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Study without fee

You can apply to study a full-time programme in Polish at the University of Szczecin free of charge if you’re a foreigner (you don’t have Polish citizenship) and:1

  1. you’re a citizen of a European Union (EU) member state, the Swiss Confederation, or a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – the member states of the European Economic Area (EEA) or you’re a family member of such a citizen residing in Poland as a foreigner;2
    1. a. you’re a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, mentioned in Art. 10 section 1 letter b or d of the Agreement on on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Official Journal of the European Union L 29 dated January 31, 2020, p. 7, with amendments) or you’re a family member of such a citizen residing in Poland as a foreigner;
  2. or you have a permanent residence permit or you’re a long-term EU resident;
  3. or you have a temporary residence permit due to the circumstances mentioned in Art. 159 section 1 or Art. 186 section 1, 3, or 4 of the Act of 12 December 2013 on Foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 2354 and of 2022, item 91);
  4. or you have a refugee status, a temporary protection, or subsidiary protection in Poland;
  5. or you have a certificate confirming your proficiency level in Polish as a foreign language to be C1 or higher issued by the State Commission for the Certification of Proficiency in Polish as a Foreign Language;3
  6. or you own a valid Polish Card (aka Karta Polaka, Pole’s Card, Polish Charters) or a Polish Consul’s decision on confirming your Polish origin;
  7. or you’re a spouse, a descendant (child, grandchild, etc.), or an ancestor (parent, grandparent, etc.) of a Polish citizen and you currently live in Poland;
  8. or you’ve been granted a permit for temporal residence in Poland in connection with the circumstances mentioned in Art. 151 section 1 or Art. 151b section 1 of the Act on Foreigners of 12 December 2013 or you’re staying in Poland because of short-term mobility of a scientist under the conditions specified in Art. 156b section 1 of that Act or you hold a national visa in order to conduct scientific research or development work.
If you’re a foreigner and your status is mentioned in point 1 or 1a, you may be exempt from tuition fee payment for English-language studies. 
 
If you are a foreigner and you have one of the statuses mentioned above (points 2-8), you can apply to study in English at a discount.

The discounted English-programme fees for 2023/2024 are as follows:

BA programmes:

  • Baltic Region Studies — 2600 PLN/semester
  • Business Management — 2600 PLN/semester
  • Economics and IT Applications — 2600 PLN/semester
  • Global Communication — 2600 PLN/semester
  • Hydrobiology — 3480 PLN/semester
  • Social Sciences — 2600 PLN/semester

MA programmes:

  • Borders and Boundaries Studies — 2600 PLN/semester
  • Business Management — 2600 PLN/semester
  • International Economics — 2600 PLN/semester

If the terms of fee-free education don’t apply to you, you can still study at the University of Szczecin based on:1Art. 323 section 1 of the Law on Higher Education Act (Journal of Laws dated March 3, 2022, position 574)

  • International agreements
  • Agreements reached between higher education institutions
  • Decisions of the minister responsible for higher education
  • Decisions of the NAWA director
  • Decisions of the Rector of the University of Szczecin

You’ll be required to pay tuition fees.

If you’re a foreigner (you don’t have Polish citizenship), the University of Szczecin offers you first-degree (BA), second-degree (MA), and other programmes.