EDUCATION IN POLAND

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EDUCATION IN POLAND

1. http://www.wybierzstudia.nauka.gov.pl/pages/search/index

On this website you can search for the university that offers the profile which you are looking for.

2. http://www.wybierzstudia.nauka.gov.pl/pages/about/univ-map

3. http://www.perspektywy.pl/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=117

On these websites you will find the map with all the colleges in Poland.

SOURCE:

http://www.fss.org.pl/sites/fss.org.pl/files/the-system_2014_www_0.pdf

Kinga Zapała

Oliwia Szafarczyk

Ranking of non-public undergraduate colleges

Ranking of state higher vocational schools

Polish education system in numbers

The ranking of state higher vocational schools includes higher education institutions which have had at least two graduates and participated in surveys.

The system of education in Poland

Map of universities and medical colleges

Universities

20 Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach

21. Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy

22.Akademia Humanistyczna im. A. Gieysztorta w Pułtusku

23. Społeczna Akademia Nauk

24. Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo - Humanistyczny w Siedlcach

25. Krakowska Akademia im. A. Frycza Modrzewskiego

26. Akademia Humanistyczno - Ekonomiczna w Łodzi

Medical colleges

1. Uniwersytet Jagieloński

2. Uniwersytet Warszawski

3. Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

4. Uniwersytet Wrocławki

5. Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu

6. Uniwersytet Gdański

7. Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

8. Uniwersytet Łódzki

9. Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubuski im. Jana Pawła II

10. Uniwersytet Wrmińsko - Mazurski w Olsztynie

11. Uniwersytet Marii Curie - Składowskiej w Lublinie

12. Uniwesytet kard. Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie

13. Uniwersytet papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie

14. Uniwersytet Opolski

15. Uniwesytet w Białymstoku

16. Uniwersytet Szczeciński

17. Uniwersytet Rzeszowski

18. Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej w Warszawie

19. Uniwersytet Zielonogórski

1. Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

2. Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu

3. Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny

4. Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny

5. Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi

6. Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Piastów Śląskich we Wrocławiu

7. Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku

8. Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach

9. Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie

10. Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie

11. Collegium Medicum UMK im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy

UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION

THE MOST POPULAR UNIVERSITY IN POLAND

Lower-secondary school graduates can continue their education in the following

types of schools:

a) 3-year general upper-secondary schools leading to the award of the matriculation certificate upon passing the external matriculation examination.

b)4-year technical upper-secondary to the award of a vocational diploma upon passing examinations confirming vocational qualifications in a given occupation, and also offering the possibility of the award of the matriculation certificate upon passing the matriculation examination;

c) 3-year basic vocational schools leading to the award of a vocational diploma upon passing examinations confirming vocational qualifications in a given occupation. Basic vocational school leavers may continue their education in the 3-year general upper-secondary school for adults starting with the second grade;

BASIC VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

GENERAL UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL

TECHNICAL UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL

This school lasts 3 years. Students who have graduated from this school do not pass the high school diploma, so they can’t continue their education in universities, but they have a profession.

The technical school lasts 4 years and with its graduates have a degree of technician. The most popular career direction are:

- IT specialist,

- Technician economist,

- Car mechanic,

- hotel technician,

- Mechanical technician.

High school in Poland lasts 3 years. Students with a passing grade can continue their studies at universities. The most popular professions in high school are:

- Biochemical,

- Medical

- Law

- Mathematical-physical.

UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW

Located in the Polish capital, the state-funded University of Warsaw is currently ranked 6th in the EECA rankings. Founded in 1816, it’s Poland’s largest university, with 51,700 students enrolled within its 19 departments

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JAGIIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY

The country’s oldest university, and one of the oldest in Europe, Jagiellonian University is another of the most prestigious universities in Poland, ranked joint 7th in the EECA rankings. Established in 1364, it has a long tradition of educating the country’s future leaders. Among the numerous notable alumni of the university are John III Sobieski (King of Poland until 1696), Nicolaus Copernicus (famed for formulating a model of the universe with the Sun at the center), Pope John Paul II and two Nobel Prize winners, Ivo Andrić and Wisława Szymborska. Today Jagiellonian University teaches about 41,800 students at its campus in Krakow, Poland’s second largest city.

WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Next up, Warsaw University of Technology also features in the QS University Rankings: EECA, ranked 18th among universities in Emerging Europe and Central Asia. It claims a place among the leading technological institutes in Europe, and is one of the region’s largest providers of technical education. Located in the Polish capital, the university has over 37,000 students and 19 faculties, which cover all fields of science and technology. Founded back in 1899, the university was one of the first universities in Poland to teach engineering. In recent years, its graduates have become known for making up an impressively high percentage of Polish managers and executives.

UNIVERSITY OF WROCLAW

Another historic university which dates back to 1702 when it was founded by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor of the Habsburg dynasty, the University of Wroclaw is ranked 44th in the EECA rankings. It is the largest university in the region of Lower Silesia and currently teaches over 40,000 students and around 1,300 doctoral students across 10 faculties. The university’s main focus is scientific research and its alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners.

POST SECONDARY EDUCATION

FEES

TERTIARY EDUCATION

Graduates of general upper-secondary schools can continue their education in a post-secondary school for a maximum of 2.5 years. This leads to the award of a vocational diploma upon passing examinations confirming vocational qualifications in a given occupation

Post-secondary schools admit mainly graduates of general upper-secondary schools. Almost all of them require only a secondary school leaving certificate, not the matriculation certificate. Students usually start their education in post-secondary schools at the age of 19. Detailed admission rules are defined by each post-secondary school which opens admissions to new students.

In public higher education institutions no tuition fees are charged for full-time first-, second- and long-cycle programmes and full-time doctoral programmes. There are also no registration fees in public HEIs, though they charge low administrative fees

that are set centrally by a regulation.

Public HEIs (namely their rectors) themselves determine the amount of the above

mentioned fees, taking into account that this amount cannot exceed the costs

incurred by the HEI in order to deliver programmes or courses. Non-public HEIs

themselves determine also the amount of tuition fees. In this case, all the students are

charged tuition fees, regardless of the mode of their studies (full-time or part-time).

Still, they may apply for financial support in accordance with the same rules as apply

to students in public HEIs

Tertiary education currently includes the following types of programmes:

1. degree programmes provided by both public and non-public university-type and

non-university higher education institutions, including:

a) first-cycle (Bachelor’s degree) programmes;

b)second-cycle (Master’sdegree) programmes;

c) long-cycle (Master’s degree) programmes;

2. third-cycle or doctoral programmes

3. college programmes classified as tertiary education for international comparisons,

but not recognised as such in the national legislation (teacher training colleges

are currently being phased out).

Higher education programmes may be offered as full-time or part-time programmes.