The Doctoral School is effectively implementing its internationalisation strategy, which is reflected in two ‘internationalisation pillars’: a growing number of publications in international scientific circulation and strengthening international scientific cooperation in the form of an increasing number of foreign trips of doctoral students and staff conducting the education process at the Doctoral School, cooperation with international research centres and presence at international conferences and congresses. These activities contribute to increasing the recognition of the Doctoral School in the international arena raising its attractiveness for candidates from abroad.  The international scientific activity of the academic staff from the Doctoral School Physical Culture Sciences AKF Kraków is reflected in participation in mobility programmes related to trips abroad, cooperation with foreign institutions and taking part in international research projects. The effect of growing cooperation in the international arena is, among others, the constantly increasing number of scientific publications appearing in journals from the JCR list. 

The effect of the activities of the NoKF Doctoral School’s academic staff conducted jointly in cooperation with partner institutions was to apply for research funding within the framework of programmes of the European Union (EU), the Visegrad Group (V4) and scientific foundations, which further contributes to the development of international projects. These activities reflect the growing level of internationalisation of the Doctoral School’s staff and its activity in the global scientific arena. as part of the "Operational Program Knowledge Education Development" NCBiR competition on "Comprehensive Development Programme of AWF Kraków as a chance to increase the potential of universities in the region" in April 2023, specialists from South Africa, Australia, Italy and Switzerland visited. 

Access to cooperation with foreign experts increases the substantive level and quality of works, as well as number of publications prepared in cooperation with foreign mentors. Increased citations of doctoral students as a result of publishing research results in prestigious journals raises the recognition of doctoral students' scientific achievements. By developing the ability to analyse, interpret and present research results in English, research and teaching competences are improved. 

Ph.D. students benefit from the possibility of international exchange within the Erasmus+ Programme, which allows for building relationships with partner universities. The current offer creates the possibility of exchange with 10 foreign centres (Annex No. 101). At the same time, Ph.D. students have the opportunity to individually indicate a research centre related to the unique subject of their research, for which they can apply for funding. So far, 4 Ph.D. students have used the programme (Annex No. 102), most often carrying out short-term training stays or research internships. 

The support of supervisors also includes encouraging and motivating Ph.D. students to actively participate in scientific conferences and symposia. As a consequence, the number of Ph.D. students taking part in international scientific events has increased significantly in recent years. Between 2019-2024, Ph.D. students participated in a total of 36 international conferences, which proves their growing activity and involvement in the global exchange of knowledge. 

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