Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences

Contactul. W. Bojarskiego 1, 87-100 Toruń
tel.: +48 56 611 33 21
e-mail: ast@umk.pl

Recruitment 2026/27

1. Recruitment Process – Schedule

Recruitment Stage (for promoters) Dates
Announcement of project call until 8.04.2026
Submission of projects to the School Director until 6.05.2026
Selection of projects by the School Director in consultation with the School Council 9.05-15.05.2026
Announcement of selected doctoral projects and public notification (on the School’s website) until 26.05.2026
Recruitment stage (for candidates) Dates
Registration in the IRK system 29.06.-3.07.2026 (11:59 pm)
Submission of documents by candidates to the School (please send scans to ast@umk.pl, full list of documents required documents ). Accepted candidates will be asked to provide original documents in person. Incomplete documents will not be considered.

Grade average statement_2025 (14 KB)

 29.06.-3.07.2026 (3:00 pm)
Appointment of examination committees by the Chairman of the Recruitment Committee by 5.07.2026
Qualification interviews with candidates – each candidate will receive an email invitation for the interview 8.07-20.07.2026
Announcement of recruitment results in the IRK system by 27.07.2026
Entry on the list of doctoral students 1.10.2026

NEW! PhD PROJECT PROPOSAL 2026 (IN ENGLISH)
Senate Resolution on the Recruitment Rules for Candidates to the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (461 KB)

Zarządzenie nr 51 Rektora UMK w sprawie limitu podstawowych miejsc stypendialnych i harmonogramu postępowania rekrutacyjnego na Uniwersytecie Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu w roku akademickim 2026/2027 (412 KB)

US.13.2021 – zał. 1 (185 KB)

US.13.2021 – zał. 2 (184 KB)

2. Grant-based recruitment

For the project manager – templates for letters related to the opening of a grant recruitment (funded from external sources):

Open PhD positions in physics: