Continuing of education in Poland by students from Ukraine

16.03.2022

The Ministry of Education and Science (MEiN), in cooperation with the Ministry of Health (MZ), guaranteed for all Polish medical students of universities in Ukraine the coordination of the provision of places in selected fields of study at Polish universities.

Polish students continue their education in Poland on the same terms as in Ukraine – universities will receive a refund.

Pursuant to Art. 41 of the Act of March 12, 2022 on assistance to Ukrainian citizens in connection with an armed conflict in the territory of that state (ustawa z dnia 12 marca 2022 r. o pomocy obywatelom Ukrainy w związku z konfliktem zbrojnym na terytorium tego państwa, Dz.U. poz. 583)

• from Polish citizens who on February 24, 2022 were students of a university operating in Ukraine in medical faculties (medical, medical and dental faculties, nursing, obstetrics, pharmacy, laboratory diagnostics and emergency medical services) and were admitted by the Polish university to study in the field of study corresponding to their studies, fees for part-time studies or studies in a foreign language will be charged in the amount not exceeding the fees for these studies at universities in Ukraine.
• additionally, in the academic year 2021/2022, a person who paid a fee for education in the second semester of this year in the field of medicine at a university operating in Ukraine before February 24, 2022, will not be charged a fee for educational services related to extramural studies or studying in a foreign language at a Polish university.

Universities that have collected fees in a lower amount or have not collected fees in the above-mentioned cases will be entitled to a refund from the state budget.

The Ministry of Health has launched a hotline to obtain information on the possibility of continuing education in medicine and dentistry in Poland.

For information, please call one of the following telephone numbers (available in Polish or English):

• +48 532 547 968
• +48 883 840 964
• +48 883 840 967
• +48 539 147 692

Before the interview, please prepare the following information:

1. Name, surname and contact details enabling contact;
2. Name of the university where education in Ukraine has been conducted so far and the mode of study;
3. Level of advancement of education (in the number of completed semesters) and documents confirming the achievements to date;
4. Knowledge of the Polish or English language sufficient to enable undertaking studies in Poland;
5. Citizenship and origin (Polish citizen, Ukrainian citizen, Ukrainian citizen of Polish origin);
6. Preferred university in Poland.

The message in Ukrainian and Polish language is available on the MEiN website. On the MZ website there is also available a Polish- and Ukrainian-language communicate regarding the legal regulations of educating students from Ukraine in Poland.

In solidarity with Ukraine – NAWA support

Program of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) for Ukrainian citizens who do not know the Polish language sufficiently to enable them to study full-time studies in Polish. For Ukrainian citizens who will study medical studies in English, NAWA, at the request of the Ministers of Health, Education and Science, has prepared a program aimed at, among others, co-financing of the costs of education during studies in English up to the amount of PLN 18 000 PLN per semester. The remaining part of the tuition fee is borne by the student himself.

The Agency, commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Health, undertakes activities thanks to which Ukrainian refugees (students and doctoral students) will have the opportunity to study in Poland, conduct work related to the preparation of a doctoral dissertation or participate in other forms of education (language or preparatory courses) in the period from March to September 2022. In addition to the exemption from tuition fees, participants will be paid a scholarship.

NAWA on 15th March 2022 opened recruitment for the In solidarity with Ukraine (Solidarni z Ukrainą) program for universities supervised by the Ministry of Education and Science or the Ministry of Health, institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences / institutes of the Łukasiewicz network / research institutes that are ready to accept Ukrainian refugees, providing them with the opportunity to continue their studies, prepare a doctoral dissertation, take language or other courses free of charge preparatory courses in the period from March 1 to September 30, 2022. Participants may be admitted at any time, but until the end of September 2022. The financial resources allocated to the implementation of the “Solidarni with Ukraine” program will allow for co-financing of approximately 1 320 scholarship holders.

In case of universities subordinated to the Ministry of Health, only students currently studying in Ukraine can benefit from NAWA assistance. In this situation, the regulations of the In solidarity with Ukraine program do not provide for the participation of doctoral students in the program.

Detailed assumptions of the In solidarity with Ukraine program are available on the NAWA website.

Contact for institutions: solidarni@nawa.gov.pl

Contact for students and doctoral students: ukraina@nawa.gov.pl

press information from the MEiN, MZ and NAWA