You have specific rights regarding maternity/paternity/parental leave interruptions of your PhD studies. Poland’s National Representation of Doctoral Students (in Polish, Krajowa Reprezentację Doktorantów), through the project “Doctoral Students Rights Ambassadors” (Lokalni Ambasadorzy Praw Doktoranta, https://prawadoktoranta.pl/o-projekcie/) provides detailed information on this matter.  

The original document (in Polish) discussing applicable laws and their interpretation for students of doctoral schools in Poland, called “Kompendium Doktorat i rodzicielstwo” is available here. You can also find an AI-informed translation to English here. 

For any questions regarding interruptions of your doctoral studies, including for reasons related to parenthood, please contact GSSR administration.