Midterm evaluation 2024

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Below you will find information on the documents, deadlines and procedures
applicable to the 2024 mid-term evaluation.

The implementation of IPB shall be subject to mid-term evaluation carried out at the
mid-term of the education process specified in the study programme. Detailed rules
for conducting the evaluation are described in the Rules and Regulations of the
Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the University of Warsaw [LINK] in paragraphs
25-30 and in Act of 20 July 2018 – the Law on Higher Education and Science.

1. Deadlines:

• For doctoral students who complete their fourth semester of education in the summer semester 2023/2024 the submission of documents for the mid-term evaluation, including the report on the implementation of IPB, the questionnaire on the cooperation with the dissertation supervisor and other materials confirming the implementation of the IPB, takes place from 17 to 30 September 2024.
• For doctoral students who complete their fourth semester of education in the winter semester 2024/2025 the submission of documents for the mid-term evaluation,
  including the report on the implementation of IPB, the questionnaire on the
  cooperation with the dissertation supervisor and other materials confirming the
  implementation of the IPB, takes place from 17 to 28 February 2025.
• For doctoral students who complete their fourth semester of education in the summer
  semester 2023/2024 and have been admitted to the Doctoral School of Social Sciences in connection with the implementation of the PRELUDIUM BIS programme or the Doktorat Wdrożeniowy programme the submission of documents for the mid-term evaluation,
  including the report on the implementation of IPB, the questionnaire on the
  cooperation with the dissertation supervisor and other materials confirming the
  implementation of the IPB, takes place from 18 to 31 July 2024.

2. Place and method of submission of materials confirming the implementation of IPB for mid-term evaluation

Signed documents should be sent via university electronic mail to ocena.ns@uw.edu.pl giving the message the subject line: “Name of doctoral student – discipline”.

3. Templates

Doctoral students of the Doctoral School of Social Sciences shall send to the School
in the manner and by the date specified above:

• signed report on the implementation of IPB [LINK];
• signed questionnaire on the cooperation with the dissertation supervisor [LINK];
• other materials confirming the implementation of the IPB.

Documents to be submitted by the dissertation supervisor (directly to the Secretary’s
Office at ocena.ns@uw.edu.pl):

• opinion on the doctoral student’s progress in the implementation of IPB [LINK];
• questionnaire on the cooperation with the doctoral student [LINK].

4. Mid-term evaluation committees

The mid-term evaluation committees have been appointed to assess the implementation of IPB. The mid-term evaluation shall be prepared based on materials confirming the implementation of IPB, including the report on the implementation of IPB, and interviews with the doctoral student. The evaluation will be conducted mainly in October and November. The composition of the comittees shall be determined by the Ordinance No 26 of the Director of the Doctoral School of Social Sciences of 19th June 2024 regarding the establishment of the mid-term evaluation committees and appointing their members [LINK available in Polish only].

The date, place and method of submission of materials confirming the
implementation of IPB together with their templates for the mid-tem evaluation shall
be determined by the Ordinance No 20 of the Director of the Doctoral School of
Social Sciences of 6th June 2023 [LINK available in Polish only].