2025/2026 Recruitment in the Institute of Geophysics

Recruitment for the GeoPlanet Doctoral School lasts from June 20 to July 31, 2025

Studies last 4 years and begin on October 1, 2025. During the 4 years, students must take specific courses and lectures (including interdisciplinary lectures), participate in seminars, and prepare the doctoral thesis. All workshops and lectures are in English.

The regulations of the doctoral school, including the program of the Studies, are here:
https://geoplanetschool.camk.edu.pl/doctoral-school/regulations/

Information about the proposed research topics and their supervisors is attached to this announcement. Candidates can apply for one topic and should indicate it in the application. Before applying, candidates should contact their potential supervisors to obtain more details on the proposals.

Students in the doctoral school receive a scholarship for the period of 4 years. The amount of scholarship is set in the Law on higher education and science and is currently 3466.90 PLN/month, gross (ca. 3077 PLN/month net), before the mid-term evaluation (years 1–2) and 5340.90 PLN/month, gross (ca. 4740 PLN/month, net), after the positive mid-term evaluation (years 3–4).

The following documents are required in the recruitment procedure:

1. The motion to enrol in the Doctoral School along with the consent for processing personal data for recruitment purposes and the declaration about familiarising with the present Regulations.
   Application to the DS GeoPlanet
2. A copy of the diploma certifying the completion of studies or a certificate confirming the completion of studies. In the case when the candidate is not in possession of the above-mentioned documents, he/she is obliged to deliver them before the start of the education in the Doctoral School. The documents are not required from the person referred to in Article 186, paragraph 2 of the Law.
   Note: If the candidate does not have the abovementioned documents, she/he is expected to provide them before admission to the doctoral school.
3. The list of grades obtained during the first-cycle (B.A., B.Sc.) and second-cycle studies (M.A., M.Sc.) or the list of grades obtained during the long-cycle Master Degree studies.
4. The curriculum vitae containing the course of the existing education and employment, the list of publications, information on the involvement in scientific activity (membership in student research groups, participation in scientific conferences, internships and trainings, obtained awards and distinctions).
   CV form
5. A letter of motivation containing a short description of interests and scientific achievements and the justification why the candidate intends to undertake the education in the Doctoral School.
   A cover letter form
6. Certificates or other documents stating the level of command of English language if the candidate is in possession of such documents.
7. At least one letter of recommendation from the current research supervisor, academic teacher or research worker describing the candidate and his/her scientific activity that has been carried out by him/her so far. The letter can be sent by the candidate or directly by the person who wrote the letter. It is also possible that the candidate indicates a person who is a research worker or an academic teacher and holds a scientific degree from whom the recruitment commission may independently obtain such an opinion. In such a case the recruitment commission asks for such an opinion within the term that allows for taking it into consideration during the recruitment time. The possible ways to deliver the letter are included in the recruitment announcement.

The documents should be sent in electronic form in one PDF file (by e-mail, in the order as above 1-7) only to the address: studia.doktoranckie@igf.edu.pl by July 31, 2025. The documents send in other form will not be considered by the recruitment committee.

Please contact us if you have any questions regarding recruitment rules:

Anna Cygan – The Head of Research Office sn@igf.edu.pl

Warsaw, July, 2025

Subjects (for details on each topic see the full announcement):

 

Optimization of oceanic bottom seismic data acquisition to improve the quality of crustal-scale seismic imaging

Supervisor: dr hab inż. Andrzej Górszczyk agorszczyk@igf.edu.pl, Department of Geophysical Imaging

 

Geomagnetic dynamo generated by nonequilibrium turbulent wave field