Required documents:
1. Graduation certificate of secondary education – original document and photocopy.
2. The record of a didactic process from the foreign school. The record should include the list of didactic courses, grades for those courses, the number of hours designed for those courses (the list of subjects and the list of received grades) as well as the scale of grades valid in a given country – original document and photocopy.
The scale of grades that the candidate could receive at a given higher education institution is necessary.
3. The diploma should be filed along with a legalization issued by a Polish Embassy or with a apostille.
Legalization is required from candidates whose country is not on the above list concerning apostille (according to The 5 October 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization for Foreign Public Documents). Legalization may be issued by the embassy of the Republic of Poland in a given country. International Baccalaureat and European Baccalaureat – do not need legalization or apostille.
WARNING
Legalization and apostille are required even if a given country signed an agreement lifting the necessity of an official recognition of foreign certificates and diplomas from a given country.
4. The translation into Polish of documents 1-2 along with legalization and apostille done by a certified translator registered on the list of Certified Translators of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland or certified by the consul of the Republic of Poland from the country in which the documents have been issued – original document and photocopy. ATTENTION – during preliminary enrolment we do not need sworn translation into Polish – professional translation will be enough. Translation done by translator registered on the list of Certified Translators of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland or certified by the consul of the Republic of Poland from the country in which the documents have been issued should be delivered just after arrival to Poland.
5. The certificate confirming that the candidate’s graduation certificate for secondary education allows him/her to take up higher education studies at all types of higher education institutions in the country in which the graduation certificate of secondary education was issued. Such certificate may be issued by the embassy of the Republic of Poland in a given country, the embassy of this country in Poland or the equivalent of Ministry of Education (“Ministerstwo Oświaty”) in a given country (in that case this document should be translated into Polish by a certified translator).
The certificate is not required if the proper information can be found on the graduation certificate of secondary education.
6. Two photographs (35x45 mm) without headgear, left profile half with visible the left ear
7. Photocopy of Polish Card card (if there is one)
8. Photocopy of settlement permit (if there is one)
9. Photocopy of passport (page with photograph).
10. Certificate of studies language proficiency (Polish or English – depends on language of studies). Separate certificate is not needed when mark in needed language is on graduation certificate of secondary education (or in record of a didactic process from the foreign school). In case of not having information about this mark – please contact Selection Committee.
11. Valid medical certificate with confirmation that candidate is allowed to study and it’s translation into Polish done by professional translator or certified by the consul of the Republic of Poland from the country in which the documents have been issued – or medical certificate issued by Polish doctor.
12. Photocopy of the insurance policy in case of illness or a personal accident insurance policy for the period of education in Poland or photocopy of a European Health Insurance Card (Europejska Karta Ubezpieczenia Zdrowotnego) or declaration of candidate that he/she will take out an insurance with the National Health immediately after arrival to Poland (downloadable on website).
13. Confirmation of having financial means necessary for living in Poland during whole time of studies (downloadable on website).
The candidate is obliged to make an official recognition (‘nostryfikacja’) of his/her graduation certificate of secondary education within the first semester of studies. (The ‘nostryfikacja’ is done by the Department of Education, the proper institution for the University of Economics is the Wrocław Department of Education, more information you will find on: www.kuratorium.wroclaw.pl/index.php?id_kat=40
From official recognition (‘nostryfikacja’) are exempted certificates of secondary education from countries which signed agreement with Poland.