Recruiment - deadlines

Registration in IRK2: 08-28.07.2019.

Submission of documents: 12-23.08.2019.

Interviews: 17.09.2019 09:00, Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, board room 135 (building A).

Announcement of results: 25.09.2019.

The doctoral research projects for candidates in the academic year 2019/2020 according to basic scientific disciplines and supervisors of the projects

(in the first place supervisors from NCU are listed as the second from foreign scientific units with their affiliation)

Astronomy

• Studying cosmic voids and dark matter via Doppler lensing (prof. dr hab. Boudewijn Roukema/dr hab. Krzysztof Bolejko, University of Tasmania).

Biological sciences

• Role of the stringent response in crop plants growth and development (dr hab. Grażyna Dąbrowska/dr Oscar Lorenzo, University of Salamanca).
• Vegetables free of human pathogenic microorganisms (HPMOs), (prof. dr hab. Katarzyna Hrynkiewicz/dr habil. Silke Ruppel, Leibniz-Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops).
• Xylem plasticity in response to long-term climate change (dr hab. Marcin Koprowski, prof. UMK/dr Jozica Gricar, Slovenian Forestry Institute).
• Application of Omics profiling for oocyte maturation and developmental competence of preimplantation embryos in Polish Holstein-Friesian and Chinese Swamp buffalo (bubalus bubalis) (prof. dr hab. Chandra Pareek/prof. Yangqing Lu, Guangxi University).
• Hepato-protective action of Indian Medicinal Herbs - explanation of molecular biological mechanism on pig model (prof. dr hab. Chandra Pareek/prof. Sanjita Sharma, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences).
• Holistic analysis of signaling molecules involved in the gibberellins/ abscisic acid -dependent response mechanism of Triticum aestivum seeds to pre-sowing treatment with magnetic field (dr hab. Adriana Szmidt Jaworska, prof. UMK/prof. Massimo Maffei, University of Turin).

Chemical sciences

• Aromaticity in fluorescent compounds (dr hab. Borys Ośmiałowski, prof. UMK/prof. Denis Jacquemin, University of Nantes). 

Earth and environmental sciences

• Determinants of preferences for spending leisure time by generation Z in Poland and Germany in the context of globalization and cultural homogenization (dr hab. Elżbieta Grzelak-Kostulska/prof. Sebastian Kinder, Tübingen University).

Economy and finance

• Social and Technological Conditioning of Digital Finance Development (dr hab. Michał Polasik, prof. UMK/prof. Leo Van Hove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel).

Education

• Violence and Disability (prof. dr hab. Beata Borowska-Beszta/prof. Mark Sherry, University of Toledo).
• Communication strategies and motivations as innovation in the learning process in education within new technologies (dr hab. Dorota Siemieniecka, prof. UMK/prof. Sabahudin Hadžialić, International University Travnik).

Management studies

• People in Organizations (prof. dr hab. Aldona Glińska-Neweś/prof. Miguel Pereira Lopes, University of Lisbon; prof. Andre Soares, Coventry University).

Physical sciences

• Novel hybrid computational chemistry methods for the design of efficient organic photovoltaic materials (dr hab. Paweł Tecmer/prof. Ors Legeza, Hungarian Academy of Sciences).

Submission of documents

Documents are submitted to the dean's office at Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection (ul. Lwowska 1), room 129.

Required documents

• printed from IRK and signed application form,
• statement about choosing a doctoral school and one or two research projects (main and additional) from the above list,
• CV and a letter of motivation in English.
• information about previous doctoral studies,
• statement that the candidate is not a student of any other doctoral school,
• copy of the diploma of the uniform master’s degree or the second-cycle studies (or equivalent) along with the supplement or, candidates who graduate in the academic year 2018/2019, a certificate of graduation with a supervisor’s declaration that such a copy will be submitted by the date of announcement of the recruitment results. If the diploma is issued by a foreign university must be authorised/legalized,
• document confirming knowledge of English at level B2,
• 2 photographs + 1 in electronic version uploaded in IRK,
• list of achievements. All achievements should be documented: 
  1. Scientific publications - a photocopy of the first page of the publication, the title page of the magazine along with the ISSN, in the case of accepted papers a document providing the ISBN, ISSN, or DOI.
  2. Participation in research or artistic projects – a statement by the head of the project that the candidate has participated in the project, containing a brief description of the performed tasks.
  3. Prizes and awards in competitions, exhibitions - a document confirming the competition/exhibition containing information about the range of the competition/exhibition (international/national) and indicating the people awarded/distinguished.

Candidates from abroad should also submit:

• copy of document confirming legality of candidates residence in Poland (e.g. Visa, temporary residence permit). Candidate will be obliged to show original document mentioned above,
• health certificate stating that there are no objections to undertake studies by a candidate,
• confirmation of insurance (e.g. European Health Insurance Card).

 Limits

• without financing from external sources: 5,
• financed from external sources: unlimited.

Candidates without financing from external sources: should choose one of the doctoral research project from the list above, register in IRK and submit documents.

Candidates who have financing from external sources will be accepted on studies based on registration in IRK and submitted documents.

 Regulations

Rector's Regulations on qualification for studies at the Academia Copernicana - 2019/2020 (Polish version).

Educational effects for the Academia Copernicana.

Study plan

According to The Law on Higher Education no fees are charged for the education of PhD students.