About us

The Doctoral School of the University of Opole was established by order of the Rector of the University of Opole on April 15, 2019, regarding the establishment of the Doctoral School of the University of Opole. Currently, we offer education in sixteen scientific disciplines within six scientific fields.

Doctoral School Authorities

Władze Szkoły Doktorskiej

Doctoral School Council

The tasks of the Doctoral School Program Council include, in particular:

developing and monitoring the implementation of the development strategy and operating principles of the doctoral school;
ensuring the high quality of the doctoral education process and doctoral dissertations;
expressing opinions on changes to the doctoral school regulations;
expressing opinions on the number of people admitted to the doctoral school and the limits of places allocated to individual disciplines;
ensuring the high quality of the recruitment process to the doctoral school, in particular expressing opinions on the rules and criteria for recruitment;
expressing opinions to the Senate on matters relating to education programs;
appointing a supervisor, supervisors, or a supervisor and an assistant supervisor;
expressing opinions on guidelines and rules for the preparation of individual research plans for doctoral students;
evaluating candidates for the committee conducting the mid-term evaluation of doctoral students;
considering appeals by doctoral students against negative mid-term evaluations;
developing, in cooperation with the Director, a self-assessment report on the activities of the doctoral school in Polish and English for the purposes of evaluating the quality of education;
supporting grant activities and the national and international mobility of doctoral students;
taking care of the social and living conditions of doctoral students.