Doctoral School

As part of the Doctoral School, the Joint Doctoral School has started to operate. The agreement on the establishment and operation of a doctoral school under the name "Joint Doctoral School" was signed on 30 May 2019 by the Rector of the Silesian University of Technology, Prof. Arkadiusz Mężyk, and the directors of research and development units from the region - the Central Mining Institute, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Environmental Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Center for Polymer and Carbon Materials of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology, Institute of Chemical Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

The signed agreement defines, among other things, the scope of competencies of the respective parties, the rules of recruitment, the duties and competencies of the director of the doctoral school and the possibility of new units joining it and resigning from cooperation. The parties agreed that the Silesian University of Technology will be the coordinating unit of the doctoral school. A person with a professional degree of Master of Science, Master of Engineering or equivalent may be admitted to the school. Recruitment to the school will be done through a competition.

The Joint Doctoral School will provide education preparing for the award of a doctoral degree in the following scientific disciplines:

• Management and Quality Sciences
• Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Chemical Sciences
• Environmental Engineering, Mining, and Energy
• Chemical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Architecture and Urban Planning
• Technical Computer Science and Telecommunications
• Automation, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, and Space Technologies
• Civil Engineering, Geodesy, and Transport
• Medical Sciences