, which consist of:

• a 10-minute presentation in English of scientific achievements to date, motivation to undertake scientific work, and own scientific interests,
• an interview in Polish or English verifying the knowledge of the chosen discipline; in particular, the candidate's knowledge will be checked:
• in the discipline of physical sciences - in physics (in particular in the physics of the solid-state),
• in the discipline of chemical sciences - in chemistry (in particular physical chemistry).

After the interview, the Recruitment Committee awards candidates recruitment points (from 0 to 20 points):

• evaluation of the candidate's previous training course, achievements, and predisposition to scientific work based on the documentation provided (from 0 to 5 points),
• evaluation of the presentation of the applicant (0 to 5 points),
• assessment of the candidate's knowledge of the discipline (0 to 10 points),

and then draw up ranking lists for each discipline separately.

The ranking lists, indicating the minimum number of recruitment points and persons admitted, shall be made public and published on the School's website and in the Public Information Bulletins of the Institute.

Should the available number of places be vacant, the School reserves the right to announce and carry out supplementary recruitment in September.

Applications for admission to the School must be submitted:

•  electronically by email to the address  (preferred method of application), however the original documents should be delivered before the studies start (a failure to meet this requirement will result in the candidate’s name removal from the list of doctoral students)
•  in person at the School’s Secretariat Office at the Institute of Low Temperature and Structural Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Okólna Street 2, Wrocław, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The application should include a filled application form (DOCX, 38 kB) and could be presented in Polish or English:

• diplomas: matriculation or higher secondary school certificate, Bachelor’s (engineering), Master's Degree/MD diploma or an equivalent certificate of graduation or an official document from the applicant’s university stating when the MSc/MD defense is due. The diploma should be provided before taking the oath (the commencement of education),
  [in the case of candidates who do not meet this condition: (1) a copy of the diploma of completion of first-cycle or third-year master's degree studies and (2) an application to the School Council for admission to recruitment, including a description of proven scientific achievement of the highest quality];
• a duplicate (certified copy) of the entire grade book/Transcript of Records of the first- and second-cycle program (or full-cycle Master’s degree program), or a supplement to the degree with grades from the entire course of study, or a student’s grading report from all years of their studies confirmed by the Dean’s Office, together with the calculated average grade from their studies;
• a certificate of English-language skills at B2 level or higher or information in the diploma supplement that the candidate completed an English course at the required level as part of the university program (if the supplement does not describe the level of the course, a certificate from the Dean’s Office is required;
• a cover letter with an indication of 2-3 research topics from the list of the offered Ph.D. topics;
• additional documents proving the candidate's suitability for scientific work (list of publications and conference presentations, list of completed courses and postgraduate studies, obtained language certificates, activity in scientific circles, etc.);
• in the case of indicating the topics carried out within the framework of research projects (with external founding), the application for recruitment to the given project(s) and possibly required additional documents.

In the case of obtaining a professional title M.Sc./MD outside the European Union - additionally originals of MSc/MD diploma and its transcript with grades, both certified with an apostille or authenticating (legalization) in the diplomatic representation of the Republic of Poland (in that country), delivered not later than before the commencement of education. Documents submitted without proper authentication will be considered as not meeting formal requirements.

In the case of funds coming from external institutions' projects and intended to finance a doctoral scholarship for a doctoral student participating in the project, special recruitment may be announced with the commencement of education from the beginning of the month following the entry into the list of doctoral students. It will be conducted on the basis of the rules described above, however:

• the calendar of the special recruitment will be announced in advance on the School's website;
• the Recruitment Committee is joined by the project manager who assigns an additional 0-4 points for the candidate's suitability to perform the tasks provided for in the project.

Details of the rules of recruitment can be found here (PDF, 89 kB).
Detailed information on the collection and processing of personal data (GDPR) can be found here (PDF, 279 kB) and on the site LINK.