Overview

Career opportunities

Advanced legal knowledge is useful and even necessary in most areas of professional and economic activity. Primarily, it includes the legal professions, the growing field of legal and economic consulting, the public service in the judiciary and public administration, including local government and the NGO sector.

Law graduates at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn have knowledge and skills in the field of legal sciences, but also in part of the study of administration included in the scope of administrative law.

They are qualified to work at all levels of public authority, in all legal professions, in government bodies and offices of general and special administration (combined and non-combined) and local government units, in legal service units and administrative services of economic operators, offices of non-governmental organizations and political parties, national institutions, EU and international administration, as well as enterprises cooperating with EU Member States and their representatives, as leaders of units or to continue research in as academic experts in their field.

In particular, they will be well prepared for a post-doctoral internship and for work in research institutes in the country and abroad.

Programme Structure

Topics include:

jurisprudence
penal sciences
private law
legal system of authority and public administration
europeanisation of national and international law

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-11 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

30 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Olsztyn, Poland

Disciplines

Legal Studies View 3 other PhDs in Legal Studies in Poland

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Admission to doctoral schools is open to candidates who hold the degree of Master of Arts, Master of Science (Master of Engineering) or equivalent.
In exceptional cases, justified by the highest quality of scientific achievements, a person who is a graduate of the first cycle studies or a student who completed the third year of a single cycle five-year master's studies may also be admitted.
Applicants will submit a proposal of a unique research project with bibliography prepared for the purposes of the admission (up to 8 pages of standard typescript, max. 15,000 characters with spaces) and take part in an interview.

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Tuition Fees

Living costs

Olsztyn

Poland

1860 - 2630 PLN / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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