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Schedule of classes 2026/2027

Warsaw-4-PhDPhD StudentsSchedule of classes 2026/2027

If the course title is given in English, classes are also conducted in that language. If the course title is given in Polish, classes are conducted in Polish. Minimum level of proficiency in English B2 – in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Course syllabuses are available by clicking on the course title with a link.

[!] Additional information: Courses marked by [!] You need to sign up for the course (e-mail and the sign up date mentioned in the table).

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Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Nencki Institute Seminar
 
Coordinators:
Katarzyna Leszczyńska, PhD Dsc.
Paweł Mikulski, PhD		English,
on-site classes

15 h / 1 ECTSThursday, 3PM
CN hall
Nencki

start: 08.10.2026

without registration
Biochemistry I
(harmonogram)
 
Coordinator:
Dominika Malińska, PhD		English,
on-site classes		30 h / 3 ECTSWednesday, 9:00-10:00 AM
CN hall
Nencki

start: 14.10.2026
exam: 03.02.2027
registration till 13.10.2026 registration form
Biochemistry II
(harmonogram)
 
Koordynator:
dr Dominika Malińska, PhD		English,
on-site classes		30 h / 3 ECTSWednesday, 9:00-10:00 AM
CN hall
Nencki

start: 17.02.2027
exam: 16.06.2027		TBA February 2027
Statistics

Maksymilian Bielecki, PhD		English
online		15 h / 2 ECTSonline
summer semester

 TBA February 2027

Bioethics

Paweł Łuków, Prof.		English,
on-site classes		15 h / 2 ECTSCN hall
Nencki
summer semester		TBA February 2027

Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title & Lecturer(s)*TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Basic Physical Chemistry I: Quantum chemistry & spectroscopy

Dr Alexandra Siklitckaia, Prof. Robert Kołos		lecture

30 h / 3 ECTSTue. & Thu.
16:00
November
 “SNŚ” Hall
IChF		Registration:
Oct. 5 / asiklit@ichf.edu.pl
*availability depends on whether at least three Warsaw4PhD students are registered
Podstawy Chemii Fizycznej II: Termodynamika (in Polish)

Prof. Alina Ciach, Prof. Wojciech Góźdź

lecture


30 h / 3 ECTSThursdays
12:00
November
Conference Hall		Registration:
Oct. 5 / aciach@ichf.edu.pl
*availability depends on whether at least three Warsaw4PhD students are registered
Podstawy Chemii Fizycznej III: Kinetyka chemiczna (in Polish)

Prof. Rafał Szmigielski		lecture30 h / 3 ECTSWednesdays
11:45
November
Conference Hall		Registration:
Oct. 5 / rszmigielski@ichf.edu.pl
*availability depends on whether at least three Warsaw4PhD students are registered
Basic Physical Chemistry IV: Structure of matter

Prof. Zbigniew Kaszkur,
Prof. Robert Nowakowski		lecture30 h / 3 ECTSTue. & Fri.
16:00
November
“Aquarium” Hall, IChF		Registration:
Oct. 5 / zkaszkur@ichf.edu.pl
*availability depends on whether at least three Warsaw4PhD students are registered
Podstawy Chemii Fizycznej V: Elektrochemia (in Polish)

Dr Wojciech Nogala		lecture30 h / 3 ECTSWednesdays
16:00
November
Aula		Registration:
Oct. 5 / wnogala@ichf.edu.pl
*availability depends on whether at least three Warsaw4PhD students are registered
From zero to hero: Mathematics

Tomasz Bednarek, M.Sc.
lecture15 h / 3 ECTSTuesdays
16:00
First lecture: Oct. 19-23
Conference Hall		Registration:
Oct.15 / tbednarek@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:  Food Biophysics

Dr Ali Ebrahimi Pure		lecture15 h / 3 ECTSMondays
16:00
First lecture: Nov. 20-25 “Aquarium” Hall		Registration:
Nov. 15 / ebrahimipure@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Chemosensing

Prof. Włodzimierz Kutner
lecture15 h / 3 ECTSWednesdays
16:00
First lecture: Oct. 7
Room 128
Registration:
Oct. 6 / wkutner@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Biosensing

Prof. Włodzimierz Kutner		lecture15 h / 3 ECTSWednesdays
17:00
First lecture: Oct. 7
Room 128		Registration:
Oct. 6 / wkutner@ichf.edu.pl
Chemical Biology

Prof. Marcin Drąg, Dr. Jeena MT, Dr. Lennart Brewitz & Dr. Łukasz Krzemiński
lecture30 h / 3 ECTSWednesdays
16:00
November
NHT 8, building 4A		Registration:
Nov.6 / jeena.manayath-thekkeyil@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:  Introduction to Time-Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy

Dr. Piotr Kasprzycki
lecture15 h / 3 ECTSMondays
16:00
First lecture; Oct. 12-16
“Aquarium” Hall		Registration:
Oct. 10 / pkasprzycki@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Surface Characterization Techniques: Interfaces, Instrumentation and Material Design

Dr. Ambrose A. Melvin		lecture15 h / 3 ECTSThursdays
16:00
October / November
“Aquarium” Hall		Registration:
Oct. 19 / ashwinmelvin.ambrose@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:  Evolution from stardust to biomolecules

Dr. Arunlibertsen Lawzer
lecture15 h / 3 ECTSFridays
16:00
First lecture: Oct. 26-30
Conference Hall		Registration:
Oct. 15 / alawzer@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:  Dynamics and Kinetics of Chemical Reactions Induced by Light

Dr. hab. Gonzalo Angulo		lecture15 h / 3 ECTSMondays
16:00
First lecture: Oct. 12-16
“SNŚ” Hall		Registration:
Oct. 11 / gangulo@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:  Programming for Chemists

Dr. Steven Linfield		lecture16 h / 3 ECTSFridays
16:00
November
“SNŚ” Hall
Registration:
Oct. 25 / slinfield@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:  Environmental Health and Climatic Change

Dr. Faria Khan		lecture15 h / 3 ECTSWednesdays
16:00
First lecture: Oct. 19-23
“SNŚ” Hall		Registration:
Oct. 15  / fkhan@ichf.edu.pl
From Curiosity to Career: Mapping Your STEM Journey (a soft-skill class)

Dr. Faria Khan		soft skill15 h / 1 ECTSMondays
16:00
First class: Nov. 2-6
Aula		Registration:
Oct. 30 / fkhan@ichf.edu.pl
How to avoid chaos? Implementation of the 5S methodology in the scientific laboratory (a soft-skill class)

Patrycja Kuźma, M.Sc.		soft skill3 h / 1 ECTSNov./Dec.
TBA		Registration:
Oct. 31 / pkuzma@ichf.edu.pl


Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Methods in organic synthesis

Prof. Daniel Gryko		lecture in English15 h / 2 ECTSaula IOC/IPC PAS
7.11.2026 9:00 – 10:45
14.11.2026 9:00 – 10:45
28.11.2026 9:00 – 10:45
5.12.2026 9:00 – 10:45
12.12.2026 9:00 – 10:45
9.01.2027 9:00 – 10:45
16.01.2027 9:00 – 10:45		Contact: daniel.gryko@icho.edu.pl
Organic Reaction Mechanism


Prof. Bartłomiej Furman

lecture in English15 h / 2 ECTSaula IOC/IPC PAS
7.11.2026 11:00 – 12:45
14.11.2026 11:00 – 12:45
28.11.2026 11:00 – 12:45
5.12.2026 11:00 – 12:45
12.12.2026 11:00 – 12:45
9.01.2027 11:00 – 12:45
16.01.2027 11:00 – 12:45		Contact: bartlomiej.furman@icho.edu.pl

Institute of Physics; Center for Theoretical Physics; Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Introduction to Contemporary Physics I

prof. Jan Mostowski (IF PAN)		lecture15 X 2 h / 3 ECTSMonday 10:00 – 12:00
Building 15 – upper floor, IF PAN

start date: TBA		Core lectures:
physics catch-up
Solid State Physics I

prof. Marek Godlewski (IF PAN)
prof. Bartłomiej Witkowski (IF PAN)		lecture10 X 3 h / 3 ECTSTuesday 9:00 – 12:00
hall A (IF PAN)

start date: 06.10.2026		Core lectures:
solid state physics
Quantum Dynamics II

dr Piotr Szańkowski (IF PAN)		lecture15 X 2 h / 3 ECTSWednesday 10:00-12:00
room 15/XV (IF PAN)

start date: 07.10.2026

Journal Club

dr hab. Piotr Deuar (IF PAN)		journal club15 X 1 h / 1 ECTSMonday
12:00-13:00

Zoom
start date: 02.11.2026		Core lectures:
in obligatory set
Crystal Growth: Physics, Technology, and
Modeling I

prof. Stanisław Krukowski (IWC PAN)
prof. Zbigniew Żytkiewicz (IF PAN)
lecture15 X 2 h / 3 ECTSWednesday 9:00-11:00
hall D, IF PAN

start date: 07.10.2026

Core lectures: IWC

stach@unipress.waw.pl


IHPP PAS Seminar on Nitride Semiconductors (“Nitride Seminar”)

dr inż. Anna Kafar
seminar/training
(stationary or Zoom)

IHPP PAS, New Technologies Building, Al. Prymasa Tysiąclecia 98, seminar room 2.35
or Zoom		15 h / 1 ECTS per semesterTuesday (every 2 weeks)
15:00-16:30

Start date: 29.09.2026 (exact dates may change, please check seminar website)


Contact: nitride_seminar@unipress.waw.pl
More info: Nitride Seminar
Selected Topics in Theoretical Physics:
Theory of Open Quantum Dynamics

dr Arturo Konderak (CFT PAN)

lecture

15 h X 2 h / 3 ECTSFriday 16:00-18:00
hall A (IF PAN)

Start date: 02.10.2026		core lectures:
CFT
Computational Methods in Quantum
Mechanics

dr Buğra Tüzemen (IF PAN)
dr Daniel Pęcak (IF PAN)

lecture


15 X 2 h / 3 ECTSThursday 12:00 – 14:00
room 15/XV (IF PAN)

Start date: 08.10.2026
CTP Colloquium
seminar

Wednesdays (every 2 weeks)
14:00-15:00
IF PAN auditorium

Start date: 07.10.2026		More info >
Philosophy of Physics: Comparing
Quantum and Classical Theories

dr Piotr Szańkowski (IF PAN)		lecture5 X 2 h / 1 ECTS

Friday 10:00 – 12:00
room 15/XV (IF PAN)

Start date: 30.10.2026
Core lectures:
soft – skill
Stochastic Processes

dr Deepak Gupta (IF PAN)
lecture
15 x 2h / 3 ECTSThursday 9:00-11:00
room 15/XV (IF PAN)
Start date: 08.10.2026

Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Clinical oncology basics

Dr n. med. Monika Dudzisz-Śledź
Lecture in English
online		10 h / 2 ECTSTuesday
10:00 A.M.
16.11.2026-14.12.2026		Registration till October 30th 2026

Registration contact: agnieszka.samborska@nio.gov.pl
The lecture will be organized if there are at least four attendants.
Cancer Epidemiology

Prof. dr hab. n. med. Joanna Didkowska,
Dr hab. n. med. Paweł Koczkodaj,
Dr hab. n. med. Marta Mańczuk,
Dr Magdalena Cedzyńska		Lecture in English
Online		10 h / 2 ECTSTuesday
10:00 A.M.
08.12.2026 – 15.12.2026		Registration till November 24th 2026

Registration contact: agnieszka.samborska@nio.gov.pl
The lecture will be organized if there are at least four attendants.
Introduction to radiobiology – Ionizing radiation

Prof. Paweł Kukołowicz		Lecture in English
Online		10 h / 2 ECTSThursday
10:00 A.M.
05.11.2026-03.12.2026		Registration till October 22nd 2026
Registration contact: agnieszka.samborska@nio.gov.pl
The lecture will be organized if there are at least four attendants

International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Methodological advances
in molecular and structural biology I (MAMSB I)                         
 Scientific coordinators:
Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki
Prof. Andrzej Dziembowski Prof. Gracjan Michlewski                           
Administrative coordinator:
Dr Joanna Dodzian		Lecture30 h / 3 ECTSTuesdays, 15:00-16:00                        
2 Hankiewicza Street, Warsaw                  
Dates:
06 Oct 2026 – 16 Feb 2027 
Examination: 23 Feb 2027		[!] Sign up date:
until 05 Oct 2026
Programme and details attached.
Contact:
jdodzian@iimcb.gov.pl