Admissions to Doctoral Schools for the 2020/2021 academic year
13 maja 2020

Four doctoral schools at the University of Warsaw are now open to applications. University graduates who would like to pursue their scientific career can apply to their preferable doctoral school, register in the Internet Recruitment of Candidates (IRK) and submit required documents until 28th June.

Doctoral Schools of UW offer four-year education in various disciplines in humanities, social sciences, exact and natural sciences as well as indisciplinary fields. Each doctoral candidate in doctoral schools is obliged to follow their Individual Research Plan. They carry out research in an individual unit their supervisor is employed. They take part in university-wide classes and classes organised by a school, e.g. methodological workshops or specialisation seminars offered by particular disciplines. Doctoral candidates’ progress and supervisors’ work are subject to mid-term evaluation. All UW doctoral schools offer full educational programmes in the English language.

Doctoral schools at UW

  • Doctoral School of Humanities
  • Doctoral School of Social Sciences
  • Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Doctoral School

Visit the website of doctoral schools >>

All doctoral candidates in doctoral schools receive a scholarship in the amount of PLN 2371.70 for the first two years of studies (before the mid-term evaluation) and PLN 3653.70 in the next two years after the mid-term evaluation. The scholarship is reduced by 11% due to compulsory insurance.

Application process

At the beginning of admissions to a doctoral school of the University of Warsaw a candidate should find a supervisor who will be ready to take care of them and their research project. The supervisor’s name and their declaration of readiness to take up the function should be submitted in the Internet Recruitment of Candidates system.
Looking for a supervisor, one can use a special browser that contains a list of academics who want to act as supervisors.

The closing date for applications is on 28th June. Due to the epidemiological situation, the application schedule may be subject to change. The relevant information will be posted on the website of doctoral schools and IRK.

Information on admissions to doctoral schools is published on the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School, however it also refers to other schools.

 

Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl

Online information meeting on legalization of stay in Poland
12 maja 2020

Dear Students,

Welcome Point UW would like to invite you to the online information meeting on legalization of stay in Poland. Meeting will be led by Association for Legal Intervention and will deal with issues such as:

  • process of application for the temporary residence permit,
  • extension of legal stay during a coronavirus pandemic,
  • all the necessary documents required,
  • special solutions for foreigners during the period of state of epidemic,
  • …and much more.

The meeting will be held on 18th of May 2020 (Monday) at 12 p.m. and will last approximately 90 minutes.

To attend you only need to register:
https://forms.gle/5Ft4KjFTGGWDWtPL6

Welcome Point has also prepared the educational campaign ‚5 steps to legalise your stay in Poland’ in which we will answer all your questions. Every day we will publish information that will help you legalise your stay on the event page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/681771625944473/

Best regards,
Welcome Point UW
welcome@uw.edu.pl www.welcome.uw.edu.pl

 

Online meeting with the UW Vice-Rector
08 maja 2020

On 14th May at noon, Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika, the UW Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Teaching, will be answering frequently asked questions on the current study-related matters, e.g. upcoming examination period, exams and credits, as well as changes to the academic calendar. The meeting will be held live on the UW profile on Facebook (in Polish) and will be interpreted simultaneously into English on the UW YouTube channel.

During live streaming on the UW Facebook profile, Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika, the UW Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Teaching will meet with members of the UW academic community, particularly students and doctoral candidates who would like to know more about upcoming months.

If you have a question, you can either ask it via this online form or write a comment while online transmission. The Vice-Rector will respond to some of them during the meeting. The stream will be saved on the UW profile afterwards.

The simultaneous interpretation of the meeting will take place on 14th May at noon on the University of Warsaw YouTube channel. 

 

 

It will be held in Polish with English translation.

See the event on Facebook >>

 

Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl

Adjusted academic schedule
06 maja 2020

Prof. Marcin Pałys, the rector of the University of Warsaw, introduced changes to the current academic year. They particularly refer to educational classes of the summer semester, and the summer examination period.

Due to the extraordinary circumstances related to the coronavirus pandemic, classes for students, doctoral candidates and post-diploma learners of the University of Warsaw were moved online. However, some of them could not be conducted remotely (e.g. laboratory classes), that is why the academic schedule 2019/2020 needed to be updated.

 

Changes to the current academic schedule:

  • Postponing the end of educational classes from 10th June to 2nd August 2020. It only refers to these classes which programme could not be carried out earlier.
  • Postponing the last day of the summer examination period from 5th July to 23rd August 2020 and organising the summer examination period in three blocks:

1st block: 15th June – 5th July 2020;
2nd block: 13th July – 2nd August 2020,
3rd block: 3rd August – 23rd August 2020.

If the curriculum is completed before 2nd August, then credits or exams can be held earlier, e.g. in the first block of the examination period. The decision on this matter is taken by the head of the unit (after taking into consideration the situation in a given field of study). Information on the block in which the summer exam period will take place will appear on the unit’s website by 31st May 2020.

  • The organisation of foreign language exams from 15th June to 2nd August 2020. A detailed schedule of foreign language exams will be announced by 25th May 2020 by the Coordination Board for Language Proficiency Certification.
  • The organisation of resit exams in foreign languages is postponed from 31st August to 13th September 2020;
  • Dates of holiday blocks.

More information is available here (in Polish) >>

 

Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl

Rules for conducting online exams

The UW rector decided on the rules for conducting remote exams. In a new rector’s order, there is information regarding, e.g. IT tools that can be used to control the course of exams and their registration.

According to the rector’s order, exams will be carried out with the use of IT tools which enable to control the course and registration of exams as well as to ensure the security of personal data of students and examiners. The order is in line with the Law on Higher Education and Science (introduced in the amendment as of 16th April 2020). The Law allows universities to conduct remote examinations but introduces the necessity of their registration.

To conduct online exams following IT tools can be used:

  • Tools available on the Kampus e-learning platform run by the Digital Competence Centre of the University of Warsaw (CKC UW),
  • Google tools available as part of G Suite for Education, a suite of tools designed to empower educators and students as they learn and innovate together, especially Google Meet to examine students and doctoral candidates orally.

Data security

IT tools for conducting online examinations need to secure data, including the protection of personal data of examiners and students. The head of a unit may apply to the rector to use a different IT tool than those mentioned in the order, given that they receive a positive opinion from the Inspector for Personal Data Protection at the University of Warsaw.

Examiners are responsible for preparing and conducting exams. They are supported by exam coordinators, appointed for a given field by heads of units.

Heads of units will announce lists of subjects that reach completion as online exams, together with information on the form of their conduct and IT tools, at least seven days before the start of the examination period or a date of the examination scheduled before the examination period.

Lecturers who run particular classes are responsible for informing students about conducting assessments in a remote form (along with information about IT tools, form and range) at least seven days before the end of courses.

Records of exams

The records of remote oral exams are stored for fourteen days from their completion. It is recommended to record using Google Meet. Then the recording is saved to the individual Google disk of the recorder and is not stored on a private computer.

Only recordings of exams or other forms of gaining course credits are permitted.

Detailed information on conducting online exams and gaining course credits are available in the rector’s order as of 4th May (the document is in Polish) >>

 

Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl

Updated academic calendar

Prof. Marcin Pałys, the rector of the University of Warsaw, introduced changes to the current academic year. They particularly refer to educational classes of the summer semester, and the summer examination period.

Due to the extraordinary circumstances related to the coronavirus pandemic, classes for students, doctoral candidates and post-diploma learners of the University of Warsaw were moved online. However, some of them could not be run remotely (e.g. laboratory classes), that is why the academic calendar 2019/2020 needed to be updated.

Changes to the current academic calendar:

  • Postponing the end of educational classes from 10th June to 2nd August 2020. It only refers to these classes which programme could not be carried out earlier.
  • Postponing the last day of the summer examination period from 5th July to 23rd August 2020 and organising the summer examination period in three blocks:

1st block: 15th June – 5th July 2020;
2nd block: 13th July – 2nd August 2020,
3rd block: 3rd August – 23rd August 2020.

If the curriculum is completed before 2nd August, then credits or exams can be held earlier, e.g. in the first block of the examination period. The decision on this matter is taken by the head of the unit (after taking into consideration the situation in a given field of study). Information on the block in which the summer exam period will take place will appear on the unit’s website by 31st May 2020.

  • The organisation of foreign language exams from 15th June to 2nd August 2020. A detailed schedule of foreign language exams will be announced by 25th May 2020 by the Coordination Board for Language Proficiency Certification.
  • The organisation of resit exams in foreign languages is postponed from 31st August to 13th September 2020;
  • Dates of holiday blocks.

More information is available here (in Polish) >>

 

Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl

Message regarding financial support
23 kwietnia 2020

On 22nd April, Prof. Jolanta Choińska-Mika, the UW Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Teaching issued a notice, dedicated to students and doctoral candidates, informing them, among other things, how to submit applications for social scholarships, scholarships for persons with disabilities or allowances. The notice also contains information on the rules for granting them.

UW students and doctoral candidates can receive financial support from the University of Warsaw by applying for social scholarships, scholarships for persons with disabilities or allowances. View the Vice-Rector’s notice >>

Submitting applications:

Until 30th September, students and doctoral candidates can submit their applications for social scholarships, scholarships for persons with disabilities and allowances.

There is no need to provide paper documents (including the self-signed application and attachments) to the appropriate units.

Please register your application in USOSweb, download as PDF and send it by email (together with the required attachments).

1) Students applying for:

a) social scholarships – scholarship coordinator in a particular unit;
b) scholarships for persons with disabilities – bon@uw.edu.pl;
c) allowances – zapomogi@samorzad.uw.edu.pl.

2) Doctoral candidates applying for:

a) social scholarships and allowances – stipendia.usos@uw.edu.pl;
b) scholarships for persons with disabilities – bon@uw.edu.pl.

When can students and doctoral candidates apply for allowances?

If you are in a difficult financial situation, resulted from the coronavirus pandemic, you are entitled to apply for allowances. There are the following conditions:

  • Loss of a major source of income by you, your spouse or your parent (in case you are financially dependent on them);
  • The sudden illness of yours or a member of your immediate family;
  • Death of your child, spouse or parent(in case you are financially dependent on them).

The entitlement to receive allowances depends on the date of commencement of studies. Detailed information is available in the notice >>

If you have any questions, please send an email: zapomogi@samorzad.uw.edu.pl (in the case of students), and stypendia.usos@uw.edu.pl (in the case of doctoral candidates).

 

Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl

An announcement for post-doc position
21 kwietnia 2020

Position of post-doc (adiunkt) (a group of science positions) in the project entitled “From ion-selective nanofibers optical and electrochemical sensors towards „lab on a mat”” financed by National Science Centre, Poland, is open for application. Project leader: prof. dr hab. Agata Michalska-Maksymiuk. Deadline for applications: 15 September 2020. For more info see >> pdf

Prof.Andrzej Tarlecki on new regulations regarding staff matters
20 kwietnia 2020

On 16th April, a new act on special support measures owing to the spread of coronavirus has been adopted. It includes regulations on, among others, remote exams and defences of theses. In a video, Prof. Andrzej Tarlecki, the UW Vice-Rector for Human Resources and Financial Policy, explains what impact the act and latest rector’s orders have on the university, its employees, doctoral candidates, and students.

Apart from the act, there are new internal university regulations: the rector’s orders as of 17th April concern employment of academic teachers (part-time), nomination for university positions, as well as and the supplementary remuneration.

 

 

Źródło: www.en.uw.edu.pl

Online Open Day at UW
15 kwietnia 2020

What is it like to study at UW? Do you have some questions regarding admissions, study programmes or student matters? On 25th April at 10 am on the UW Facebook page, the University of Warsaw organises its Online Open Day.

Despite the current circumstances, UW invites for its Open Day during which prospective students will receive first-hand information on the UW educational offer and admission procedures, student organisations, social support, mobility possibilities, etc.

Organisers have prepared a part dedicated to international candidates. The UW Welcome Point and Admissions Office employees will present an educational offer and answer questions in English.

Although it is not possible to meet in person on the university campus, during the live transmission one can take a virtual tour.

Open Day Schedule >>

There will be also a possibility to meet online with the representatives study programmes.

 

The UW Online Open Day will be held on 25th of April at 10:00-12:00, on the UW Facebook profile.

 

Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl