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00-1 Wstep 3/17/10 9:55 AM Page 2 00-1 Wstep 3/17/10 9:55 AM Page 2 www.studyinpoland.pl University of Warsaw Main Gate A welcome from Poland Poland is a modern and dynamic country full of life-time opportunities for young people willing to get quality-based education, improve skills and boost experience. It is the hub bridging East and West, North and South, open for new ideas, investments and ready for rapid change. With over 1.9 million students and one of the highest scholarisation indices in Europe it is the only European country to demonstrate positive economic growth in 2009 and the highest growth among OECD countries. Polish universities are a part of this success story. They are moving forward and constantly modernise their structure, organisation and curricula in an effort to function freely in the international community and are getting more and more internationalised. You can choose from the variety of studying programmes at all levels and find many research opportunities. Excellent and open-minded academic and scientific staff, modern infrastructure and well-equipped laboratories are at your service. It only depends on you whether you will bring this chance into play. We look forward to welcoming you, Katarzyna Chalasinska-Macukow Rector, University of Warsaw President, Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (CRASP) Photo: Konrad Pollesch 02-3 Why Poland 3/17/10 9:57 AM Page 2 Poland 1.50h Helsinki Oslo 1.50h 2.05h Stockholm Moscow 2h 1.05h Why POLAND? Vilnius 2.05h 1.20h Amsterdam Berlin London 2.40h Warsaw G Poland is a fascinating country that serves as the from Western Europe is to be shifted to Poland, G Polish universities offer high quality studies 2.10h Brussels Kiev geographical and cultural crossroads of Eastern as well as from the US and Asia. Poland’s and are an integral part of the European 1.30h Paris and Western Europe. Located at the center of geographic location facilitates the logistics education space. All leading universities offer 2.25h Vienna 1.15h the Northern European plain, Poland has been a activities and forecasts indicate an increase in programmes thought in English, these include Zürich nation of survivors since the foundation of the the number of immigrants to the country. medicine, engineering, humanities, business and 2h first Polish state more than 1000 years ago. finance. Poland takes active part in the Bolonia Istambul Sophia 2.20h Through its turbulent history its people have G Polish institutions of higher education are Process. Thanks to the ECTS (European Credit 2.05h Rome managed to maintain their identity, and today, participating to international student exchange Transfer System) students can be fully mobile, 2.30h Madrid 3.35h the country enjoys a crucial position as the programmes and engaging in bilateral agreements and continue education in other countries. Athens largest of the former Eastern European states and an individual exchange programmes pursued by 2.20h one of the most populous members of the particular schools. All these initiatives enhance G Universities have some special offices to take European Union. the development of relations between Polish and care of the needs of every international student. foreign institutions of higher education. The Specially assigned Polish students help newcomers number of Polish institutions of higher education to adjust to their new environment. awarded an Erasmus University Charter is Photo: PAP approaching 200 and the mobility of Polish G Students who decide to study in Poland in students is growing rapidly. English can do so at one of more than 100 Poland in short institutions. These include universities, G Official name: Republic of Poland /Rzeczpospolita Polska G Poland has one of Europe’s youngest technical universities, higher schools of (short form: Poland/ Polska) populations – half of its citizens are less than 35 engineering, agricultural academies, academies G Independence: 11 November 1918 (republic proclaimed) years old. Out of nearly 39 million Poles almost of economics and numerous other higher G Government type: republic 2 million are university students. vocational colleges and teacher training G Location: Central Europe colleges. HEI’s in Poland emphasize the G Border countries: Belarus 416 km, Czech Republic 790 km, G Poland’s education market has been the most application of scientific knowledge for future Germany 467 km, Lithuania 103 km, Russia (Kaliningrad dynamically developing one in Europe during professional needs. Strong focus is placed on Oblast) 210 km, Slovakia 541 km, Ukraine 529 km the last ten years. The number of higher fundamental and applied research, as well as on G Language: Polish education institutions has increased five fold creative and artistic work. G Capital city: Warsaw while the number of students quadrupled. G Major cities: Gdaƒsk, Kraków, ¸ódê, Poznaƒ, Wroc∏aw Each year almost half a million young people G Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) who as the G Population: 38 518 241 (July 2007) begin their education at universities and first in modern times developed a heliocentric G Total area: 312 685 sq km colleges. theory of the Solar System and Maria (304 465 sq m – land, 8220 sq m – water) Sk∏odowska-Curie who discovered polonium G Climate: temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe Krakow – city of the G On the 21 December 2007 Poland joined The G Polish academic traditions reach back to 14th and radium in 1898 are the world-famous Polish winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with oldest Polish HEI, Schengen Area. As a result passport checks are century, some of the Europe’s oldest universities scientists. Nowadays Polish scientist are frequent showers and thundershowers Jagiellonian G University abolished on Poland’s borders to Germany, can be found here. The Jagiellonian University responsible for such break-troughs in science as: Local time: GMT + 1 hr Slovakia, Czech Republic and Lithuania. It of Cracow was established in 1364. Nicholas discovery of the practical implementation of G Executive branch: head of state: President Lech Kaczynski practically means that persons admitted to the Copernicus and Marie Sk∏odowska-Curie are blue laser, the design of the technology for the (since December 2005); Schengen Area can travel hassle-free between among great names of Polish scientists known manufacture of the smallest synthetic diamonds head of government: Prime Minister Donald Tusk 24 countries of the Schengen Area without and admired worldwide. in the world, construction of an artificial heart or (since November 2007) internal land and sea border controls, from designing nano-cristals for the purpose of 3G G Member of the European Union: Since 2004 Portugal to Poland and from Greece to Finland. G Today’s Polish universities continue the mobile telephony system. Aleksander G Religions: Roman Catholic 89,8%, Eastern Orthodox 1,3%, glorious traditions of their predecessors. Wolszczan, Polish astronomer graduate of the Protestant 0,3%, other 0,3%, unspecified 8,3% G Thanks to its location, Poland occupies a Warsaw University is ranked first in the Top Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruƒ, was G Monetary unit: zloty (PLN) special place in European Union. Poland’s Coder international IT ranking, it outperformed the first to prove the existence of a planetary G Actual exchange rates: www.nbp.pl border on the river Bug became the EU’s such great institutions as the Massachusetts system in the Universe outside of our Solar eastern border. In the wider geographical and Institute of Technology. A representative of System. geopolitical sense Poland occupies a central Poland also leads the Top Coder individual position. More and more foreign investment ranking. We hope to see you soon! 3 2 Study in Poland 04-5 system edukacyjny 3/17/10 10:01 AM Page 4 Education system in Poland Higher education Age PhD studies (doctor) Postgraduade studies Second level studies (master or equivalent title) Uniform master-level courses of education Years ➤ (master or equivalent title) First level studies system in Poland (bachelor or engineer title) ➤ ➤ Maturity examination (maturity certificate) Polish higher education system allows for state the completion of 3,5-4 year-long college studies tation committees in other countries. The Polish 23 16 and private institutions of higher education. To in technical sciences, agriculture or economy; quality assurance system complies with the 22 Post-secondary 15 G school qualify for admission the applicant must hold the master (MA, MSc, magister) and equivalent ENQA Standards and Guidelines. For more ➤ 21 Post-secondary 14 maturity certificate. The rules of admission are degrees: Master of Art, MSc. Eng. (Master Engi- information, see: www.pka.edu.pl Post-secondary school ➤ 20 13 school Post-secondary * ** determined autonomously by each HEI institution. neer), Master Engineer Architect, qualified physi- ➤ 19 school 12 cian, dental surgeon or veterinarian – granted fol- ➤ ➤ Recognition of diplomas ➤ 11 Degrees granted to university lowing the completion of 5-6 year-long uniform General Profiled general Technical Basic university studies. The MSc may also be obtained The recognition of foreign higher education secondary secondary school vocational 10 and college graduates school school school following the completion of 2-2,5 supplementary diplomas in Poland is ruled by the Regulation of 16 9 ➤➤ ➤ ➤ ➤ At Polish institutions of higher education a mater’s degree studies which may be taken by the Minister of National Education on the Rules 8 three-stage system of Bachelor (Licencjat, persons with a college diploma; and Procedure for Nostrification of Diplomas and Lower secondary school 7 In˝ynier), Master (Magister) and Doctoral (Dok- G doctor (PhD, doktor) – a degree awarded to Professional Titles Obtained Abroad (December 13 6 tor) studies has been compulsory since the those who pass doctoral exam and successfully 10, 1991). On the webpage of the Bureau for Aca- 5 defend dissertation. To qualify for the academic demic Recognition and International Exchange 4 degree of doctor must hold a master or an equiv- (www.buwiwm.edu.pl) you can find the legal reg- Primary school 3 alent degree.
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