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 admitting a candidate to the recruitment procedure is setting up a personal account in the Recruitment Service System (SOR), which operates at rekrutacja.umcs.pl. Candidates access SOR independently.
3. After creating an account in SOR, the candidate selects a doctoral school and indicates the scientific discipline they intend to prepare for a doctoral dissertation, attaches scans of the required documents and submits to the office of the Doctoral School the original documents specified in section 4.
4. A candidate for the Doctoral School submits a paper version of the following documents:
1) application for admission to the Doctoral School generated from the SOR system;
2) 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 inspection), or a diploma referred to in art. 326 para. 2, point 2 or 327 para. 2 of the Act stating the right to obtain a doctorate in a country in which the higher education institution that issued it operates, subject to the provisions of point 3;
3) in the case of persons referred to in art. 186 para. 2 of the Act, a copy of the diploma of completion of first-degree studies with a supplement, if it has been issued (originals of the documents for inspection), or a certificate of completion of the third year of uniform Master's studies;
4) a current photograph consistent with the requirements applicable when issuing identity cards in Poland;
5) documentation confirming the previous scientific/artistic achievements of the candidate depending on the chosen scientific/artistic discipline in which the doctoral dissertation is planned:
a) philosophy, history, linguistics, literary studies, cultural and religion studies, archaeology: a scientific CV (using the template provided on the website of the Doctoral School) and an opinion about the candidate's aptitude for research work, prepared by a person with, at least, a degree of habilitated doctorate or the title of professor or an equivalent degree or title;
b) fine art and art conservation: artistic CV (using the template provided on the website of the Doctoral School) and a list and photographic documentation (portfolio) of artistic achievements[1];
c) music: an artistic CV (according to the template provided on the Doctoral School website) and an artistic work of significant importance.
6) a concept of the dissertation within the meaning of the Act, Article 187, point 3[2]
5. Candidates for a Doctoral School may also submit other documents than those mentioned in section 4.
6. Candidates qualified for the Doctoral School must enter an electronic version of their photograph into their account in the SOR system and pay a fee for issuing an electronic doctoral student card in the amount determined by the minister competent for higher education.
[1] The portfolio (in A4 printed form and on digital media) should include:
1. photographic or film documentation (in the case of multimedia works, video recording of performance activities
etc. in popular and easily reproducible recording formats) of works in the field of visual arts:
a) art diploma (undergraduate and/or graduate);
b) works completed after the diploma;
2. a list and photographic (and/or film) documentation of exhibitions and public presentations of the work of the artist.
[2] A doctoral dissertation may be a written work, including a scientific monograph, a collection of published and related thematically related scientific articles, a design, construction, technological, implementation or artistic work, as well as an an independent and separate part of a collective work.
