Profiles and educational programs in SGH Doctoral School
Two profiles of doctoral training are available:
- “Implementation Ph.D.” profile
Education is provided for doctoral students — Polish citizens — participating in the “Implementation Ph.D.” program, announced in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Communication of May 29, 2019, regarding the announcement of the “Implementation Ph.D.” program and the call for applications.
- General Academic Profile
This track offers general doctoral training. Classes are conducted in Polish and/or English, depending on the composition of the cohort.
Training in the SGH Doctoral School is based on a curriculum including taught courses, development of Individual Research Plan, and its implementation leading to completion of PhD thesis.
Training in the SGH Doctoral School is implemented in three disciplines:
- Economy and Finance,
- Management and Quality Sciences,
- Political and Administration Sciences,
– and four corresponding programs.
- Admissions from the academic year 2024/2025 onwards
- ADMISSIONS FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 ONWARDS
Education programs applicable to doctoral students from the 2021/2022 admission onwards, effective as of 1 October 2023
- ADMISSION FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021
- ADMISSION FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PLAN (IRP)
The Individual Research Plan serves as the road-map of the PhD process and serves as the basis of a given PhD candidate’s progress evaluation. It is composed of the following elements: includes:
- Basic Information (including the indication of the supervisor/assistant supervisor, the form of the thesis, and language of the doctoral dissertation),
- Outline of the Doctoral Dissertation, containing the following elements:
- Topic and its justification of its relevance, including the novelty component, based on a literature review.
- Objectives, assumptions, and research questions of the doctoral dissertation.
- Description and justification of the research method.
- Estimated budget of the research project implementation with an indication of available sources of funding.
- Form of the doctoral dissertation.
- Proposed structure of the doctoral dissertation.
- Preliminary bibliography.
- Planned Research Budget
- Sources of Research Funding
- Study Plan for Elective Subjects, divided by semesters, offered by the SGH Doctoral School in a given training program.
- Schedule of Research and Doctoral Dissertation Implementation, divided into semesters.
Submission of the IRP by the doctoral student, evaluation by the committee, and opinion by the supervisor are facilitated through a designated platform — sprawozdania.sgh.waw.pl linked below:
ORCID number – ELECTRONIC RESEARCHER IDENTIFIER
Doctoral students commencing their training at the SGH Doctoral School should, within 14 days since enrollment , update the SGH Science Department on their ORCID number.
RECTOR’S ORDER NO. 61 OF 5 DECEMBER 2019 – ORCID
CHOOSING A SUPERVISOR
In line with § 14 of the SGH Doctoral School Regulations, starting from the academic year 2023/2024, a doctoral student should submit a request for the appointment of a supervisor(s) promptly after commencing training, and no later than by November 15 of respective academic year.
The request should be accepted by the proposed supervisor. It must be submitted in hard copy to the Doctoral School Office.
Following the appointment of a supervisor (confirmed by the Dean of the SGH Doctoral School), an assistant supervisor may be appointed upon the supervisor’s request.
Overseas travels
To facilitate their academic mobility, subject to submission of the Individual Research Plan and supervisor’s approval, all doctoral students have the opportunity to apply for funding, under a number of exchange and fellowship programs, provided either by the SGH Doctoral School or other bodies, e.g. under the Erasmus+ framework, by the National Science Centre (NCN) and other. The SGH Doctoral School provides the necessary support.
- Erasmus+ program
Schedule for qualification for the Erasmus+ program for doctoral students is available and updating on the website:
For more information about mobility opportunities:
INTERNSHIPS AND outgoing programs
SCHEDULES OF CLASSES AND COURSE ASSESSMENTS
Schedules of classes and course assessments are available in the USOS system at the following address: usosweb.sgh.waw.pl
Access is possible after logging in with the domain login: @sgh.waw.pl.
Doctoral student report
Submission of a doctoral student report after the first or third year, along with the supervisor’s opinion, should take place by October 10, and for doctoral students after the fourth year – by October 20. Doctoral students in the second year submit a report no later than a week before the end of the second year and no earlier than three weeks before the end of the second year.
DOCTORAL STUDENT REPORTS SYSTEM
Major examinations
A doctoral student who started doctoral training in the academic year 2021/2022 or later takes major examinations in the fourth semester. Each major examination has two sessions, one in March and the another in May. The student selects only one session, which becomes the mandatory examination date.
The doctoral student is entitled to a retake examination for one major examination. The retake examination takes place in September. The detailed schedule and organization of major examinations are determined by the dean. Only verbal assessments, “satisfactory result” for a positive evaluation and “unsatisfactory result” for a negative evaluation, are issued for major examinations. Failure to participate in a major examination without a justified reason results in receiving an “unsatisfactory result.”
Major examinations are not included in the academic year settlement.
Examinations according to educational programs, valid for doctoral students starting their doctoral education from the academic year 2021/2022 onwards:
- EXAMINATIONS ACCORDING TO EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Economics and Finance in the scope of Economics:
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
Economics and Finance in the scope of Finance:
- Finance and Banking
- Risk in Finance
Management and Quality Science:
- Organisations’ management mainstreams and conceptions
- New trends in marketing
Political Science and Administration:
- State and its institutions
- State and its policies
MID-TERM EVALUATION
Progress in all PhD students’ research plan implementation is subjected to so-called midterm evaluation. The latter is conducted by a committee composed by experts. The evaluation is conducted after the fourth semester of training at the SGH Doctoral School but no later than three months from the start of the fifth semester.
The committee assesses the implementation of the Individual Research Plan (IPB), as evidenced in a progress report submitted by the PhD student, . Other items considered in the evaluation process include: the Supervisor(s)’ feedback, interview with the doctoral student, and other documents submitted by the doctoral student.
In the event of a PhD student’s training at the SGH Doctoral School being suspended, as stipulated in § 23 of the SGH Doctoral School Regulations, the evaluation period is postponed accordingly.
COMPLETION OF EDUCATION IN THE SGH DOCTORAL SCHOOL
In line with Article 204(1) of the Higher Education and Science Act of July 20, 2018, the training of a doctoral student is completed by submitting a doctoral dissertation.
In line with § 27 of the SGH Doctoral School Regulations, the completion of education in the SGH Doctoral School is based on achieving learning outcomes for qualification at level 8 of the Polish Qualifications Framework (PRK) and submitting the doctoral dissertation with a positive opinion thereon from the doctoral supervisor(s).
In the event of a PhD candidate failing the completion of the entire training program of the SGH Doctoral school, a certificate detailing the completed components of the training may be issued upon the request of the interested student.
The process for awarding the doctoral degree is specified in Resolution No. 567 of the SGH Senate dated September 18, 2019, regarding “Detailed Rules and procedures for awarding the academic degree of Doctor (PhD) or Doctor Habilitatus (associate professor)”.
The body responsible for the administrative and organizational support of Academic Councils and the implementation of activities related to procedures for awarding academic degrees is the Office of Academic Councils.
More detailed information on the doctoral degree awarding process and application submission:
- Extending the deadline of submission of doctoral dissertation
In line with to §24 of the Regulations of the SGH Doctoral School, the Dean may, upon the doctoral student’s request, extend the deadline for submitting the doctoral dissertation.
The deadline may be extended due to:
- long-term illness of either the doctoral student or his/her family member,
- participation in a research grant awarded through a competitive process by a Polish or foreign institution funding research, particularly the National Science Centre (NCN), the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR), or the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA),
- a research fellowship undertaken by the doctoral student as part of the Individual Research Plan (IRP),
- other reasons.
To this end, the doctoral student must submit a written request no later than September 10 of the final semester of their studies, which must include:
- personal information (name, surname, student ID number, year of study),
- the proposed new submission deadline,
- Justification, along with an updated IRP,
- the supervisor’s (or supervisors’) opinion on progress of the dissertation and the doctoral student’s scientific achievements.
The total period of submission deadlines’ extensions must not exceed 2 years, while the first submission deadline extension cannot be longer than 12 months. During the extension period, the doctoral student retains all rights as a doctoral student.
The following attachments need to accompany the abovementioned request:
- the supervisor’s opinion,
- the entire doctoral dissertation if it is a monograph; or a certificate of article submissions to a publisher in the case of an article-based dissertation,
- documents long-term illness issued by a specialist doctor and/or a document confirming the role of principal investigator in a grant, such as the grant agreement,
- a detailed plan for completing the remaining tasks related to the preparation of the doctoral dissertation, approved by the supervisor.
SGH Doctoral School Office
e-mail: bsd@sgh.waw.pl
ul. Madalińskiego 6/8, room 35
02-513 Warsaw, Poland
+48 22 564 71 30
+48 22 564 71 15