Welcome to the Online Candidate Admission System of University of Lomza

Check our offer

How to apply

In the News menu you will find current messages related to the admission process. In the Offer and Units menus you will find the current didactic offer of University of Lomza. You can find a list of all programmes along with the admission periods in the Admissions menu. New candidates must first register their account by clicking create account.

The process of registering a new account requires acceptance of the information clause related to the protection of personal data and confirmation of registration of a new account using the activation link provided in the e-mail. If the activation link message is not visible in the incoming mail, check the contents of the spam folder.

Candidates who already have an account have to log in

General conditions of study for foreigners

Candidates for the first-cycle programmes will:

• have a Polish matura certificate or another legalised or apostilled document obtained abroad entitling them to apply for admission to programmes at universities of any type in the country in which the institution issuing the certificate operated, recognized as equivalent to the relevant Polish matura certificate, in accordance with relevant regulations or on the basis of international agreements
• demonstrate the special predispositions required in the receiving university to start programmes requiring such predispositions.

A secondary-school leaving exam (matura) certificate/university diploma must be legalized, translated and recognized in Poland as equivalent to the relevant Polish certificate / diploma. The exceptions are certificates/diplomas of higher education institutions from Austria, for which – on the basis of a separate agreement on legal cooperaton – the apostille and the diploma of International Baccalaureate are not required.

Regulations of the Admission Procedure

Regulations (pdf)

Appendix (pdf)

Legalization of certificate/diploma

1. Legalization is a confirmation of the formal compliance of the document with the law of its place of issue or the authenticity of signatures and stamps placed on the document. The legalisation of such a document can therefore be important in determining which country's education system issued the document and whether it should be verified as authentic. In some countries, as in Poland, internal regulations oblige the holder of a diploma to legalize it before it is removed from the country of issue. If the document is legalized by the relevant institutions of the country in which it was issued, this increases its credibility.
2. Legalization of a secondary-school leaving exam certificate/higher education diploma may be made by:

• the consul of the Republic of Poland, competent for the country in whose territory or education system the certificate was issued, or
• the educational authorities of the State in whose territory or in whose education system the certificate was issued, or
• accredited in the Republic of Poland or another Member State of the European Union, a Member State of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) – a party to the agreement on the European Economic Area or a Member State of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a diplomatic or consular post of the country in whose territory or in whose education system the certificate was issued.

Apostille

If the state in which the document was issued is a party to the Convention abolishing the requirement to legalize foreign official documents, drawn up in The Hague on 5 October 1961 (Journal of Laws of 2005 No. 112, item 938), the legalization of the document is replaced in this country by an apostille certificate attached to the document. The list of States – Parties to the Convention and the addresses of the institutions issuing the apostilles can be found on the Hague Convention website

Sworn translation of a foreign school certificate

A sworn translation of a foreign secondary-school leaving exam certificate/university diploma into Polish (or in the case of studies conducted in English – into English) should be prepared by:

• a person entered by the Minister of Justice on the list of sworn translators, or
• a person registered as a sworn translator in a country of the European Union, a member state of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) – a party to the agreement on the European Economic Area or a member state of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),
• the consul of the Republic of Poland, competent for the country in whose territory or in whose education system the certificate/diploma was issued, or
• accredited in the Republic of Poland diplomatic or consular post of the country in whose territory or in whose education system the certificate/diploma was issued.

Foreign certificate

The recognition of a foreign certificate as equivalent to the relevant Polish certificate is as follows:

• by the operation of law – i.e. without certification by other institutions or bodies in Poland,
• as a result of the administrative proceedings of the education superintendent.

Certificates obtained abroad which do not require additional formalities in Polish offices.

Certificates obtained abroad which are recognized in Poland by the operation of law do not require additional formalities in Polish offices. These documents may be submitted directly to the university, institution or employer, without obtaining the opinion of other institutions or bodies in Poland.

Education superintendents do not conduct proceedings for the recognition of certificates recognized by the operation of law, nor do they issue certificates in this regard.

Types of certificates that are recognized in Poland by the operation law:

• 'Secondary-school leaving exam certificates' obtained in the education systems of the countries of the European Union, the European Free Trade Agreement – European Economic Area and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), i.e. certificates or diplomas of secondary education, secondary-school leaving exam certificates or diplomas or other documents that entitle to apply for admission to higher education in the country in whose education system they were issued and which were issued by a school or an educational institution recognized by the country in whose territory or in whose education system the school or institution operates.
  This currently applies to secondary-school leaving exam certificates obtained in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, PRC, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Canada, Colombia, South Korea., Costa Rica, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, USA, Hungary, United Kingdom, Italy.
• IB (International Baccalaureate) diplomas issued by the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva.
• EB diplomas (European Baccalaureate) issued by the European Schools according to the Convention defining the Statute of the European Schools issued in Luxemburg on 21 June 1994.
• certificates covered by international agreements (currently: Belarus, China, Ukraine).

The holder of a secondary-school leaving exam certificate recognized in Poland by the operation of law has the same rights in Poland to apply for admission to higher education as in the country in whose education system the certificate was obtained. This means that a certificate that entitles you to study only in selected fields of higher education in a given country will entitle you to apply for admission to similar fields of higher education.

Recognition of education by the decision of the curator of education

• As a result of administrative proceedings, the education superintendent may consider that the foreign certificate is a document confirming primary, secondary, basic vocational or secondary education.
• The proceedings are conducted by the education superintendent competent for the place of residence of the applicant or – in the absence of a permanent address of the applicant in Poland, competent due to the seat of the school or university where the certificate will be submitted (The Education Office In Białystok).
• You can find the addresses of all education offices on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science.

Foreigners may start university programmes if:

• they have a visa or residence card or other document entitling them to stay on the territory of Poland,
• have a sickness or accident insurance policy for the period of education in Poland or a European Health Insurance Card or join the insurance in the National Health Fund immediately after starting the programme.