Recruitment to KISD takes place:
1)within the limits of places financed by the subsidy – GENERAL RECRUITMENT (details below)
2) as part of funds other than subsidies: grants, programs, projects – more details PROJECT RECRUITMENT
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General Recruitment 2026/2027

The recruitment announcement for the 2025/2026 academic year (download PL)
Attachment no 1 to the recruitment announcement – List of research topics (download PL) (Research topics ENG)
Attachment no 2 to the recruitment announcement – Schedule of the recruitment procedure and scope of the examinations (download PL/ENG, Scope of the examination PL/ENG)

Admission limits for a given discipline

Recruitment for the academic year 2026/2027 is carried out in the following disciplines:

physical sciences:
- IFJ PAN – limit: 6 PhD students
- WFiIS AGH – limit: 0 PhD students
chemical sciences:
- IKiFP PAN – limit: 4 PhD students
medical sciences and pharmaceutical sciences:
- IF PAN – limit: 1 PhD student
materials engineering:
- IMIM PAN – limit: 1 PhD student
- WIMiC AGH – limit: 0 PhD students
environmental engineering, mining and energy:
- IMG PAN- limit: 2 PhD students
- IGSMiE PAN- limit: 1 PhD student
- WEiP AGH- limit: 1 PhD student
- WIŚiE PK- limit: 2 PhD students

Research topics

A detailed description of research topics in individual units of the doctoral school, including contact details of the candidate for the supervisor and requirements for the candidate for the doctoral student is available in the Research Topics tab

Application documents

Recruitment application with a list of attachments and a GDPR clause (information on the processing of personal data for candidates to KISD) can be downloaded from the website: Application documents

Schedule of the recruitment procedure and method of submitting applications

Submitting recruitment application:

Traditional poste – address: Krakowska Interdyscyplinarna Szkoła Doktorska, Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej PAN, ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków from 22.06.2026 to 26.06.2026.
E- Doręczenia (E-Delivery) – from 22.06.2026 to 26.06.2026; Address for Electronic Delivery (ADE) of the Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences: AE:PL-58418-18875-VCRAG-2. Original documents must be presented at the KISD Secretariat for confirmation of compliance with the original no later than 1 business day before matriculation.
In person – address: Krakowska Interdyscyplinarna Szkoła Doktorska, Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej PAN, ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, at the KISD secretary office (building no 5, ground floor, room. 5224) from 22.06.2026 to 26.06.2026, opening hours 9.00am – 2.00pm.
Through the attorney – from 22.06.2026 to 26.06.2026; Candidates who cannot submit applications on their own (especially foreign candidates) must have a representative in Poland acting as the attorney to transmit and receive all documents (application with attachments and decisions administrative) on behalf of the candidate. The documents must be accompanied by a signed power of attorney.

Formal verification of applications:	till 08.07.2026
Announcement of a detailed schedule of exams for applicants:	till 10.07.2026
Exams for applicants to KISD (any possible changes should be posted at the school’s website)	13-17.07.2026
Publication of ranking lists:	till 21.07.2026
Publication of the list of PhD students:	till 23.07.2026
Deadline for submitting the declaration on not undertaking training in any other PhD School:	till 30.07.2026, 2.00 pm.
Announcement of supplementary recruitment	till 08.08.2026

Important! If it is not possible to deliver a diploma of completion of MA (or related) studies within the deadline for submitting documents due to waiting for the defense of the master’s thesis, it is allowed to provide a certificate of graduation and waiting for the defense of the master’s thesis, along with an indication of the date of defense.

The candidate is conditionally admitted to recruitment and is obliged to deliver the diploma by the date of the KISD qualification exams (at least one working day before the exam).