An individual research plan is one of the important milestones in the implementation of a doctorate. Pursuant to the provisions of the Polish law, the doctoral student is required to submit an individual research plan to the Dean of the Doctoral School within 12 months from the date of commencement of education.

An individual research plan should define the topic of the doctoral dissertation and its main theses, as well as a detailed schedule for the preparation of the doctoral dissertation, specifying the stages and places of research, including the dates of completion of partial studies and the preparation of their results. In addition, the individual research plan should specify the date of submission of the doctoral dissertation.

More details on the individual research plan can be found here.

Failure to submit an individual research plan by the indicated deadline may be the basis for removing a doctoral student from the Doctoral School.

The implementation of an individual research plan is subject to mid-term evaluation in the middle of the education period - after the fourth semester, in September.

The doctoral student, in consultation with the supervisor or supervisors, prepares the individual research plan containing, in particular, a schedule for preparing a doctoral dissertation. When an assistant supervisor is appointed, the individual research plan should be reviewed by him/her.

More details on the individual research plan can be found here.

The individual research plan shall specify:

1) a dissertation topic;

2) justification for choosing the topic of the doctoral dissertation

3) outline of the current state of research in the topic of the doctoral dissertation

4) research questions and hypotheses;

5) contribution of the expected results to the development of the given scientific discipline;

6) planned research methods;

7) a deadline for submission of the dissertation, which must not exceed the date of completion of the eighth semester of education in Doctoral School;

8) a date of submission for publication of at least one scientific article published in a scientific journal or in the peer-reviewed materials of an international conference in the relevant scientific discipline and included in the offical  list of publications prepared by the Polish goverment;

9) a schedule for the preparation of the doctoral dissertation detailing the stages and locations of the research to be conducted, including the dates for completing the sub-studies and developing their results, and optionally, depending on the type of research to be conducted, selected among the following:

a) execution of the research (including preparation of the research site, preparation of materials for the research, execution of measurements/experiments, elaboration of the obtained results),

b) preparation and submission of a scientific article to the editor of a scientific journal,

c) submission of a patent application to the relevant office,

d) development of an implementation proposal for the industry,

e) participation in conferences, workshops or summer/winter schools and presentation of research results,

f) preparation of an project/grant application and application for a scholarship,

g) domestic or foreign mobility of the doctoral student (including scientific consultations and study visits to domestic or foreign centres).

The template for individual research plan can be found here.

The end of the first year of education.

The document should be submitted to the dean's office of the Doctoral School in a paper version and in the IT system.

An individual research plan should be prepared together with the supervisor / supervisors. Please deliver the signed document by the Doctoral Student and the Supervisor to the dean's office of the Doctoral School.

The template for individual research plan can be found here.