Midterm evaluation

1. Pursuant the Act of 20th July  2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science and the Resolution  Senate of the Medical University of Lodz.

2. The mid-term assessment applies to implementation of the individual research plan, and in particular:

• implementation of the research project and the schedule of preparation of the doctoral
• dissertation;
• theoretical fundamentals of work and methodology of conducted research studies;
  progress of the research study on which the doctoral dissertation will be based;
  measurable effects of work including a framework of the doctoral dissertation,
  completed chapters or coherent fragments of the doctoral dissertation, articles that
  have been published or submitted for publication;
  participation in scientific conferences, summer and winter schools, workshops or
• other forms of courses developing knowledge and skills in the studied field;
  presentation of research results discussed at national or international scientific
• conferences;
  internships completed by doctoral students at renowned Polish and foreign research
• centers;
  activities aimed at acquiring funds for implementation of research projects or grants;
• experience resulting from the doctoral student’s teaching practice;
  other achievements (e.g. participation in organization of scientific conferences and
• cultural events, work for the doctoral student government).

3. The mid-term assessment is also aimed at evaluation of the quality of scientific guidance provided by the supervisor(s).

4. The mid-term assessment is carried out in the middle of the period of studies specified in the education program at the Doctoral School, however, not later than by the end of the fifth semester of studies.

5. The schedule of the mid-term assessment is set by the Director of the Doctoral School and it is published at the University website.

6. The mid-term assessment shall be based on:

• an individual research plan;
• a report on implementation of the individual research plan prepared by the doctoral student in Polish and English with an enclosed opinion of the supervisor(s); the report should be submitted to the Evaluation Commission for Mid-term Assessment in written and electronic version through the Director of the Doctoral School by the date set in the schedule specified in point 4;
• the template form of the report is enclosed as Appendix no. 3 to the Rules and Regulations;
  annual reports submitted by doctoral students following the first and the second year of studies;
  assessment of the quality of scientific guidance provided by the supervisor(s); the template form is enclosed as Appendix no. 4 to the Rules and Regulations;
• an assessment interview at which the doctoral student presents his/her scientific achievements related to the preparation of his/her doctoral dissertation.

7. The mid-term assessment ends with a positive or negative result. The assessment result including a justification is open and it is published on the University website.

8. A failure to submit documents required for carrying out of the mid-term assessment or a failure to justify the doctoral student’s non-participation in the mid-term assessment procedure on the set date leads to obtaining a negative result of the mid-term assessment.

9. In the case of a negative result of the mid-term assessment, the doctoral student is removed from the register of doctoral students, as specified in § 35.

10. The mid-term assessment is carried out by the Evaluation Commission for Mid-term Assessment appointed, upon a request of the Director of the Doctoral School, by the Scientific Discipline Council in which a doctoral dissertation is prepared.

11. The Evaluation Commission has three members, including at least one person who holds the degree of doktor habilitowany (habilitation) or the title of professor in the discipline in which a doctoral dissertation is prepared, employed outside the University.

12. Additionally, at least one representative of doctoral students participates in sessions of the Commission for Mid-term Assessment as an observer.

13. The supervisor and the auxiliary supervisor may not be members of the Evaluation Commission for Mid-term Assessment.

14.   Decisions of the Evaluation Commission for Mid-term Assessment are taken by a simple majority of votes. If a decision cannot be taken unanimously, a member of the Evaluation Commission has the right to submit his/her opinion with a justification in writing.

15. The result of the mid-term assessment is determined at a closed session, without participation of the doctoral student or his/her supervisor.

16. A protocol on the course of the mid-term assessment is drawn up by the Evaluation Commission for Mid-term Assessment. It is signed by all members of the Commission. The template form of the protocol is enclosed as Appendix no. 5 to the Rules and Regulations.