Obtaining a doctorate and habilitation is a form of ennoblement of scientific work and, at the same time, the beginning of further work for science. By obtaining a postdoctoral degree, a scientist becomes an independent employee, which means that, among other things, he or she can be a promoter of doctoral theses and independently conduct scientific research.
Our University is authorized to confer doctoral and postdoctoral degrees in three disciplines:
- medical sciences,
- health sciences,
- pharmaceutical sciences.
- Achieving scientific excellence is possible through:
Achieving scientific excellence is possible through:
- education in the Doctoral School
- education in the extramural mode (doctorate, habilitation)
Doctoral and postdoctoral proceedings are conducted by the Councils of Scientific Disciplines (for medical sciences, health sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, respectively), and in the interdisciplinary area by the Council of Scientific Fields. Habilitation proceedings are conducted in conjunction with the Council for Scientific Excellence.
Detailed information, including the step-by-step procedure, is available on the website.
Profiles of candidates (employees of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice) who have been awarded postdoctoral degrees as of 2019 are available on the website.
