The Industrial Doctoral Programme is a programme of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education that makes it possible to combine research and professional work. It opens the way to obtaining a PhD degree for people who want to simultaneously develop their scientific career and continue working outside the university. The Industrial Doctoral Programme is of a very practical nature because it means preparing a doctoral dissertation that will improve the operation of the organisation that employs the doctoral student. All students of the University of Lodz who have defended their master's degree and are planning to apply to doctoral schools at our university can apply for the program.
The condition for participation in the programme is admission to the doctoral school of the University of Lodz, being employed by the organisation and having an auxiliary supervisor from among its employees. Entities that already cooperate with the University of Lodz as part of the programme include: Łukasiewicz – Łódź Institute of Technology – Textile Centre (Lodz) and Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Electronic Materials Technology (Warsaw); Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer (Lodz); Grupa Lotos S.A. (Gdańsk); Bionanopark (Lodz); Foundation for Promotion of Entrepreneurship (FRP) (Lodz); Lumileds Poland S.A. (Pabianice); EC1 Łódź – City of Culture; ABB Sp. z o. o. (Aleksandrów Łódzki); Social Support Association "JA-TY-MY " (Lodz); The National Ethnographic Museum (Warsaw). Chemat Sp. z o. o. (Konin); the Municipal Investment Board (Lodz).
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