FEES – CUE Doctoral Program


Fees for enrollment procedure

The fees due for the procedure of qualification of the candidates to the CUE Doctoral Program amount to:

1) 400 PLN for the CUE Doctoral Program held in Polish,
2) 150 euro for the CUE Doctoral Program held in a foreign language

The fees shall be remitted following opening an account with the IRK system, and before submitting a full application via the foregoing system.

Fee in euro should be transferred to
Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie
ul. Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków

Bank address:
Alior Bank
ul. Łopuszańska 38d, 02-232 Warszawa

swift: ALBPPLPW
PL 34 2490 0005 0000 4600 1779 3591

The transfer should hold a title “Doctoral Program_enrollment_winter 2021_Candidate Name Surname”.


fees for participation in the classes

I. The fee for participation in the classes that allow reaching learning outcomes at level 8 and the implementation of the individual research program with the CUE Doctoral Program framework held in a foreign language amounts to 6,500 EUR. The fee shall be paid by the participant as a one-time fee, or in two equal installments, pursuant to the concluded contract. Concluding a contract that stipulates payment in installments shall be possible at the participant’s request, after prior agreement of the Director of CUE Doctoral School. The fee or the first installment shall be paid within seven days from the date of concluding the contract, while the second installment shall be paid within six months from that date.


fees for the procedure to award a doctoral degree

II. The fee for the procedure to award a doctoral degree to the participants of the CUE Doctoral Program is calculated with reference to the minimum monthly basic fee payable to a professor, as determined by the minister in charge of higher education, and it includes the following components:

1) supervisor’s remuneration amounting to 83% of the minimum fee payable to a professor,

2) auxiliary supervisor’s remuneration amounting to 50% of the minimum fee payable to a professor,

3) reviewers’ remuneration calculated for each of them as 27% of the minimum fee payable to a professor,

4) other direct costs,

5) overheads amounting to 25% of the costs stipulated by points 1 – 2.

The payment of the fee stipulated in section 1 points 1-3, and the corresponding overheads, shall be made prior to the submission of the application to commence the procedure to grant a doctoral degree. A participant shall present a confirmation of the payment jointly with the application to commence the procedure. The payment of the fee stipulated by section 1 point 4 and the corresponding overheads shall be made prior to the submission of the application to grant a doctoral degree, from the Doctoral Commission to the proper Scientific Discipline Council, and it shall be a prerequisite for the submission of the application.

A preliminary calculation of the costs of the procedure to grant a doctoral degree is provided in Annex to the Contract signed by the participant of CUE Doctoral Progam and is made according to the rates in force at the time of its preparation. The costs shall be adjusted in the course of the procedure for granting a doctoral degree, in line with the provisions in force as of the date of these costs.


Table 1 (link) presents the preliminary calculation of the costs of the procedure to grant a doctoral degree on an extramural basis by the participating in the CUE Doctoral Program according to the rates applicable at the time of its preparation. Costs in euro were calculated at the 4,3 exchange rate (EUR/ZŁ).

Table 2. Total costs of CUE Doctoral Program (link)

The amount, calculation and the way of remitting the fees for the participation in the classes intended to reach the learning outcomes at level 8 PQF, implementation of the individual research plan within the framework of CUS Doctoral Program, and the fees for the procedure to grant a doctoral degree have been described in the Rector’s Ordinance