Tuition fees
Citizens of the member states of the European Union or the ones being the members of the European Agreement on Free Trade (EFTA) – the sides of the European Economic Area, inclusive of the members of their families as well as the holders of valid Pole’s Card, who possess financial means indispensable to cover costs of maintenance during studies, can undertake and continue regular studies, doctoral studies, as well as other forms of education, and can also participate in scientific research or developmental work according to the principles in force relating to citizens of Poland, which means that they can take up full-time study programmes free of charge. However, the above-mentioned are not eligible for receiving social benefits, special benefits for the disabled, benefits to cover accommodation or boarding, and other financial grants (not applicable to students with the Pole’s Card).
Foreigners undertaking studies and trainings, not mentioned in section above, are obliged to pay the annual fee at the amount depending on the type of the programme chosen, but not lower than:
- € 2,000 for first-cycle, second-cycle programmes and long-cycle MA programmes;
- € 3,000 for doctoral studies and post-graduate courses, scientific and artistic traineeships, specialization trainings, and habilitation traineeships ;
Foreigners admitted to the first year of full-time studies, doctoral and post-graduate studies at state-run colleges of higher education, on a tuition fee-paying basis, pay the rates higher by € 200 than those mentioned above, independent of the number of undertaken courses.
The tuition fees cannot be lower than the planned cost of education.
The tuition fees are 30% lower for those who undertake study on a tuition fee-paid basis and have Polish origins.
In justified cases the Vice-Rector for Academic and Students Affairs may extend the deadline for fee payment or agree to payment of in instalments, separately for each academic year or semester.
In the case when a foreign student faces a difficult material situation or takes up another study programme, or starts education in a different form, on the fee-paying basis, they can apply to the Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs to have the fees lowered or be exempt from paying them at all.