Political Science and Public Administration

The number of the master's diploma is mandatory; if there is none, please enter "00000."

A Master's diploma issued by a foreign institution requires Apostille or legalization. For more information, visit https://www.umcs.pl/en/apostille-and-legalization,23653.htm

1. Persons eligible for admission to the Doctoral School who hold a master's degree, a master's degree in engineering, or an equivalent degree will be referred to in Article 186 para. 2 of the Act.

2. A prerequisite for the admission of a candidate to the recruitment procedure is setting up a personal account in the Recruitment Service System, hereinafter referred to as SOR. SOR operates at rekrutacja.umcs.pl. Candidates access SOR on their own. 

3. After creating an account in SOR, the candidate selects a doctoral school, indicates the scientific discipline in which they intend to prepare a doctoral dissertation, and attaches scans of all the required documents.

4. A candidate for the Doctoral School submits:

1) in SOR system scans:

a) obligatory:

- a copy of the diploma confirming that they hold the Master's degree, Master's degree in engineering or equivalent together with the supplement, if it has been issued (original documents for verification), or a diploma referred to in Art. 326 para. 2, point 2 or 327 para. 2 of the Act states the right to obtain a doctorate in a country where the higher education institution that issued it operates. In the case of persons referred to in Article 186, para. 2 of the Act, a copy of the bachelor diploma with the supplement, if issued (original documents for verification) or a certificate of completion of the third year of a unified master's studies;

-  an outline of the research project with the discipline in which the candidate intends to prepare a doctoral dissertation;

- opinion on predisposition to scientific work, prepared by a person with at least a post-doctoral degree;

- academic CV (according to the template on the website of the Doctoral School of Social Sciences);

- documentation confirming active participation in scientific conferences;

- doctoral diploma (if the candidate has one).

b) voluntarily:

- scientific publications;

- reviews of scientific publications or;

- documentation proving participation in study clubs or research projects or;

-  certificates confirming the knowledge of foreign languages.

2) In the Doctoral Schools' Office, a paper version of the following documents:

a) application for admission to the doctoral school generated from the SOR system;

b) a copy of the diploma confirming that they hold the Master's degree, Master's degree in engineering or equivalent together with the supplement, if it has been issued (original documents for verification), or a diploma referred to in Art. 326 para. 2, point 2 or 327 para. 2 of the Act states the right to obtain a doctorate in a country where the higher education institution that issued it operates;

c) in the case of persons referred to in Art. 186 para. 2 of the Act, a copy of the bachelor diploma with the supplement, if  issued (originals of the documents for verification) or a certificate of completion of the third year of unified studies;

d) a current photograph consistent with the requirements applicable when issuing identity cards in Poland;

e) an outline of the research project with the discipline in which the candidate intends to prepare a doctoral dissertation, together with a proposal for the supervisor;

f) opinion on predisposition to scientific work, prepared by someone with at least a post-doctoral degree.

5. Candidates qualified for the Doctoral School must enter an electronic version of their photograph into their account in the SOR.