GENERAL RULS
Registration of foreign candidates for academic year 2025/2026 in the IRK system to study in English starts March 15 and lasts untill August 31, 2025.
Academic year starts October 1, 2025.
If you don’t have Polish citizenship
you must apply as foreigner. All candidates applying to GUPES undergo the same proces of evaluation regardless of their qualifications.
If you have Polish citizenship (even as dual citizenship)
you must apply on the basis of rules for Polish citizens. Remember: if you hold multiple citizenships and Polish is one of them (e.g. dual citizenship), then you are legally a Polish citizen and you must apply on the basis of rules for Polish citizens.
PREPARE YOUR APPLICATION
Begin with preparing all required documents. Remember that some of them may take a while to obtain, so start to complete them as soon as possible. Most of the documents are required to be attached in the online recruitment system.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS BEFORE ENROLLMENT (master’s degree):
1. signed personal questionnaire downloaded from the system including the photograph
2.passport or ID card (for European Union citizens)
2. legalized or apostiled higher education diploma that gives a right to undertake the graduate level (e.g. Masters) studies in its country of issue.
3. transcript of grades from all semesters
4. certified translation of all documents issued in the language other than the programme language (English or Polish)
5. the foreign diploma recognition statement issued by NAWA (Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange). Recognition statements are issued after an online application in the SYRENA system. Here more information about procedure.
Diplomas which are EXEMPTED from above recognition procedure: diplomas issued in countries belong to EU, OECD, EFTA members, China, Ukraine.
ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS
Certificate of English (B2 is required) / or participation in the English exam organized by our University.
a/ if your high school certificate was awarded in the countries belongs to UE, EFTA, OECD, United Kindom and you are a citizen of UE, EFTA, United Kindom: the LIST of English knowledge certificates we accept
b/ if your high school certificate was NOT awarded in the countries belongs to UE, EFTA, OECD, United Kindom and you are NOT a citizen of UE, EFTA, United Kindom: LIST of English knowledge certificates we accept (the list indicated by Polish Ministry of Higher Education)
To participate in the English exam organized by our University you need to send us minimum 2 days before the indicated date of the exam paper work: (presentation/ cover letter on your interests related to chosen field of study or a essay on any topic related to chosen field of study.
Form of presentation – 10-12 slides (500-600 words)
Essay/cover letter (500-600 words)
The nearest online interviews will be conducted: July 24th and August 5th.
REGISTER IN IRK SYSTEM HERE
Register in IRK system and upload required documents.
PAY ADMISSION FEE
Pay admission fee (18 euro) and attach the confirmation of payment to IRK system (recruitment system)
PAY TUITION FEE
Pay tuition fee for the whole year of study (first year).
ACCOMODATION
If you want to be accomodated at the dormitory please follow the rules of awarding a place.
OBTAIN ACCEPTANCE LETTER TO APPLY FOR VISA
After publishing the list of candidates accepted – the commission issues individual invitations, admission certificates to receive a VISA and issues conditional admission decisions.
AFTER ARRIVAL
– deliver a set of oryginal documents to show
– proof of the insurance
– a certificate issued by an occupational medicine doctor confirming that there are no contraindications to undergoing studies (the university helps to arrange a visit)
– translation in Polish (of the secondary school certificate) – within two months of the beginning of the academic year.
OECD and EFTA MEMBERS
OECD members:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechia,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States
EFTA members:
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland
APOSTILLE
International qualification certificates obtained outside of Poland (except for the International Baccalaureate diploma and the European Baccalaureate certificate) have to be authenticated with apostille or legalised. If the documents are issued in countries which are parties to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 (Dz.U. z 2005 r. nr 112, poz. 938), apostille has to be obtained. The list of countries and institutions responsible in each country for issuing apostille may be found here.
LEGALIZATION
Documents have to be legalized if obtaining an apostille is not possible because the country that issued the document is not a party to the Hague Convention mentioned above. If the certificate was issued in such country, you need to contact the institution responsible in this country for legalising documents (in order to use them abroad). Usually it is the ministry of foreign affairs or ministry of education. After obtaining initial confirmation, the Polish consulate should be contacted in order to finalise legalisation of the document.
CONTACT:
If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask:
international.recruitment@awf.gda.pl
joanna.pietrzak@awf.gda.pl
phone: +48 58 55 47 452; +48 511 176 938
