Pursuant to §7 (1) and (3) of Resolution No. 61/X/2022 of the Senate of the Jagiellonian University of 26 October 2022 on the rules of recruitment to the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences at the Jagiellonian University in the academic year 2023/2024 the Director of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences announces a competition for one doctoral student with a stipend funded by a research project for the education programme Physics within the framework of the project SONATA-BIS entitled New physics in light of the primordial remnants from the early universe.
The manager of the project dr Chunshan Lin, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science offers the opportunity to complete a PhD in the topic: Gravity and cosmology.
Description of the research project:
The project is devoted to searching for the new physics from the very early universe dated all the way back to 13.8 billion years ago, a tiny fraction of a second after the Big Bang. Similar to fossils in the paleontology, the early universe has also granted us quite a few precious remnants which may give us some clues to the new physics. The following three pieces of potential primordial fossils are particularly interesting to me: the stochastic gravitational waves background, the primordial black holes and the primordial magnetic field. They are the remnants of the physical processes during the very early universe, may have encoded very rich information about the new physics during this epoch. We aim at studying the origins, evolutions, and observational effects of these three primordial remnants. It is worth to notice that these three remnants may not be completely independent to each other. It is possible that two (or maybe even three) of them have a common origin. The research along this direction may uncover the mystery of the early universe, as well as the new physics that we have been searching for decades.
Candidate profile:
- expected knowledge of English at least at B2 level.
- have the M.Sc. degree in theoretical physics, or expected to obtain the degree before the PhD programme starts.
- have obtained the knowledge of general relativity, cosmology, and quantum field theory.
The competition will be conducted by the Selection Committee and the results will be the basis for the admission of the selected candidate(s).
Competition schedule:
- Announcement of the competition on the Doctoral School website: 26.04.2023.
- Opening of the competition (start accepting applications in the IRK): 10.05.2023
- Deadline for submitting applications (closing date for IRK applications: 17.05.2023
- Verification and examination of candidates' documents: 18-26.05.2023
- Entrance examinations (interview): 29-31.05.2023
- Committee meeting: 31.05.2023
- Announcement of results: 02.06.2023.
- Entries: 05.06.2023 - 27.07.2023 and 22.08.2023 -31.08.2023
- Entries (reserve list): 01.09.2023-28.09.2023.
- Expected start date of training: 01.10.2023.
In the case of exposure to factors that are harmful, strenuous, or hazardous to health, the candidate is referred to a medical examination by an occupational physician at the time of enrolment. The candidate is required to provide a medical certificate stating that there are no contraindications to undertaking the training within the deadline set by the programme manager (applies to selected training programmes only).
Higher education certificates obtained abroad should:
- bear an Apostille when the country issuing the document is covered by the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, done at The Hague on 5 October 1961 (Journal of Laws of 2005, No. 112, item 938), or
- by subject to legalisation, in other cases.
In particularly justified cases, at the request of the Grant Manager, the Director of the NŚiP Doctoral School may waive the requirement to provide apostille or to submit diplomas of higher education or other documents for legalisation.
Any document issued in a language other than Polish or English must be accompanied by a certified translation into Polish or English.
Insurance:
Every doctoral student, including foreigners, enrolled at a doctoral school is subject to compulsory health insurance if they are not subject to such insurance on other grounds (e.g. employment relationship, contract of mandate, business activity, being a member of a family up to the age of 26, being a spouse of an insured person). The contribution for health insurance is paid by the Jagiellonian University and is financed from the State budget. In addition, a doctoral student receiving a doctoral scholarship is subject to compulsory pension and disability pension insurance and accident insurance.
Accommodation:
It is possible to apply for a place in the Doctoral House. Receipt of a place is determined by the availability of vacant places and the fulfilment of the conditions described on the Doctoral Student Society website.
IMPORTANT:
A person admitted to a doctoral school commences training and acquires the rights of a doctoral student upon taking the oath. The taking of the oath is done by personally signing the oath in the office of the Training Programme. The Centre for Personal Affairs of the Jagiellonian University shall report each doctoral student admitted to the School for compulsory health and social insurance at the commencement of training. Until then, the candidate, in particular the foreign candidate, is obliged to cover individually the costs of insurance for travel, medical treatment, etc.
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