JOURNAL OF LAWS

Act of July 20, 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science
Journal of Laws 2024, item 1571 – consolidated text of the Act
Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland dated September 11, 2024, published on October 24, 2024, regarding the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Law on Higher Education and Science.
The full text of the Act is available at:
https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20240001571
This official announcement contains the consolidated text of the currently binding Act, which is a key legal act regulating the functioning of higher education institutions and scientific activity in Poland.

Among other provisions, the Journal of Laws includes:

Chapter 2 – Doctoral Degree

• Section 1 – Proceedings for the conferment of the doctoral degree
  Provisions regarding the rules for initiating, conducting, and completing proceedings for awarding the doctoral degree. It specifies requirements for the doctoral dissertation, the composition of the doctoral committee, the defense procedure, and the decision-making process on awarding the degree.
• Section 2 – Doctoral Education
  Regulates the admission rules to doctoral schools, the course of education, doctoral candidates’ obligations, and the conditions for implementing the education program and conducting scientific research.

Chapter 3a – Special Rules for Granting Authorizations

Specifies the procedures for granting universities and scientific institutes the authorization to confer the doctoral and habilitated doctor degrees, including formal requirements and evaluation criteria.

TITLE VII – Disciplinary Responsibility

• Chapter 1 – General Principles of Disciplinary Responsibility
  Defines the general legal framework of disciplinary responsibility within the higher education system, including the competencies of the rector and disciplinary committees.
• Chapter 3 – Doctoral Candidates
  Describes the grounds for disciplinary responsibility, the procedure, the catalogue of penalties, and the authorities responsible for disciplinary proceedings concerning doctoral candidates, taking into account their specific academic and legal status.