Residence permits

Recognition of certificates and diplomas

All certificates and diplomas issued outside Poland should bear the apostille stampor be accompanied by a legalisation document. Persons holding the following documents are exempt from this requirement:

• Matura certificate or diploma obtained in one of the EU countries
• IB diploma
• EB diploma
• Certificates or diplomas covered by international agreements
  (Austria, Belarus, the Czech Republic, France, Lithuania, Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine, Libya)

The government website on education recognition –  http://www.nauka.gov.pl/uznawanie-wyksztalcenia/

Foreign certificate of secondary school completion– candidates with a foreign nationality and Polish nationality for all types of studies:

• Candidates holding the certificate of completion of secondary school from countries with which Poland has signed an agreement on mutual recognition of education must present the original of the certificate and its Polish translation by a certified translator from the register of the Ministry of Justice or a translation certified by the consul of the Republic of Poland from the country in which the document has been issued, to the faculty office.
• Candidates holding a certificate of completion of secondary school from countries with which Poland has not signed an agreement on mutual recognition of education must validate their certificate and present the original of their certificate together with its Polish translation by a certified translator to the faculty office.
• Candidates holding a foreign certificate of completion of secondary school from a country which has signed the Hague Convention may request a certification of authenticity of the certificate in the form of apostille (an apostille stamp on the main document is sufficient).
• If a given country has not signed the Hague Convention, such a confirmation should be obtained through legalisation.

SEE THE LIST OF CERTIFIED TRANSLATORS

LIST OF COUNTRIES with which Poland has signed agreements on mutual recognition of education

LIST of countries which have signed the Hague Convention