Candidates who can apply to the Doctoral School of ULS under the project NAWA STER are:

1. a foreigner who is a graduate of first- or second-cycle studies or uniform master’s studies completed at a foreign institution,
2. a foreigner who is a graduate of second-cycle studies completed at a Polish institution
3. a Pole who is a graduate of second-cycle studies completed at a foreign institution and who has successfully passed the recruitment organized by the Applicant.

Do Szkoły Doktorskiej UPL w ramach projektu STER NAWA  mogą aplikować:

1. cudzoziemiec, który jest absolwentem studiów I, II stopnia lub jednolitych studiów magisterskich, ukończonych w zagranicznej instytucji,
2. cudzoziemiec, który jest absolwentem studiów II stopnia, ukończonych w polskiej instytucji lub
3. Polak, który jest absolwentem studiów II stopnia, ukończonych w zagranicznej instytucji, który pozytywnie przeszedł rekrutację zorganizowaną przez Wnioskodawcę.

The Doctoral School of the ULS offers education in seven academic disciplines:

• Agriculture and horticulture
• Food technology and human nutrition
• Veterinary medicine
• Animal sciences and fisheries
• Mechanical engineering
• Environmental engineering, mining and power engineering
• Biological sciences

Interdisciplinary and specialised education –  a doctoral degree with a future

PhD studies are conducted at the general academic, multidisciplinary Doctoral School. We offer a unique combination of interdisciplinarity and an advanced specialised curriculum. The Doctoral School of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin provides a joint course of study to all PhD students and a specialised programme for individual fields and disciplines. The uniform degree programme promotes the integration of the academic community, exchange of scientific experience and interdisciplinary perception of research problems. The added value of joint education is the open formula that allows PhD students constant scientific development and it enables the evolution of the Doctoral School according to the changing educational needs of the students of consecutive years.

The path of specialised education for doctoral students is undertaken in collaboration with PhD thesis supervisors and the purpose of it is to implement individual research plans in Institutes and Departments, as well as to enable doctoral students to participate in seminars and professional traineeship. The specialised educational programme allows students to take part in various types of domestic and international courses, research internships and vocational training.

PhD student of ULS:

• Prepare and implement the Individual Research Plan together with the supervisor(s); 
• Participate stationary or in hybrid format in education process (in English or Polish language);
• Conduct or co-conduct classes with students (in English or Polish);
• Participate in conferences, workshops, lectures and other additional stationary and on-line meetings organized by the Doctoral School of ULS;
• Realize foreign internship (minimum 3 months);
• Apply for research project funded by external sources.

In the aim to improve the quality of education and research conducted by PhD students, Doctoral School of ULS: 

• Realize “Visiting professor” program aiming at conducting classes by recognizable scientists from abroad;
• Support the participation of PhD students in foreign, long-term internships;
• Co-finances scientific research conducted by PhD students; 
• Organize periodic “International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland: ENVIRONMENT- PLANT-ANIMAL-PRODUCT (ICDSUPL)”;
• Organize international seminars, workshops and field visits.

If you want to become the scholarship holder under the project STER NAWA:

• Read the regulation of the Doctoral School of ULS: https://up.lublin.pl/en/doctoral-school/legal-acts/
• Select the scientific discipline(s) which is in accordance to your research interest – interdisciplinary PhD dissertation joining two disciplines may be realized as well 
• Contact with a prospective supervisor – profiles of supervisors: https://up.lublin.pl/en/doctoral-school/admission/#supervisors od send us by e-mail your Curriculum Vitae an research interests and we will help you find a prospective supervisor
• Learn more about schedule of admission and recruitment process at: https://up.lublin.pl/en/doctoral-school/admission/#schedule
• Prepare a draft of planned research activities together with a prospective supervisor
• Prepare the recruitment documents https://up.lublin.pl/en/doctoral-school/admission/

• Upload  the recruitment documents via on-line system: https://up.lublin.pl/en/doctoral-school/ – Internet Admission System
  • Remember to apply to STER NAWA project
  • Admission documents must be submitted in English
  • You are obliged to have Polish or English-language versions of documents certifying your education and scientific achievements.
• Participate in recruitment meetings in stationary on on-line format dependently on your place of residence  
• Check your name on admission list

Good luck!

For Step by step admission guidance see: https://up.lublin.pl/en/doctoral-school/step-by-step-guidance/

Regulation No. nr 13/2024 of 12 February 2024 has determined the limit of admissions to the Doctoral School of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin in the academic year 2024/2025 and the schedule of the admission procedure to the Doctoral School of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin in the academic year 2024/2025

In the academic year 2024/2025, the limit of admissions to program NAWA STER, project „Actions towards the internationalization of the Doctoral School of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin (I-SDUPL)” is 3 students.

• • 3 June 2024 – start of recruitment to the Doctoral School of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin
  • 3 June – 13 September 2024 – submission of documents by on-line system by candidates to the Doctoral School
  • 19 September 2024 – notification of candidates about the form and time of the interview by announcing on the website of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin (subpage – Doctoral School – NAWA STER – Scholarships – Schedule; https://up.lublin.pl/en/doctoral-school/ster/scholarships/#schedule)
  • 23 September 2024 – meeting of the Recruitment Committee, analysis and evaluation of the candidates’ achievements based on the submitted documents
  • 24 September 2024 – interviews in English conducted by the Recruitment Committee (in on-line format for abroad candidates)
  • 25 September 2024 – announcement of the ranking list of candidates on the website of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin (subpage – Doctoral School – NAWA STER – Scholarships – Results; https://up.lublin.pl/en/doctoral-school/ster/scholarships/#results)
  • 25 September 2024 – announcement of the list of admissions to the Doctoral School on the website of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin (subpage – Doctoral School – NAWA STER – Scholarships – Results; https://up.lublin.pl/en/doctoral-school/ster/scholarships/#results)