Admissions 2026L
The registration of candidates will be conducted via the IRK system www.irk.pw.edu.pl from December 9, 2025.
IRK – registration guidelines |
Przewodnik dla kandydatów do Szkoły Doktorskiej |
2025/2026 Spring semester admissions schedule
| STAGE | DATE |
| Registration and submitting documents in the IRK electronic system | 09.12.2025-07.01.2026 |
| Interviews | 16.01-26.01.2026 |
| Publication of the ranking list | 30.01.2026 |
| Submitting additional documents in the IRK electronic system: - a document confirming a title which entitles to apply for the School (diploma), and in case of lack of one, a certificate of passing the diploma exam issued by the Faculty/Institute (if the mentioned documents were not uploaded to the system yet) - declaration on the selection of one doctoral school/scientific discipline |
02.02-05.02.2026 |
| Publication of the list of the admitted | 10.02.2026 |
| First day of the Winter semester | 23.02.2026 |
NOTE! Candidates holding a diploma of graduation from a country outside of the EU, along with the recruitment documents, submit a certified translation of the diploma into Polish language (if it is in a language other than English) and a diploma supplement, as well as a personalized certificate issued by the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), confirming whether the diploma is equivalent to a Polish diploma, entitles the candidate to continue their education in Poland and if it requires nostrification (formal recognition) or not.
If the Candidate is waiting for a certificate from NAWA at the time of registration, they should include in the IRK system the so-called recognition statement generated from the NAWA KWALIFIKATOR system and confirmation of submitting documents in the NAWA SYRENA system regarding the issuing of individual information about the diploma, confirming the eligibility of applying for admission to the School.
If such a candidate is admitted to the School, a personalized certificate from NAWA should be provided no later than within 3 months of starting education at the School.
The database of supervisors and research topics
Note! Candidates are obliged to submit the description of a prospective research topic and the acceptance of the supervisor. Therefore, find a potential supervisor before you apply, in order to establish details of the future cooperation. The list of research topics will no longer be available in the IRK system.
A potential supervisor can be found through the database of supervisors. In the database you can find a list of supervisors, the maximum number of students they can cooperate with and their research interests. If you wish to find more information on a particular supervisor, go to the WUT Base of Knowledge -the People section.
The potential supervisor can be also found by choosing a research area or a scientific discipline. Useful tabs can be found in the upper left corner of the database.
In the Search field you may insert a key word or a surname, and thus find a research area of your interest or a supervisor representing a particular scientific discipline.
After the list of people accepted to the Doctoral School is published, PhD Students Office will inform the people on the list about the next steps, including the date of submitting the original admission documents.
The admission limits for individual disciplines in the 2025/2026 academic year's spring semester in accordance with the decision of the Director of the Doctoral School of the Warsaw University of Technology, are as follows:
| Scientific discipline | Limit of acceptances for the spring semester 2025/2026 |
| Architecture and urban planning | 0 |
| Automation, electronics, electrical engineering and space technologies | 11 |
| Biotechnology | 3 |
| Information and communication technology | 1 |
| Biomedical engineering | 3 |
| Chemical engineering | 2 |
| Civil engineering, geodesy and transport | 3 |
| Materials engineering | 6 |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 |
| Environmental engineering, mining and energy | 5 |
| Mathematics | 2 |
| Chemical sciences | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 3 |
| Management and quality studies | 3 |
The recruitment fee for applying for the acceptance to WUT Doctoral School for the academic year 2025/2026 is 250 PLN.