GENERAL INFORMATION FOR FOREIGNERS
- Foreigner is any person without Polish citizenship. Persons who posses a few citizenships and Polish is one of them (e.g. dual citizenship), must apply and follow education at Krakow University of Economics on the basis of rules for Polish nationals.
- All candidates applying for admission to the Krakow University of Economics who are not Polish citizens are subject to the same admissions procedures as foreigners regardless of their entitlements.
- Foreigners may enrol at and attend programmes on the basis of:
1. international agreements, in accordance with principles set out therein
2. agreements concluded by universities with foreign entities, in accordance with principles set out therein
3. the minister’s approval
4. approval of the NAWA’ director (National Agency for Academic Exchange) with regard to its fellows
5. approval of the NCN’s director (National Science Centre) for granting funds for conducting basic research in the form of a research project, internship or scholarship, qualified as a result of a competition
6. administrative decision of a rector. - Foreigners are admitted to studies held in English on a fee-payment basis.
FULL-TIME PROGRAMME
- Applicants for Master’s programme should hold the degree of Master’s, Bachelor’s, Engineer, or an equivalent degree.
- Please, note:
Foreign candidates who hold the above mentioned degree from outside of Poland may apply for Master’s programmes at KUE only if their diploma has been legalized and entitles to apply for Master’s programmes in the country of issue.
In order to verify if the above mentioned diploma issued outside of Poland entitles to apply for Master studies in Poland, it’s necessary to send the following documents to the Unit for Teaching Administration (studiainfo@uek.krakow.pl): copy of the diploma and supplement/transcript of records translated into Polish. - Admission of candidates is based on average grades /GPA/ in examinations and credit obtained in the course of attending Bachelor’s (or equivalent) long-cycle programmes /GPA from diploma’s supplement or separate notification with GPA from the University/.
- The recruitment process is conducted for major programmes. The launching of the programme is conditioned by an appropriate number of candidates.
- A candidate who is a student of the second cycle programme of a given major at the Krakow University of Economics may not apply for admission to the same major programme.
- Candidates applying for admission to studies may apply to maximum of three major programmes (apart from selected/basic, maximum two alternatives major programmes), but they may be admitted only to one major. Candidates are obliged to prioritise major programmes from the most preferred to the least preferred one. Admission to one of the programmes indicates that a candidate is not admitted to others.
- When the grade point average qualifies a candidate for admission both to the basic and alternative programme, a candidate will be admitted to the basic programme marked as “the first one” in the admission questionnaire.
- Admission to one of the major programme is tantamount to refusal of admission to other major programmes.
- The process of specialization selection is carried out in accordance with the Rector’s Regulation No. R.0211.51.2021, dated July 22, 2021 (with further changes: Rector’s Regulation No. R.0211.33.2023, dated April 28, 2023), on the introduction of the Principles for the selection of specializations and subjects (electives) for first-cycle, second-cycle and uniform master’s studies. Information on possible admission limits for specializations can be found in the notes to the study program in the PRK system – UEK Polish Qualification Framework.
PART-TIME PROGRAMME
- Applicants for Master’s programme should hold the degree of Master’s, Bachelor’s, Engineer, or an equivalent degree.
- Please, note:
Foreign candidates who hold the above mentioned degree from outside of Poland may apply for Master’s programmes at KUE only if their diploma has been legalized and entitles to apply for Master’s programmes in the country of issue.
In order to verify if the above mentioned diploma issued outside of Poland entitles to apply for Master studies in Poland, it’s necessary to send the following documents to the Unit for Teaching Administration (studiainfo@uek.krakow.pl): copy of the diploma and supplement/transcript of records translated into Polish. - Admission of candidates is based on average grades /GPA/ in examinations and credit obtained in the course of attending Bachelor’s (or equivalent) long-cycle programmes /GPA from diploma’s supplement or separate notification with GPA from the University/.
- The recruitment process is conducted for major programmes. The launching of the programme is conditioned by an appropriate number of candidates.
- Candidates applying for admission to studies may apply to any number of major programmes, but they may be admitted only to one major.
- Candidates are obliged to prioritise major programmes from the most preferred to the least preferred one. Admission to one of the programmes indicates that a candidate is not admitted to others.
- When the grade point average qualifies a candidate for admission both to the basic and alternative programme, a candidate will be admitted to the basic programme marked as “the first one” in the admission questionnaire.
- A candidate who is a student of the second cycle programme of a given major at the Krakow University of Economics may not apply for admission to the same major programme.
- The process of specialization selection is carried out in accordance with the Rector’s Regulation No. R.0211.51.2021, dated July 22, 2021 (with further changes: Rector’s Regulation No. R.0211.33.2023, dated April 28, 2023), on the introduction of the Principles for the selection of specializations and subjects (electives) for first-cycle, second-cycle and uniform master’s studies. Information on possible admission limits for specializations can be found in the notes to the study program in the PRK system – UEK Polish Qualification Framework.
ADDITIONAL COMPETENCES
THE SPECIALIZATION SELECTION
Rules for choosing a specialty in first-, second- and long-cycle studies at the Krakow University of Economics
- During the recruitment process, a specialty is not chosen, it is chosen on specific programs during the course of studies. The vast majority of programs at the Krakow University of Economics provide specialties, but there are also programs without specialties.
- The choice of specialty takes place in the semester preceding the semester from which the specialties are planned, in accordance with the curriculum of a given program.
- Registration for a given specialty is preceded by an information campaign among students, the purpose of which is to present the program of the specialty as well as the procedure and deadlines for enrolment. The information campaign among students involves e.g., meeting lecturers of departments involved in the program and program coordinators, informing students about specialties by means of announcements, leaflets, guides, advertising films.
- On the Institute’s website, the Institute Director announces the dates of enrolment for specialties and determines their form, as well as the limit of places and the number of groups for individual specialties.
- This information is also posted on the website of the Student Service Centre.
- Registration for the specialty takes place via the USOSweb system.
- Enrolment onto the specialty is based on the ranking of the average grade obtained in the semesters preceding enrolment. Priority in enrolment is given to people with the highest grade point average (GPA).
- The condition for launching a specialty is achieving the minimum required number of students for a student group, specified in the Rector’s Ordinance on determining the number of student groups in relation to individual forms of classes.
- In the case of too few people who have chosen a given specialty, the Institute Director decides not to launch this specialty. In this case, students are assigned to one of the launched specialties.
- Persons who have not submitted a declaration of choice of specialty within the set deadlines are directed by the Institute Director to one of the launched specialties that have vacancies.
- The Institute Director informs students regarding the list of launched specialties via the Institute’s website.
- Detailed rules for the selection of a specialty are set out in the Rector’s Ordinance No. R.0211.51.2021 from 22 July 2021 (późn.zm.: Rector’s Ordinance No. R.0211.33.2023 from 28 April 2023) on the introduction of the Rules for the selection of specialties and subjects (elective) in first-cycle, second-cycle and long-cycle programs.
ORDINANCES OF THE RECTOR
