General information
- Training at KISD lasts 8 semesters (in exceptional situations resulting from the specificity of a given doctoral dissertation, it may last 6 semesters)
- Training at KISD enables the PhD students to achieve learning outcomes corresponding to the qualifications at level 8 of the Polish Qualifications Framework for the discipline or disciplines with in which a doctoral dissertation is under preparation
- The PhD School develops general skills, including those falling outside of the scope of the discipline of the doctorate,as well asspecialist and soft skills
- Training at the PhD School shall be provided in the form of:
- individual training,
- student participation in conferences and scientific internships,
- vocational training,
- preparation of scientific papers and a doctoral dissertation by a PhD student
- Individual training is based on joint classes provided by the PhD School and conducted in the Polish or English language, encompassing general and specialist lectures, seminars, and recitation and laboratory classes as well as training in the scope of soft and teaching skills
- Within 12 months of starting doctoral training a PhD School student is obliged to prepare an individual research proposal
- Individual research proposal specifies the date of submission of the doctoral dissertation
- At the end of each year of training a PhD School student is obliged to submit an annual report to the competent PhD School Deputy Director
- The settlement of a PhD student’s progress shall be carried out on an annual basis
- The PhD School students undergo a mid-term evaluation after completing the second year of training
- A negative result of a mid-term evaluation shall result in removal from the list of the PhD School students
- Training at KISD ends with the submission of a doctoral dissertation
Choice of courses at KISD
During training at the PhD School, a PhD student is obliged to complete courses included in the relevant training modules:
- general module, minimum 40 hours
- interdisciplinary module, minimum 40 hours
- specialist module, minimum 60 hours
- soft skills module, minimum 30 hours
- doctoral seminar, 80 hours
- vocational training, minimum 30 hours
Planned schedule of training:
I year (I i II semester) | 2 year (III i IV semester) | 3 year (V i VI semester) | 4 year (VII i VIII semester) |
-general module -interdisciplinary module -soft skills module -doctoral seminar | -specialist module -soft skills module -doctoral seminar MID-TERM EVALUATION | -soft skills module -doctoral seminar | -doctoral seminar SUBMISSION OF A DOCTORAL DISSERTATION |