{"id":1615,"date":"2026-04-27T11:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:03:44","slug":"exemption-from-compulsory-english-language-classes-at-the-but-doctoral-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/exemption-from-compulsory-english-language-classes-at-the-but-doctoral-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Exemption from compulsory English language classes at the BUT Doctoral School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"36\" data-end=\"371\">According to the <strong data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"133\">Regulations of the Doctoral School of the Bialystok University of Technology<\/strong>, doctoral candidates may apply for an exemption from compulsory English language classes on the basis of a valid language certificate. The exemption applies only to the compulsory English language courses included in the SDPB curriculum.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"415\"><strong data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"415\">Procedure for obtaining the exemption:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"1119\">\n<li data-section-id=\"pj6lty\" data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"521\">The doctoral candidate completes the appropriate \u00a0<a class=\"docx\" title=\"pobierz plik\" href=\"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Request_for_Exemption_English-1.docx\" data-id=\"1616\">Application for exemption from English classes<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"179qkq1\" data-start=\"523\" data-end=\"725\">Together with a valid <strong data-start=\"547\" data-end=\"571\">language certificate<\/strong> (confirming English proficiency at a minimum level of <strong data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"632\">B2<\/strong>), the doctoral candidate submits the application to the <strong data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"722\">Foreign Language Centre (SJO)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"81j9cu\" data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"900\">The <strong data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"779\">Head of the Foreign Language Centre at BUT<\/strong> verifies the document and confirms its compliance with the requirements<br data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"854\" \/>(<strong data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"896\">Annex No. 9 to the SDPB Regulations<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"2sfbl9\" data-start=\"902\" data-end=\"1019\">The signed application should then be submitted to the <strong data-start=\"959\" data-end=\"997\">Doctoral School Secretariat of BUT<\/strong> by <strong>29\u00a0May 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"4hm415\" data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1119\">The final decision regarding the exemption is made by the <strong data-start=\"1081\" data-end=\"1116\">Director of the Doctoral School<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1121\" data-end=\"1499\"><strong data-start=\"1121\" data-end=\"1130\">Note:<\/strong> A doctoral candidate interested in continuing the exemption from English language classes should submit an<strong data-start=\"1238\" data-end=\"1287\">\u00a0<a class=\"docx\" title=\"pobierz plik\" href=\"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Request_for_Contuination_Exemption_English.docx\" data-id=\"1617\">Application for continuation of the exemption<\/a><\/strong>. In the case of continuation, it is not required to attach the language certificate again. Failure to submit the application means continuation of participation in classes in accordance with the study programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Regulations of the Doctoral School of the Bialystok University of Technology, doctoral candidates may apply for an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions\/1618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdpb.pb.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}